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Valentine Express
You will need PSP program to do this
tutorial. Get a 30 day free at
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Download the selections here, unzip and
extract it to your PSP Selections file.
Copy and paste the pattern below.
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the "ve-brush-plate". Add a new raster layer and flood fill
with color #8 from the color chart. Deselect. Draw a
rectangle selection and make the image selected. Effects/ 3D
Effects/ Cutout. Settings below. OK
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the Lighten/ Darken brush. Settings below. Apply highlights.
Load the "ve-brush-plate-lines". Add a new raster layer and
flood fill with color #14. Deselect. Go to the layer palette
and reduce the opacity to 35. Effects/ 3D effects/ drop
shadow. Settings: Vertical and Horizontal 1/ Opacity 75/
Blur 0/ color #15 from the color chart. Merge the layer
down. OK |
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Load the "ve-large-heart". Add a new
raster layer and flood fill with color #7. Deselect. Make a
rectangle selection and make the heart selected. Apply Cut
out, use the same settings just adjust the Blur to 100. OK
Deselect.
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the "ve-chimney". Add a new raster layer and flood fill with
color #7. Deselect. Make a rectangle selection and make the
chimney selected. Apply cutout, use the same settings,
adjust the Blur to 30. OK. Deselect. Load the "ve-chimney-highlights".
Add a new raster layer and flood fill with color #4.
Deselect. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur/ Radius 4. OK
Load the "ve-chimney-line". Flood fill with #14. Add a drop
shadow. Settings below.
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what we have so far.
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Load
the "ve-wheels1". Add a new raster layer and flood fill the
first 2 wheels on left with color #1 and the 4 wheels on the
right with color #14.
Lighten/ Darken Brush. Settings below.
Apply highlights on the black wheels. Deselect.
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the "ve-wheels2". Add a new raster layer. Flood fill the 2
flowers on the left with color #6, flowers on the middle
wheels with #15, and the hearts on the right wheels with #7.
Deselect.
Make the "wheels2" selected and apply cutout, change the
blur to 10. Apply Drop shadow, use the same settings.
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Load
the "wheels3". New raster layer and flood fill with color
#15 the first 2 wheels on the left, #6 wheels on the middle
and #1 wheels on the right. Deselect.
Load the "ve-headlight". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #14. Deselect.
Load the "ve-head-lamp-post". Flood fill with #14. Deselect.
Load the "ve-head-lamp1". Flood fill with #14. Deselect.
Load the "ve-head-lamp2". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #2. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout,
use the same settings.
Lighten/ Darken brush. Lighten the center. Deselect.
Load the "ve-head-lamp3". Flood fill with #14.
Load the "ve-head-lamp-4". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #11. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout,
change the blur to 5.
Lighten/ Darken brush. Lighten the center.
Load the "ve-horn-post". Flood fill with #14.
Load the "ve-horn-string". Flood fill with #14.
Load the "ve-horn-bell". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #3. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout,
change the blur to 10. OK |
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Lighten/ Darken brush. Lighten the center.
We have this image so far.
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Load
the "ve-caboose1". Add a raster layer and flood fill with
#14.
Load the "ve-caboose2". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #5. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout,
change the Opacity to 75 and Blur to 30.
Load the "ve-caboose3". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #3. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout.
Lighten/ Darken brush size 42 and lighten the center. Add
your text.
Load the "ve-engine". Add a raster layer and flood fill with
#6. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout,
change the Blur to 50.
Load the "ve-engine-highlights". Add a raster layer and
flood fill with #4. Deselect. Apply Gaussian Blur, use the
same settings.
Load the "ve-engine-lines". Add a raster layer and flood
fill with #14. Deselect. Reduce the opacity to 50 and apply
drop shadow. We have this image so far.
Load the "ve-engine-missle". Add a raster layer and flood
fill with #7. Deselect and make it selected again. Apply
cutout, change the Blur to 10. Lighten/ Darken brush, size
7, apply highlight to the center.
Load the "ve-cab1". Add a raster layer and flood fill with
#14.
Load the "ve-cab2". Add a raster layer and flood fill with
#16. We have this image so far.
