PSP Christmas Bear Tutorial

 
You will need a Paint Shop Pro program.  Get a trial from corel.com 

You need to to do the Bear Tutorial before you can continue this tutorial.  If you've already done it then let's start.

Open the bear file. Pen tool/ foreground and fill color to #ffffff. Freehand draw the round image part of the hat on the right side corner of the image. Convert to raster layer. Smudge brush/ size 4/ hardness 50/ step 10/ density 100/ thickness 100/ opacity 100. Smudge the image to give it a furry look.

 Make the image selected and Click on Effects/ 3D Effects/ Cutout. Settings: Vertical and horizontal 2/ opacity 70/ Blur 20/ shadow color #000000. Deselect.

 

   
     
Click the "b-head" layer. Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground and fill color #c000000. Freehand draw the cone part of the hat. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

 Hide the background.

 
     
Effects/ Plugins/ Greg Factory output volume II/ pool shadow. Play around with the settings until you get the right result. Make the layer selected and apply Cutout, settings: Vertical and Horizontal 2/ Opacity 50/ Blur 25/ shadow color #000000.  
     
Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground and fill color #ffffff. Freehand draw the image. Edit the nodes if necessary. Convert to raster layer.  
     
Smudge brush/ size 4, use the same setting. Smudge the image to give it a furry look. Make the layer selected and apply cutout, use the same settings.  
     
Preset shape/ ellipse/ foreground and fill color #c000000. Draw an ellipse covering the round bear-body.

Hide the arms/ hand/ legs and feet. Click on the body suit. Make the body-suit layer selected and apply cutout. Change the Opacity to 80 and Blur to 100. Deselect.

 
     
Preset shape tool/ rectangle/ foreground and fill color #ffffff. Draw a rectangle on the suit. Turn the rectangle slightly to the right. Convert to raster layer. Smudge tool/ size 4, use the same setting. Smudge the rectangle to give it a furry look.

Make the layer selected and apply cutout, opacity 50/ blur 10. DESELECT.

Preset shape/ ellipse/ foreground and fill color #000000. Draw 3 little ellipses on the rectangle. Convert to raster layer. Click the lighten/ darken brush/ size 4. Apply highlights on the ellipses.

 

   
     
Preset shape/ rectangle same color. Draw a rectangle for the bear's black belt. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer. Change the foreground and fill color to #ffffff. Draw a small rectangle for the bear's belt buckle. Convert to raster layer. Merge the layer down.  
     
Unhide the b-left-leg. Pen tool/ Freehand. Draw an image to cover the bear's leg. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

Make the layer selected and apply cutout/ opacity 80/ Blur to 40. DESELECT.

 
     
Preset shape/ rectangle/ foreground and fill color to #ffffff. Draw rectangle. Turn the rectangle the right. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

Smudge brush/ size4, use the same settings. Smudge the image to give it a furry look.

   
     

Make the layer selected and apply cutout, opacity 50, blur 10. DESELECT Unhide the bear's foot and sole.

     
Unhide the right leg. Click to highlight it on the layer pallet. Pen tool/ Freehand/ foreground and fill color #c000000. Freehand draw the image to cover the right leg. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

Make the layer selected and apply cutout/ opacity 80/ Blur to 40. DESELECT.

 
     
Preset shape/ rectangle/ foreground and fill color to #ffffff. Draw rectangle. Edit the nodes and convert to raster layer.

Smudge tool/ size4, use the same settings. Smudge the image to give it a furry look. Make it selected and apply cutout/ opacity 50/ Blur 10. DESELECT.

 

   
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