Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Pixel Hammer Head Shark


This tutorial was written for a very special little boy - Elric Childress - who sadly lost his battle with DPIG (childhood cancer) on 9th September 2012, aged 10.
He was a very special little boy who will never be forgotten by anyone whose life he touched.
Rest In Peace Elric.

This tutorial was written by Monti on September 1st 2012. 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 

Step 1:
We will be be making the Shark shown below. 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 the shark.
To make this easier I have numbered all pixels over 1.
Open a new image 200 x 200 transparent. 
Flood fill with white so you can see what you are working on. Delete this layer at the end.
Turn the grid on so you can see the single pixels by going to View - Grid - then View - Change Grid, Guide and Snap Properties. Under Current Image Settings change the Horizontal and Vertical grids to 1.
Add a new Raster Layer and name Outline.
Select the brush tool with the following settings.
Size: 1 - Hardness, Opacity and Density: 100 
Zoom in to about 800% - 1000% 
Change colours as you go as indicated on the outline chart. The outline is colour 1 (#101010) on your colour chart. I find it easier to start at the highest point, in this case the top fin. (You can move the image later using your move tool if you need to). 

Set your foreground to colour 1 on the colour chart (#101010) and start drawing the Shark outline.

When you have completed that outline we will carry on with the outline below.
NOTE: The parts shown in pink are the parts you have already drawn from the first outline.
Step 2:
When all of your outline is complete, select your magic wand with the following settings and click inside the top fin.
Add a new raster layer called Fill and move this beneath your outline layer in the layer palette.
Select colour 2 (#6a6a6a) on your colour chart, click on the Fill layer to activate it and flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 10
Horizontal: 3
Opacity: 90
Blur: 18
Shadow colour: Use your Shark outline. Colour 1 (#101010).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 3:
Select your magic wand and making sure you are on the outline layer click inside head. 
Select colour 2 (#6a6a6a) on your colour chart and making sure you are on your fill layer flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 12
Shadow colour: Use your Shark outline. Colour 1 (#101010).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 4:
Select your magic wand and making sure you are on the outline layer click inside the hammer head part of the shark.

Select colour 2 (#6a6a6a) on your colour chart and making sure you are on your fill layer flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 6
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 90
Blur: 12
Shadow colour: Use your shark outline. Colour 1 (#101010).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 5:
Select your magic wand and making sure you are on the outline layer click inside the Sharks belly. 
Select colour 3 (#b1b1b1) on your colour chart and making sure you are on your fill layer flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 6
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 75
Blur: 6
Shadow colour: Use colour 2 (#6a6a6a).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.
Repeat cutout using the following settings
Vertical: -3
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 75
Blur: 6
Shadow colour: Use colour 2 (#6a6a6a).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 6:
Select your magic wand and making sure you are on the outline layer click inside the left fin. 
Select colour 3 (#b1b1b1) on your colour chart and making sure you are on your fill layer flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 6
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 75
Blur: 6
Shadow colour: Use colour 2 (#6a6a6a).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
DO NOT Deselect.
Repeat cutout using the following settings
Vertical: -3
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 75
Blur: 6
Shadow colour: Use colour 2 (#6a6a6a).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 7:
Select your magic wand and making sure you are on the outline layer click inside one of the eyes. 
Select colour 2 (#6a6a6a) on your colour chart and making sure you are on your fill layer flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 6
Shadow colour: Use Black (#000000).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.
Repeat this for the other eye.

Step 8:
Select your magic wand and making sure you are on the outline layer click inside the mouth. We will be adding the teeth in a minute 
Select colour 2 (#6a6a6a) on your colour chart and making sure you are on your fill layer flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 19
Shadow colour: Use Black (#000000).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Step 9:
Add a new raster layer on top of your outline layer and rename it Mouth.
Select colour 1 (#101010) on your colour chart and redraw the outline of the mouth. I know you have done this once but honestly this is the easiest way to do it. 
Once the mouth outline is complete duplicate and hide this layer. 
Change to colour 3 (#b1b1b1) on the colour chart and draw in the bottom teeth using the count shown below.
Activate your Magic Wand with the same settings we used earlier. 
Click inside each of the teeth with the magic wand.
Add a new raster layer and rename it Teeth Fill. Move it beneath the Mouth layer and fill the selection with colour 4 (#e6e6e6) on the 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 3 (#b1b1b1).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Unhide the duplicate mouth layer and change your foreground back to colour 3 (#b1b1b1) on the colour chart and draw in the top teeth using the count shown below. 
Activate your Magic Wand with the same settings we used earlier. 
Click inside each of the teeth with the magic wand.
Add a new raster layer and rename it Teeth Fill. Move it beneath the Mouth layer and fill the selection with colour 4 (#e6e6e6) on the 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 3 (#b1b1b1).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked. 
Deselect.

Merge all visible and save as a png.


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