PSPX Bear Tutorial

 

  You will need a PSP program to do this tutorial.  This tutorial is written for PSPX but can be tried on earlier or later versions.  Get a a trial of PSP at corel.com.  
We will be using these colors. Bear color #b38571/ airbrush color # 563a2c.
Open a canvas 400x500, transparent. Change the foreground color to #b38571. Preset shape/ ellipse. Draw an ellipse on the canvas. Edit the nodes to make it look like an egg shape and convert to raster layer. Name the layer "b-body".  

Add a new raster layer. Airbrush size 25/ hardness 20/ step 10/ density 100/ thickness 100/ opacity
40. Airbrush around the image.
 

Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur/ 20. Go to the layer pallet and make the "b-body" layer highlighted. Then make the "b-body" selected.

Click on Selections/ Invert/. Click on the the airbrushed layer and hit DELETE. This will delete the excess paint. Merge the layer down. DESELECT.

 

Preset shape/ ellipse/ bear color. Draw on ellipse above the body. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Name this layer "b-head".  

Airbrush tool/ same settings and color. Add a new raster layer. Airbrush around the image.

Apply Gaussian Blur. Make the "b-head" selected. Invert the selection/ click on the airbrush layer and hit
DELETE. Merge the layer down.

 

Preset shape/ ellipse/ bear color. Draw 1 an ellipse above the "b-head". Place it on the left side. Edit the nodes, convert to raster layer.

Draw another and place it on the opposite side of the head. Convert to raster layer, merge the layer down and name it "b-ears". Move this layer down. DESELECT.

 

Add a new raster layer. Airbrush tool/ change the size to 12/ airbrush, around the ellipses. Apply Gaussian Blur 7. Make the "b-ears" selected. Selections/ invert and delete the excess paint. Merge the layer down. DESELECT.  

Preset shape/ ellipse/ fore ground color # 563a2c and fill color #edafc2. Draw an ellipse on the left-side ear, edit the nodes, DO NOT CONVERT TO RASTER LAYER. Draw another ellipse on the right side ear, edit the nodes. Change the line style to zipper. Convert to raster layer. Name this layer "b-inner-ears". Move this layer down.  

Change the foreground and fill color to black (#000000). Paint brush size 10. Add anew raster layer. Dot the eyes spots on the face. Change the foreground color to white (#ffffff). Paint brush/ size 5. Dot 2 white spots on the eyes. Name this layer "b-eyes".  

Preset shape/ Ellipse/ line style zipper/ size 1. Draw an ellipse right below the eyes. Convert to raster layer. Name this layer "b-mussel". Add a new raster layer, airbrush around the muzzle. Apply Gaussian Blur 7. Make the layer "b-muzzle" selected. Selections/ invert. Click on the airbrush layer and delete the excess paint. Merge the layer down. DESELECT.  

Preset shape/ rectangle/ foreground and fill color #000000. Draw a small rectangle on the face.
Convert to raster layer and name this layer "b-nose. Lighten/ Darken brush/ size 3. Apply highlight to the nose.
 

Pen tool/ Freehand/ size 2. Free hand draw the mouth. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Name this layer "b-mouth".  

Preset shape/ ellipse/ foreground and fill color to #edafc2. Draw 2 ellipse on the cheeks. Convert to raster layer. Adjust/ Gaussian Blur 5. Name this layer "b-blush"  

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