Santa and Friends Bench

I have prepared a selections for this tutorial to speed up the process.  Drawing and editing nodes can be time consuming.  Download the selection files.

You will need a wood grain pattern for the bench or you can use mine.  It can be colorized.  Download the pattern here.

Of course you will need the PSPX program.  Corel.com offer a 30 day trial. Or you may try this tutorial on earlier or latest version.
Open a canvas 600x600, transparent. Click on Selections/ Load selection from disk. Locate the SF-bench-legs. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with wood pattern.

Load the SF-bench-shadow. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #808080.

Load the SF-bench-front. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with wood pattern. Adjust/ Brightness and contrast. Brightness -50/ Contrast 0. Apply drop shadow/ Vertical 1/ Horizontal 2/ Opacity 40/ Blur1/ Color #ffffff.

Load SF-bench-left-rail. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with wood pattern. Adjust/ Brightness and Contrast/ Brightness -50/ Contrast 0.

Load SF-bench-right-raill. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with wood pattern. Adjust/ Brightness and Contrast/ Brightness -50/ Contrast 0.

Load the SF-girl-body. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with any color or pattern you choose.

Load the SF-girl-collar. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with white. Texture/ Texture Effects/ Blinds/ width 5/ Opacity 30/ Horizontal unchecked/ Light from Left/top checked/ Color #808080. OK

Load SF-girl-ears. Flood fill with color #6d4d5. Effects/ 3D effects/ Cutout.
Vertical-1/ Horizontal 2/ Opacity 10/ blur 5.

Load the SF-girl-head. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #f6d4d5. Deselect. Make the head selected by using the selection tool/ rectangle. Add a new raster layer. Airbrush size/20/ hardness 20/ step 10/ density 18/ thickness 100/ rotation 0/ opacity 45. Airbrush around the head. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur 6.

Load the SF-girl-eyes. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with black. Paint brush size 4/ color white/ dot the girl's eyes.

Load the SF-girl-cheeks. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill with #e973be. Deselect.

Load the SF-girl-nose. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill with #f6d4d5. Deselect. Make the nose selected again. Effects/ 3D effects/ Cutout. Offset/ Vertical 1/ Horizontal2/ Attributes/ Opacity 50/ Blur 5.

Load the SF-girl-mouth. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill or paint with black. Deselect.

Click on preset shape tool and locate the Heart1. Change the foreground/ background color to #ff0000. Draw a heart shape on the center of the mouth. Convert to raster layer.

Load the SF-girl-hair1. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill with hair texture. Smudge brush/ size 13/ hardness 29/ step 10/ density 100/ thickness 100/ opacity 78. Smudge the girl's hair upward.

Load the SF-girl-hair2. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill with hair texture. Smudge brush/ size 13/ hardness 29/ step 10/ density 100/ thickness 100/ opacity 78. Smudge the girl's hair upward.

Load the SF-Santa-body. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill with #ff0000. Effects/ 3D Effects/ Cutout/ Vertical -1/ Horizontal2/ Opacity 65/ Blur 25. OK

Load SF-Santa-head. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill with #f6d4d5. Deselect. Make the head selected by using the selection tool/ rectangle. Add a new raster layer. Airbrush size/20/ hardness 20/ step 10/ density 18/ thickness 100/ rotation 0/ opacity 45. Airbrush around the head. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur 6. Merge the layer down.

Load SF-Santa-hair. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #ffffff. Apply Cutout/ Vertical -1/ Horizontal 2/ Opacity 30/ Blur 14. OK

Load SF-Santa-hat1. Add a new raster layer and flood will with #ffffff. Apply Cutout. Same settings above.

Load SF-Santa-hat2. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #ff0000. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply Cutout. Vertical -1 Horizontal 2/ Opacity 60/ Blur 10. OK

Load SF-Santa-hat3. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #ffffff. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply Cutout.

Load-SF-Santa-eyes. Add a new raster layer and Flood fill with Black. Paint brush/ size 5/ white/ round. Dot Santa's eyes.

Load-SF-Santa-cheeks. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #c7436b.

Load SF-Santa-nose. Add a raster layer. Flood fill with #f6d4d5. DESELECT. Make the nose selected again. Effects/ 3D effects/ Cutout. Change the opacity to 60 and color #8f0d07.

Load SF-boy-body. Add a raster layer. Flood Fill with #84ab2f. Effects/ Texture Effects/ Texture and locate the "Divots" texture. OK. DESELECT.

Make the body selected again. Apply cutout/ change the color to black and blur 22. OK

Load SF-Santa-message-board. Add a raster layer and flood fill with the wood grain. Deselect. Make the board selected again and apply cutout. Change Blur to 2. You may add your own message on the board.

Load SF-Santa-Beard. Add anew raster layer and Flood fill with #ffffff. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply Cutout. Change Blur to 22. OK

Load SF-Santa-mouth. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #c7436b.

Load The SF-boy-collar. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #00ff00. Effects/ Texture Effects/ Blinds/ width 5/ Opacity 30/ Color black/ Horizontal unchecked/ Light from left/top checked. OK

Load the SF-boy-ears. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #00ff00. Effects/ 3D effects/ Cutout.
Vertical-1/ Horizontal 2/ Opacity 10/ blur 5.


Load the SF-boy-head. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #f6d4d5. Deselect. Make the head selected again. Apply Airbrush around the head. Brush size 20 hardness 20/ step 10/ density 18/ thickness 100/ opacity 45/ normal. Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur 5/ opacity 0. Go to the layer palette and highlight the airbrushed layer and merge it down to the head.

Load the SF-boy-stockinghat1. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #00ff00. Deselect. Effects/ Texture Effects/ Texture/ choose "Divots". Deselect.

Make the hat selected again and apply cutout. Change the Opacity 50/ Blur 20. OK.

Load the SF-boy-stockinghat2. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #ff0000. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply Cutout.

Load the SF-boy-stockinghat3. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with #ff0000. Effects/ Texture Effects/ Blinds. OK

Load SF-boy-cheeks. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #e973be.

Load SF-boy-eyes. Add a raster layer and flood fill with black. Paint brush/ size 4/ color white. Dot the eyes.



Load SF-Santa-hand1. Flood fill with black.
Load SF-Santa-hand2. Flood fill with #ff0000.
Load SF-Santa-hand3. Flood fill with white. Deselect. Make it selected again and apply cutout. Change the Blur to 14.

Load-SF-bench-arm-shadows. Add a raster layer and flood fill with #808080.

Load SF-bench-arms. Add a raster layer and flood fill with wood grain. Deselect. Make the arms selected again and apply Cutout. Change the cutout blur to 10.

Load the SF-bench-board1. Add a raster layer and Flood fill with black.

Load the SF-bench-board2. Add a raster layer and flood fill with wood grain. Deselect.

Make the board2 selected again and apply cutout. Merge all layers visible and save it.

End of Tutorial

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