Saturday 25 October 2014

Pixel Bat

This tutorial was written by Monti on October 7th 2007. It's concept is copyrighted to Monti. Any creation you make from my ideas are yours. You may print out this tutorial for your own personal use, but please do not copy it in any way to put online, pass out or rewrite without my permission or worse yet attempt to claim as your own.

For this tutorial you will need 

Paint Shop Pro

The Following Colour Chart
Save and then open in PSP.
Ok we are ready to start.

REMEMBER TO SAVE OFTEN 

Step 1: Outline
We will be be making the bat shown above. The outlines below have been resized a lot so you can see them clearly. 
To make this easier I have numbered all pixels over 1.
We will be adding the face at the end.
Open a new image 150 x 150 transparent. 
Select the brush tool with the following settings.
Size: 1 - Hardness, Opacity and Density: 100 
Zoom in to about 800% - 1000% 
Set your foreground to colour 1 on the outline colour chart (#3B352D) and start at the top of your canvas.
I started on his head.

Step 2: Head Fill
When your outline is complete, select your magic wand with the following settings and click inside the head.
Select colour 2 (#796F66) on your colour chart and flood fill this selection. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 10
Shadow colour: Use your outline colour.(#3B352D)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.
Add noise - uniform and monochrome checked - 5%
Deselect.

Step 3: Body Fill
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside body.
Fill this selection with colour 2 (#796F66) on your colour chart. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 10
Shadow colour: Use your outline colour.(#3B352D)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.
Add noise - uniform and monochrome checked - 5%
Deselect.

Step 4: Wing Fills
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the left wing.
Fill this selection with colour 2 (#796F66) on your colour chart. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 12
Shadow colour: Use your outline colour.(#3B352D)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.
Add noise - uniform and monochrome checked - 5%
Deselect. 
Repeat for the right wing.

Step 5: Ear Fills
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the left ear.
Fill this selection with colour 2 (#796F66) on your colour chart. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 5
Shadow colour: Use your outline colour.(#3B352D)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.
Add a new raster layer.
Select your Paint Brush - Size 6 - Round - Colour 3 on your colour chart (#D0A2A7).
Add a pink dot to his ear (some will go over the head area that's fine as it is still selected.
Go to Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 2.
Deselect. 
Repeat for the right ear and then merge all visible.

Step 6: Face
Add a new raster layer.
Using colour 1 on your colour chart (#3B352D) and the outline below draw your face on the new layer. 
Position in the middle of his face.

Set your foreground to colour 4 on your colour chart (#E0D97E) and your background to white (#FFFFFF). Change the foreground to Gradient - Style Linear - Foreground/Background (make sure the white is at the top of the gradient if it isn't click on invert).
With your Magic Wand select inside both eyes and fill with the gradient.
DO NOT DESELECT. 
Add a new raster layer and select your Paint Brush Size 3.
Set your foreground colour to Black (#000000).
Add a dot to the center of each eye for his pupils. 
Go to Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 1.
Deselect.

Activate the face outline layer and with your Magic Wand click inside his nose. 
Fill this selection with colour 3 (#D0A2A7) on your colour chart. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 3
Shadow colour: Use colour 2 on your colour chart.(#796F66)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Merge all visible and save as a png


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