Wednesday 22 October 2014

Pixel Racing Driver Bear

This tutorial was written by Monti on March 9th, 2008. 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 Charts 
Save and then open in PSP
Of course you are free to use any colours you want.ve as, then open in PSP.
Racing Driver Bear Colour Chart 
Racing Driver Kit Colour Chart 
Ok we are ready to start.

REMEMBER TO SAVE OFTEN 

Step 1: 
This is the outline we will be making. Mine has been resized a lot so you can see it clearly. 
To make this easier I have numbered all pixels over 1.
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% 
Set your foreground to colour 1 on Colour Chart 1 (#945937) and start with the bears head. 
(You can move the image later using your move tool if you need to.)

Continue doing the rest of the outline using the colours shown. 
You can change the colour of the jumpsuit to suit your team colours. 

When your main outline is complete add a new raster layer and draw in the face using the guide below.
The muzzle outline is colour 5 on the Bear Colour Chart.
Move it into position and merge layers visible.

Step 2:
When your outline is complete, select your magic wand with the following settings and click inside the bears head.
Select colour 2 (#D48B5E) on your Bear Colour Chart and flood fill that 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 bear outline colour. (#945937)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 3:
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears outer ears holding down the shift key to select all parts. 
Make sure you select ALL the stray pixels shown below. 
Fill with colour 2 (#D48B5E) on your Bear 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 bear outline colour. (#945937)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 4:
Set your foreground to colour 7 on the Bear Colour Chart and use your paint brush on size 1 to fill in the 3 pixels in the area shown below.
Step 5:
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears left hand. 
Fill with colour 2 (#D48B5E) on your Bear Colour Chart 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 6
Shadow colour: use your bear outline colour. (#945937)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 
REPEAT for the right hand.

Step 6:
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears left inner ear. 
Fill with colour 4 (#F9C3BD) on your Bear 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 inner ear outline colour. (#F27B6B)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 
REPEAT for the right inner ear.

Step 7:
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears muzzle. 
Fill with colour 6 (#FAD0C0) on your Bear 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 muzzle outline colour. (#F3A47D)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Change your foreground to White and select your paint brush. 
Add a 1 pixel stroke between the black areas at the top of the nose if you didn't already do this on the face outline.
Step 8:
Select your magic wand and click inside the right side (main area - arm, leg, body) of the jump suit. 
Fill with colour F (#D22828) on your Kit Colour Chart or a colour of your choice. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 8
Shadow colour: use your jumpsuit outline colour (I used #871F1F).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 9:
Select your magic wand and click inside the left leg of the jump suit. 
Fill with colour F (#D22828) on your Kit Colour Chart or a colour of your choice. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 8
Shadow colour: use your jumpsuit outline colour (I used #871F1F).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Change your foreground to colour G on the Kit Colour Chart and set the size to 1 pixel. 
NOTE: If you used a different colout for your jump suit zoom in on your image and use the colour on your jump suit just next to the outline. 
Paint in the areas on the jumpsuit shown by the arrows below.
Step 10:
Select your magic wand and click inside the left collar of the jump suit. 
Fill with colour F (#D22828) on your Kit Colour Chart or a colour of your choice. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 2
Shadow colour: use your jumpsuit outline colour (I used #871F1F).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 
REPEAT for the right collar.

Step 11:
Select your magic wand and click inside the red circle on top of the helmet. 
Fill with colour F (#D22828) on your Kit Colour Chart or a colour of your choice. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 2
Shadow colour: use your jumpsuit outline colour (I used #871F1F).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 12:
Select your magic wand and click inside the top section of the helmet. 
Fill with colour B (#FFFFFF) on your Kit Colour Chart. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 30
Blur: 3
Shadow colour: use your helmet outline colour (#000000).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 13:
Select your magic wand and click inside the bottom sections of the helmet both above and below the red line. 
Fill with colour B (#FFFFFF) on your Kit Colour Chart. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 30
Blur: 3
Shadow colour: use your helmet outline colour (#000000).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 14:
Select your magic wand and click inside the visor of the helmet. 
Fill with colour D (#404040) on your Kit Colour Chart. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0 
Horizontal: 1
Opacity: 80
Blur: 3
Shadow colour: use your helmet outline colour (#000000).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect. 
Add a new raster layer. 
Change your foreground to colour C (#676078) on the kit colour chart. 
Select your paint brush and change the size to 3. 
Draw in an area similar to mine below, it doesn't have to be exact.
Go to Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 1. 
Deselect.

Step 15:
Select your magic wand and click inside the left shoe. 
Fill with colour D (#404040) on your Kit Colour Chart. 
Keep selected. 
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 80
Blur: 4
Shadow colour: use your helmet outline colour (#000000).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect. 
REPEAT for the right shoe.

Step 16: - Optional
Add a new raster layer and add any other decorations you want. 
I added a belt and a yellow stripe on the shoulder.

Merge all visible and save as a png. 


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