© Christina Gibbs - August 22, 2002 - www.tcgibbs.com
This tutorial may not be copied and placed on another site without my written permission.
The image you create by following this tutorial belongs to you and you may do whatever you want with that.
This tutorial was written using Paint Shop Pro 7.

You will need to download these selections and save them in a folder of your choice. Her eyes, mouth and hair are included.

This is a pretty big image, remember to save often and empty your clipboard and command history.

Open a new image 600 x 850 on a transparent background.

Go to SELECTIONS - LOAD FROM DISK and open the 1-legs.sel, fill with #E0BAA6 and deselect. On the same layer SELECTIONS - LOAD FROM DISK and open the 2-legs.sel, fill with #D09A7C and deselect. Go to EFFECTS - NOISE and add 3% uniform noise.

LAYERS - NEW RASTER LAYER and open the 3-socks.sel, fill with #F3E7DB and deselect. On the same layer open the 4-socks.sel and go to COLORS - ADJUST - BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST brightness=-65 contrast=0 and deselect. Add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 5-shoes.sel, fill with #6D5353 and deselect. Go to EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - INNER BEVEL using the settings below.

Still on the shoes layer use the retouch tool set at DARKEN RGB with these settings...

Shape = Round
Size = 6
Hardness = 0
Opacity = 30
Step = 1
Density = 75

Run the brush slowly along the bottom of each shoe to darken them like so...

Add a new raster layer and open the 6-back-hairbow.sel, fill with the same color, SELECTIONS - INVERT and then EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - DROP SHADOW with the settings below, deselect.

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 90
Blur = 10
Color = Black

Add a new raster layer and open the 7-neck.sel, fill with #E0BAA6 and deselect. On the same layer open the 8-neck.sel and fill with #D09A7C, deselect. Add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer, open the 9-dress.sel and fill with #9D7B7B, deselect. On the same layer open the 10-dress.sel and COLORS - ADJUST - BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST with the same settings as before and deselect. Add 3% uniform noise.

Still on the dress layer, open the 11-dress-trim.sel and fill this selection with #F3E7DB changing the opacity of this fill to 60 in the tool options.

Add a new raster layer and open the 12-teddyfoot.sel, fill this with #BDA086, turning the opacity back to 100 in the tool options, deselect. Go to EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - CUTOUT with the settings below. Then add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 13-teddyfoot.sel, fill with the same color, deselect, apply the same cutout and 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 14-teddybody.sel, fill with the same color, apply the same cutout changing the blur to 44, add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer, open the 15-back-sleeves.sel, fill with #B7A695, deselect.

Add a new raster layer, open the 16-teddyarms.sel and fill with the same bear color #BDA086 and deselect. Apply the same cutout, changing the blur to 33. Add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer, open the 17-teddybow1.sel and fill with #F3E7DB, SELECTIONS - INVERT and apply a drop shadow with these settings...

Vertical = 4
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 40
Blur = 15
Color = Black

Deselect and apply the same drop shadow again.

Add a new raster layer, open the 18-teddybow2.sel, fill with the same color, SELECTIONS - INVERT and apply the same drop shadow. Deselect and apply the same drop shadow again.

Add a new raster layer, open the 19-teddyears.sel, fill with the same bear color #BDA086 and deselect. Apply the same cutout as before changing the blur to 22. Add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer, open the 20-teddyhead.sel and fill with the same color. Apply the same cutout changing the blur to 35. Add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer, open the 21-teddymuzzle.sel and fill with the same color. Apply the same cutout changing the blur to 30. Add 3% uniform noise.

On the same layer, open the 22-teddymouth.sel and COLORS - ADJUST - BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST with the same settings. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer, open the 23-teddyeyes-nose.sel and fill with black. Deselect and EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - INNER BEVEL using the settings below.

Add a new raster layer, open the 24-teddybow3.sel and fill with #F3E7DB, SELECTIONS - INVERT and apply a drop shadow with the same settings as before. Deselect and apply the same drop shadow again.

Add a new raster layer, open the 25-teddybow4.sel and fill with the same color, SELECTIONS - INVERT and the same drop shadow. Deselect and the same drop shadow again.

Add a new raster layer and open the 26-hands.sel, fill with #E0BAA6 and deselect. On the same layer open the 27-hands.sel and fill with #D09A7C, deselect. On the same layer open the 28-hands.sel and fill with #C48E70, deselect. Add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 29-sleeve.sel, fill with #F3E7DB and deselect. On the same layer open the 30-sleeve.sel and COLORS - ADJUST - BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST with the same settings and deselect.

On the same layer open the 31-top.sel, fill with the same color, deselect and open the 32-top.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings. Deselect.

Still on the same layer open the 33-sleeve.sel, fill with the same color and deselect. Open the 34-sleeve.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings. deselect.

On the same layer open the 35-trim.sel, fill with #6D5353 and deselect.

On the same layer open the 36-collar.sel and fill with #F3E7DB, deselect and open the 37-collar.sel, adjust the brightness using the same settings, deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 38-head.sel, fill with #E0BAA6 and deselect. Open the 39-head.sel and fill with black, deselect. Open the 40-head.sel and fill with #D8A78C, deselect. Open the 41-head.sel and fill with #C48E70, deselect. Open the 42-head.sel and fill with the same color, deselect. Open the 43-head.sel and fill with #E89587 for the cheeks. Deselect and add 3% uniform noise.

Included in the zip file is her eyes and mouth, open this up and copy - paste on a new layer and use the mover tool to move it into place.

The hair is included too, copy and paste this on a new layer and move it into place. Once you get the hair into place you can go to COLORS - ADJUST - BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST with the same settings to make the hair darker... Or of course you can make your own hair...

Add a new raster layer and open the 44-bow.sel, fill with #6D5353, SELECTIONS - INVERT and apply a drop shadow with these settings. Deselect.

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 90
Blur = 10
Color = Black

Add a new raster layer and open the 45-bow.sel, fill with the same color, SELECTIONS - INVERT and apply the same drop shadow. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 46-bow.sel, fill with the same color, SELECTIONS - INVERT and apply the same drop shadow. Deselect. And you are done!