Sunday 26 October 2014

Pixel Fairy Garden

This tutorial was written by Monti on March 16th 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 open in PSP.
Ok we are ready to start.

REMEMBER TO SAVE OFTEN 

Step 1: - Outline
We will be starting with the mushroom on the left. The outline below has been resized a lot so you can see it clearly. 
To make this easier I have numbered all pixels over 1.

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 (#611A20) and start at the top of your mushroom.
Change the colours as you go. The mushroom head is Colour 1 (#611A20) - the stem, spots and underneath are colour 3 (#A58B8A).

Open a new image 200 x 200 transparent and draw the outline below.
Once that outline is complete carry on with the second mushroom using the outline below.
The pink parts are the parts of the first outline we have already done.
Once that outline is complete carry on with the third mushroom using the outline below.
The pink parts are the parts of the first 2 outlines we have already done.
Step 2: - Left Mushroom Fills
When the outline is complete select your magic wand with the following settings.
Mushroom Head
With your magic wand click inside the left mushroom head making sure you click inside both parts to select it all as shown below.
Select colour 2 (#BA525B) 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: 4
Shadow colour: Use your mushroom head outline.(#611A20)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 8% 
Deselect.

Mushroom Stalk
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the left mushroom stalk.
Fill with colour 4 (#E7DDDB) 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 mushroom stalk outline.(#A58B8A)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 4% 
Deselect.

Mushroom Under
Now for the underside of the left mushroom. 
We are going to use the same cutout in each of the underside sections but we have to do them one at a time. 
Zoom in close so you can select any stray pixels.

Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside one of the underside sections.
Fill with colour 4 (#E7DDDB) on your colour chart.
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 4
Shadow colour: Use your mushroom stalk outline.(#A58B8A)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 4% 
Deselect.

Repeat until ALL underside sections are filled.
Note:
We will do all the spots at the end.
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Step 3: - Right Mushroom Fills
Mushroom Head
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the right mushroom head.
Fill with colour 2 (#BA525B) 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 mushroom head outline.(#611A20)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 8% 
Deselect.

Mushroom Stalk
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the right mushroom stalk.
Fill with colour 4 (#E7DDDB) on your colour chart.
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 7
Shadow colour = Use your mushroom stalk outline.(#A58B8A)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 4% 
Deselect.

Mushroom Under
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the right mushroom underside.
Fill with colour 4 (#E7DDDB) on your colour chart.
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 4
Shadow colour: Use your mushroom stalk outline.(#A58B8A)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 4% 
Deselect.
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Step 4: - Smaller Center Mushroom Fills
Mushroom Head
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the center smaller mushrooms head.
Fill with colour 2 (#BA525B) on your colour chart.
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 4
Shadow colour = Use your mushroom head outline.(#611A20)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 8% 
Deselect.

Mushroom Stalk
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the right mushroom stalk.
Fill with colour 4 (#E7DDDB) 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 mushroom stalk outline.(#A58B8A)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 4% 
Deselect.
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Step 5: - Spots
Please refer to the image below when filling these in as rather than explaining which one we are filling I have numbered the main ones for you. 
Spots 1 - 5
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside Spot 1.
Fill with colour 5 (#FFFFFF - White) on your colour chart.
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 4
Shadow colour: Use your spot outline.(#A58B8A)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 2% 
Deselect.
Repeat for Spots 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Spots 6 - 9
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside Spot 6.
Fill with colour 5 (#FFFFFF - White) 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 your spot outline.(#A58B8A)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 2% 
Deselect.
Repeat for Spots 6, 7, 8, and 9.

All Other Spots
We are going to use the same cutout in each of the other spots but we have to do them one at a time. 
Select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside one of the spots.
Fill with colour 5 (#FFFFFF - White) on your colour chart.
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 2
Shadow colour: Use your spot outline.(#A58B8A)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.

Go to Add Noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked - 2% 
Deselect.
Repeat until all spots are filled.

Save and minimize for now.
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Step 6: - Leaves
I am giving you instructions for 2 different kinds of leaves, choose which one you want to do or do both so you can use a combination of them.

Leaf 1
Select the brush tool with the same settings we used earlier but change the foreground to colour 6 (#384E38). 
Open a new image 20 x 20 transparent and draw the outline below.
When your outline is complete select your magic wand with the same settings we used earlier and click inside the leaf.
Fill with colour 7 (#6A806A) on your colour chart.
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 90
Blur: 3
Shadow colour: Use your Leaf outline.(#384E38))
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 
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Leaf 2
Select the brush tool with the same settings we used earlier. 
Open a new image 20 x 20 transparent and draw the outline below.
When your outline is complete select your magic wand with the same settings we used earlier and click inside the leaf.
Fill with colour 7 (#6A806A) on your colour chart.
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 90
Blur: 3
Shadow colour: Use your leaf outline.(#384E38)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 
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Get Creative
Copy and paste each leaves as a new layer on top of the mushrooms.
Duplicate it and mirror and flip some of the layers so your leaves are in different positions. 
Arrange them around the bottom of the mushrooms.
Use my tag as a guide if you wish. 

Save as a psp file so you can add your fairies to it later.



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