Vector Happy Snowman Tutorial Page 2

Pen tool/ foreground/ background color of choice or pattern of your choice. Freehand draw the image as shown on screen shot.

Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Make the image selected, click on Effects/ 3D effects/ CUTOUT/ change the shadow color to #37c4c9 and Blur to 50. OK.

 
DESELECT. Name this image "left-hand".

Click on Effect/ 3D effects/ Drop shadow, use the same settings just change the shadow color to
#000000. OK.

 
Pen tool/ freehand/ size 1/ foreground /background color or pattern to match the vest.

Freehand draw the image. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Make the image selected and apply CUTOUT/ shadow color #000000.

DESELECT. Name this image "left-sleeve". Apply drop shadow.

 

Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground/ background color of choice or pattern of your choice. Freehand draw the image as shown on screen shot. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

Make the image selected, click on Effects/ 3D effects/ CUTOUT/ change the shadow color to #37c4c9 and Blur to 50. OK.  Apply drop shadow.

DESELECT. Name this image "right-hand".

Click on Effect/ 3D effects/ Drop shadow, use the same settings just change the shadow color to
#000000. OK.

 

Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground/ background color of choice or pattern of choice to match the scarf 1.

Freehand draw the image as shown on screen shot. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

Make the layer selected and apply cutout. Change the blur to 20 and shadow color to #000000.


DESELECT. Name this image "scarf2". Apply drop shadow/ change the blur to 7. OK
 

Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground/ background color of choice or pattern of choice to match the scarf 1
and scarf 2.

Freehand draw the image as shown on screen shot. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

Make the layer selected and apply cutout. DESELECT. Name this image "scarf 3".

Apply drop shadow/ use the same settings. OK

 

Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground/ background color to #000000. Freehand draw an ellipse as shown on
the screen shot. Or you may use the preset shape ellipse and deformation tool. Edit the nodes to
reshape the image.

 Convert to raster layer. Name the image "hat1"

 

  Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground/ background color to #ff0000. Free hand draw the image as shown on
the screen shot.

Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Make the layer selected and apply CUTOUT. Change the Cutout Blur to 8. OK. DESELECT.

Name this image "hat-band".

 

Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground background  color#000000. Free hand draw the image as shown on the screen shot. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

Name this image "top-hat".

 

  Pen tool/ Freehand size 2/ foreground color #FFFFFF/  no background color. Freehand draw 2 lines on the left side of the top-hat. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur 1.


OK Name this image "top-hat-highlights".

 

Preset shape tool/ ellipse. Draw an oblong/ use the deformation tool to turn left/ place it on top of the hat. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Make the image selected and apply CUTOUT.

Name this layer " top-hat-lite".

 

 
Pen tool/ Freehand/ size 1/ foreground/ background color #146c14. Freehand draw the image as
shown on the screen shot.

Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Make the image selected and apply CUTOUT/ change the cutout blur back to 50.

Apply drop shadow. DESELECT. Name this
image "xmas-tree".

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