Friday 24 October 2014

Pixel Christmas Stocking

This tutorial was written by Monti on November 11th 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
Of course you are free to use any colours you want.
Ok we are ready to start. 

REMEMBER TO SAVE OFTEN 

We will be be making the Stocking shown above. The outlines below have been resized a lot so you can see them clearly. 
I have done the outline in 2 parts, we will be starting with the top half of Stocking.
To make this easier I have numbered all pixels over 1.
The colours used for the outline are listed below.

Step 1: 
Open a new image 100 x 200 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 (#6F3334) and start at the top of your canvas.
Start with the Stocking Hanger and begin drawing your outline.
Change the colours when shown on the outline.
The fur trim is done in colour 3 on your colour chart (#DEC29E) and the heel and toe are done with colour 2 on your colour chart (#4E6451). 

Draw in the rest of the outline shown below changing the colours as you go as shown on the chart.

NOTE: The parts shown in BLUE and the parts you have already drawn from the first outline.
Step 2:
When your outline is complete, select your magic wand with the following settings and click inside the fur trim of the stocking.
Flood fill this selection with white. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 3
Shadow colour: Use your fur outline.(#DEC29E)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT deselect.
Add noise - uniform and monochrome checked - 5%
Deselect. 

Step 3: 
Change your foreground to colour 4 on the colour chart (#BA6769).
Select your magic wand and click inside the main part of the stocking. 
Flood fill this selection with colour 4. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 18
Shadow colour: Use your stocking outline.(#6F3334)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 

Select your magic wand and click inside the hanger of the stocking. 
Flood fill this selection with colour 4 on the colour chart (#BA6769). 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 4
Shadow colour: Use your stocking outline.(#6F3334)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 

Step 4:
Change your foreground to colour 5 on the colour chart (#69896E).
Select your magic wand and click inside the heel of the stocking. 
Flood fill this selection with colour 5 (#69896E). 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 11
Shadow colour: Use your heel outline.(#4E6451)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 

Select your magic wand and click inside the toe of the stocking. 
Flood fill this selection with colour 5 (#69896E). 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 11
Shadow colour: Use your heel outline.(#4E6451)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 

Add your name to the fur trim if you wish.

Merge all visible and save as a png.


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