Pixel Awareness Ribbon

 

This tutorial was written for Rach in memory of the Virginia Tech victims.

This tutorial was written by Monti on April 18th 2006. 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.

NOTE:

The instructions given are for a 2 colour ribbon, if you are making a one colour one like the Breast Cancer ribbon shown above then do both lighter shades in the same light colour and both medium shades in the same meduim colour, and fill the main ribbon in the same darker colour.

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.

Note: I have done the outline in pink so you can see it clearly, you should use colour 1 on your colour chart (#FFE7A2).

Open a new image 100 x 100 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 (#FFE7A2) and start at whichever point you prefer. I find it easier to start the highest point, in this case the top of the ribbon. (You can move the image later using your move tool if you need to).

Step 2:

When your outline is complete, change to colour 4 on the colour chart (#FAA66E) and using your paint brush on the same settings paint in the area shown below.

When that shading is complete, change to colour 3 on the colour chart (#F88D46) and using your paint brush on the same settings paint in the area shown below.

When that shading is complete, select your magic wand with the following settings

Click inside the area next to the shading and fill with colour 2 on your colour chart (#F77318) as shown below. 

Step 3:

Change to colour 7 on your colour chart (#E7275D) and using your paint brush on the same settings paint in the area shown below.

When that shading is complete, change to colour 6 on the colour chart (#C01646) and using your paint brush on the same settings paint in the area shown below.

When that shading is complete, select your magic wand with the same settings and click inside the all the other ribbon areas and fill with colour 5 on your colour chart (#8B0E30) as shown below. 

Merge all visible and save as a png.

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