PSP Spring Bunny Tutorial

Spring Bunny Tutorial You need a PSP program. Get a 30 day free trial at corel.com. Eye Candy 3.1. You should be able to get a free download from the net. Download the patterned backgrounds. Download the Spring Bunny Selections. Extract it to the file of your choice.

We will be using this Eye Candy 3.1 settings to all the bunny parts. Open a canvas 500x500, transparent. Selections/ Load/ Save Selections/ Load selections from disk. Locate the SB-grass. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #9CC347. Deselect. Effects/ Plugins/ Eye Candy 3.1/ Swirl. Use the settings above. Load the SB-feet. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #D7AC98. Deselect. Make it selected again. Effects/ 3D effects/ Cutout. Settings below. Deselect. Apply Eye Candy/ Swirl. OK Click the Burn brush. Settings below.
Draw lines to separate the paws.

Load the SB-left-ear-arm. Add a raster layer and flood fill with the same color. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout. Use the same settings. Deselect. Apply Eye candy, swirl. Load the SB-body. Add a raster layer and flood fill with floral pattern. Deselect and make it selected again. Apply cutout, use the same settings just change the shadow color to #A45076. Brightness and Contrast. Brightness 25/ contrast 0. Load the SB-body-shades1. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #D06E98. Go to the layer palette and adjust the opacity to75. Merge this layer down. Load the SB-body-shades2. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #B75380. Lighten/ Darken brush. Lighten the fold. Merge the layer down. Load the SB-body-shades3. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #B75380. Reduce the opacity to 35. Merge the layer down. Load the SB-stems. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #718D2F. Load the SB-leaves. Add a raster layer and flood-fill with #81A437. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, same settings, just change the opacity to 75, Blur 25, color #42560C. Load the SB-leaves-veins. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #4F650D. Deselect. Click on the leaves. Lighten between the leaves veins. Load the SB-flower1. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #FFFFFF. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, use the same settings, just change the shadow color to #FA9F00. Load the SB-flower-lines. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #432D0B. Reduce the opacity to 60. Load the SB-flower2. Add a raster layer and flood fill with grainy pattern. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout. Same settings, just change the shadow color to #000000.
Lighten/ Darken brush. Same settings. Apply highlights.

Load the SB-halter. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #F4C0DC. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, change the Blur to 8 and shadow color to #9D2371. Load the SB-halter-shades, add a raster layer and flood fill with #854B61. Load the SB-halter-buttons. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #FA77AE. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, change the Blur to 5 and shadow color to #6F1D51. Apply lighten/ darken brush, size 8. Paint brush/ round size 2, color #000000. Place 2 dots on each button. Load the SB-scarf. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #F4C0DC. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout. Use the same settings, change the Blur to 15 and shadow color to #B83889. Load the SB-scarf-shades. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #E97EBF. Load the SB-scarf-heart. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #FA77AE. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, change the shadow color to #6F1D51. Apply highlights. Load the SB-right-arm-left-hand. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #D7AC98. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, change the shadow color to #3A2414. Deselect and apply Eye Candy 3.1, Swirl. Burn brush. Add lines to separate the paws. Load the SB-scarf-bow. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #F4C0DC. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, change the shadow color to #B83889. Pen tool/ size 1/ no fill/ color #432D0B. Draw lines between the bows. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Reduce the opacity to 50. Load the SB-scarf-button. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #FA77AE. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, change the shadow color to #6F1D51. Lighten the center. Paint brush size 2, color #000000. Place 2 dots on the button. Load the SB-head. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #D7AC98. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, change shadow color to #3A2414. Load the SB-eye1. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #FFFFFF. Load the SB-eye2. Flood fill with #36374C. Load the SB-eye3. Flodd fill with #000000. Load the SB-eye4. Flood fill with #FFFFFF. Load the SB-eye5. Flood fill with #000000. Load the SB-eyelashes and flood fill with #000000. Deselect. Load the SB-nose-mouth. Add a raster layer and flood fill the nose with #DD816D and the mouth with #000000. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout, change the opacity to 75, Blur to 10 and shadow color to #6F1D51. Apply highlights. Click on the SB-head. Lighten/ Darken brush. Lighten the eye part and muzzle. See screen shot. Make the head selected. Add a raster layer. Airbrush tool. Airbrush above the muzzle with #855A46 and with #DF6F86 on the cheek. Apply Gaussian Blur, size 5. Apply Eye Candy, swirl. Load the SB-right-ear. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #D7AC98. Deselect and reselected. Apply cutout. Change the Blur to 15. Deselect. Apply Eye Candy, Swirl. Load the SB-right-inner-ear. Lighten/ darken brush. Lighten half of the selections. Airbrush with #DF6F86 the other half. Apply Gaussian Blur. Apply Eye Candy, swirl. Deselect. Merge the "airbrushed" layer down. Load the SB-right-ear-line. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #855A46. Deselect. Reduce the opacity to 60. Burn brush. Change the size to 5 and opacity to 75. Darken the place circled on the screen shot. Click the left ear. Make it selected. Airbrush with #855A46. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur 5. OK. Apply Eye Candy, Swirl. Deselect. Merge the airbrushed layer down. Make adjustments if needed before saving your image. Add flowers on the grass using picture tubes. Merge the layers visible and save your image. End of Tutorial PSP8 Tutorial Index