This tutorial was written by Monti on November 12th 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 Holly shown above. 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.
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% - 1000%
Set your foreground to colour 1 on the outline colour chart (#1B4F19) and start drawing your outline.
I started at the top of the holly.
Change your colours as you go.
The berries are done in colour 3 on your colour chart (#6B120B).
Step 2: Leaf Fills
When your outline is complete, select your magic wand with the following settings and click inside the bottom holly leaf.
Flood fill this selection with colour 2 on your colour chart (#3E783F).
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical= 0
Horizontal= 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 5
Shadow colour = Use your holly outline.(#1B4F19)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
REPEAT cutout.
Deselect.
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Select your magic wand and click inside the left holly leaf making sure you select the stray pixel shown in the image below.
Flood fill this selection with colour 2 on your colour chart (#3E783F).
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 5
Shadow colour: Use your holly outline.(#1B4F19)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
REPEAT cutout.
Deselect.
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Select your magic wand and click inside the top holly leaf.
Flood fill this selection with colour 2 on your colour chart (#3E783F).
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 6
Shadow colour: Use your holly outline.(#1B4F19)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
REPEAT cutout.
Deselect.
Step 3: Berry Fills
Select your magic wand and click inside the top berry.
Flood fill this selection with colour 4 on your colour chart (#B23A3A).
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: -3
Horizontal: 5
Opacity: 80
Blur: 7
Shadow colour: Use your berry outline.(#6B120B)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
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Select your magic wand and click inside the bottom berry.
Flood fill this selection with colour 4 on your colour chart (#B23A3A).
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: 3
Horizontal: -5
Opacity: 80
Blur: 7
Shadow colour: Use your berry outline.(#6B120B)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
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Select your magic wand and click inside the right berry.
Flood fill this selection with colour 4 on your colour chart (#B23A3A).
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical: -3
Horizontal: 5
Opacity: 80
Blur: 7
Shadow colour: Use your berry outline.(#6B120B)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
Merge all visible and save as a png.
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