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Load
the "ve-cab-roof". Add a raster layer and flood fill with
#17. Lighten/ Darken brush/ highlight the roof. Deselect.
Load the "ve-bear-hand". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #8. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout,
change the shadow color to #17.
Airbrush/ size 12/ color 18. Airbrush around the hand.
Smudge tool/ size 11/ hardness 50/ step 10/ density 100/
thickness 100/ opacity 55. Smudge the airbrush paint to
blend.
Pen tool/ Freehand/ size 1/ add lines to separate fingers.
Convert to raster layer. Apply drop shadow, color white,
opacity 25 and blur 1. |
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Load
the "ve-bear-shirt". Add a raster layer and flood fill with
the pattern that goes with this tutorial. Deselect.
Make it selected again and apply cutout, change the blur to
20 and color to #13. OK
Load the "ve-bear-shirt-lines". Add a raster layer and flood
fill with #13. Deselect. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur/ Radius
1. Adjust the opacity to 50.
Click on the "ve-bear-shirt". Lighten/ Darken brush/ size 9.
Lighten between the shirt lines. Merge the "ve-bear-shirt-lines"
down.
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| Load the "ve-bear-head".
Add a raster layer and flood fill with #8. Add raster layer.
Airbrush/ size 15/ color #18 and #99815B. Airbrush the head
as shown on the screen shot. ve9 |
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Brush. Settings below.  |
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Smudge the image
as shown on the
screen shot. |
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Load
the "ve-bear-ears-line". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #14. Deselect and reduce the opacity to 45.
Load the "ve-bear-face-shade". Add a raster layer and flood
fill with #15. Deselect. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur/ Radius
3.
Load the "ve-bear-eyelashes". Add a raster layer and
floodfill with #14.
Load the '"ve-bear-eyes1". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #9. Load the "ve-bear-eyes2", add a raster layer and
flood fill with #10.
Load the "ve-bear-eyes3". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #14. Load the "ve-bear-eyes4 and flood fill with #15.
Load the "ve-bear-mouth". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #6.
Load the "ve-mouth'line". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #14. Load the "ve-bear-nose". Add a raster layer and
flood fill with #6. Apply cutout, Blur 8. Lighten/ Darken
brush. Lighten the center.
Let's enhance the face. Make the bear head selected. Smudge
brush/ use the same settings. Smudge the airbrushed layer.
Add more paint to darken the shade. Then smudge it to blend. |
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Airbrush #9 on the cheek, around the eyes and ears. |
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the paint to blend. Spread the white shade around. When
you're satisfy with it, deselect |
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Load
the "ve-bear-hat". Add a raster layer and flood fill with
the pattern that goes with this tutorial. Deselect. Make it
selected again and apply cutout, change the blur to 30.
Load the "ve-bear-hat-lines". Add a raster layer and flood
fill with #10. Deselect. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur 1.
Click back on the hat and lighten between the lines. Merge
the lines down.
Load the "ve-bear-hat-band". Add a raster layer and flood
fill with the pattern. Deselect and make it selected again.
Apply cutout. Change the blur to 5. Deselect.
Lighten/ Darken brush. Lighten the center.
Click on the hat. Burn brush/ size 10/ hardness 50/ density
100/ thickness 100/ opacity 100. Darken the hat just below
the band.
Click on the bear-shirt and darken below the bear-chin.
Click the top layer on the layer palette. Load the
"ve-cab-door1". Add a raster layer and flood fill with #14.
Load the "ve-cab-door2". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #1. Deselect. Make it selected again. Apply cutout,
change the blur to 15.
Load the "ve-cab-door3". Add a raster layer and flood fill
with #7. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout.. |
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the "ve-cab-door4". Add a raster layer and flood fill with
#9. Deselect.
Make it selected again and apply cutout. Lighten/ Darken
brush. Lighten the center.
You should have an image that look exactly or similar to
the image on the right. |
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You may
add your text or message and enhance the image at this point
before merging all the layers down.
Hide the background layer. Click on any open layers and
merge the layers visible. Save your image.
End of Tutorial |
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