© Christina Gibbs - April 12, 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.

** German Translation . . . by Monika, and hosted here.  Thank you, Monika. **

You will need to download these selections and save them in a folder of your choice. The eyes and mouth are included in the zip.

Here are the different tiles I used.



Here are the skin colors I used, I will be referring to these by the numbers on them

Open a new image 500 x 450 on a transparent background

Go to "selections" "load from disk" and open the head_tail.sel fill with the white tile and deselect.

On the same layer, "selections" "load from disk" and open the head_tail_shade.sel, go to "colors" "adjust" "brightness/contrast" and change the brightness to -50 deselect

On the same layer, "selections" "load from disk" and open the head_tail_stripes.sel and fill with the black tile. Deselect

Add a new raster layer and load the body_leg.sel fill with the white tile and deselect.

On the same layer load the body_leg_shade.sel go to "colors" "adjust" "brightness/contrast" using the same settings and deselect.

On the same layer, load the body_leg_stripes.sel fill with the black tile and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the sleeve_1.sel fill with the white tile and deselect.

On the same layer, load the sleeve_1_shade.sel go to "colors" "adjust" "brightness/contrast" using the same settings and deselect.

On the same layer, load the sleeve_1_stripes.sel fill with the black tile and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the foot.sel fill with the white tile and deselect.

On the same layer open the foot_shade.sel go to "colors" "adjust" "brightness/contrast" using the same settings and deselect.

Add a new layer and open the ears_feet_pads.sel fill with the pink tile and deselect.

On the same layer open the ears_feet_pads_shade.sel go to "colors" "adjust" "brightness/contrast" using the same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the hands.sel fill with the skin color #1 and deselect.

On the same layer open the hands_light.sel fill with the skin color #4 and deselect.

On the same layer load the hands_fingers.sel fill with the skin color #3 and deselect.

On the same layer open the hands_shade.sel fill with the skin color #2 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the sleeve_2.sel fill with the white tile and deselect.

On the same layer load the sleeve_2_shade.sel go to "colors" "adjust" "brightness/contrast" using the same settings and deselect.

On the same layer open the sleeve_2_shade_2.sel go to "colors" "adjust" "brightness/contrast" using the same settings and deselect.

On the same layer open the sleeve_2_stripes.sel fill with the black tile and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the head.sel fill with the skin color #1 and deselect.

On the same layer open the head_light.sel fill with the skin color #4 and deselect.

On the same layer open the head_shade_1.sel fill with the skin color #3 and deselect.

On the same layer open the head_shade_2.sel fill with the skin color #2 and deselect.

On the same layer open the head_shade_3.sel fill with the same skin color and deselect.

On the same layer open the head_shade_4.sel fill with the same skin color and deselect.

On the same layer open the head_shade_5.sel fill with the same skin color and deselect.

On the same layer open the cheeks.sel fill with the color #5 and deselect.

Now open the cgface.psp file included in the zip go to "edit" "copy" and back to the tiger child go to "edit" "paste as a new selection" and use the mover tool to drag it into place and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the hair.sel fill with the hair tile and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the hat_edge.sel fill with the white tile and go to "selections" "invert" and then "effects" "3d effects" "drop shadow" using these settings and deselect.

And you are done!