Tutorial by Irene

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You will need:

My selections, download them here. I have provided you with the face.psp, the hair.psp and the button.psp in the zip as well.

You might want to use the same fill as I , right click on the image below and save them to your hard-drive:

Let's get started! *S*

1. Open a new image 374x598 transparent. Add a new layer, call it arms. Selections>Load from disk>1-arms.sel Flood fill with #E2B7AE. Deselect

2. Add a new layer, call it arms 2 Selections>Load from disk>1-arms2.sel Flood fill with BA8876, Deselect. Lower opacity on this layer to 80

3. Add a new layer, call it arms 3 Selections>Load from disk>1-arms3.sel Flood fill with BA8876, Deselect. Lower opacity on this layer to 80

4. Add a new layer, call it neck. Selections>Load from disk>2-neck.sel Flood fill with #E2B7AE. Deselect

5. Add a new layer, call it T-shirt. Selections>Load from disk>3-tshirt.sel Flood fill with #FFFFCC. Deselect. On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>3-tshirt2.sel. Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast, set brightness to -50 and contrast to 0. Deselect

6. Add a new layer, call it T-shirt details. Selections>Load from disk>3-tshirt3.sel Flood fill with #4D98D9. Deselect.

7. Add a new layer, call it shoe1. Selections>Load from disk>4-shoe1.sel Flood fill with #6F5E51. Go to Effects>3D effects>Inner Bevel> and use these settings:

8. Add a nw layer, call it shoe2. Selections>Load from disk>5-shoe2.sel. Flood fill with black, deselect.

9. Add a new layer, call it pants. Selections>Load from disk>6-pants.sel. Flood fill with the jeanstile or any other fill you want. Deselect. On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>6-pants2.sel. Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast, set brightness to -60 and contrast to 0. Deselect. On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>6-pants3.sel. Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast, set brightness to 50 and contrast to 0. Deselect.

10. Add a new layer, call it pants-details. Selections>Load from disk>7-details.sel. Flood fill with #FFFFCC. Deselect.

11. Add a new layer call it pocket. Selections>Load from disk>8-pocket.sel. Flood fill with the jeanstile. Deselect. On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>8-pocket2.sel. Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast, set brightness to -60 and contrast to 0. Deselect.

12. Add a new layer, call it pocket-details. Selections>Load from disk>9-details.sel. Flood fill with #FFFFCC. Deselect.

13. Add a new layer, call it shoe3. Selections>Load from disk>10-shoe3.sel. Flood fill with black, deselect.

14. Add a new layer, call it highlight. Selections>Load from disk>11-shoe highlight.sel. Flood fill with white, deselect.

15. Add a new layer, call it bow or shoetie. Selections>Load from disk>12-bow.sel. Flood fill with white, then go to Effects>3D Effects>dropshadow, with these settings: (colour is black)

Repeat step 15, for the two next bow selections. 12bow2.sel and 12-bow3.sel. I have done them on seperat layers, but that is up to you, the result will be the same if you choose to do them all on one layer. This is what you should have by now:

16. Add a new layer, call it straps. Selections>Load from disk>13-straps.sel. Flood fill with the jeanstile or the tile you used for the pants. Deselect. On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>13-straps2.sel. Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast, set brightness to -60 and contrast to 0. Deselect.

17. Add a new layer, call it buttons. If you want to use mine, open the button.psp that was added in the zip you downloaded. Resize it to 30%, copy. Open your image again, then Edit>paste>As new selection. Paste one button on each strap.

18. Add a new layer, call it ears. Selections>Load from disk>14-ears.sel. Flood fill with #E2B7AE.

19. Add a new layer, call it ears2. Selections>Load from disk>14-ears2.sel. Flood fill with #CB9688.

20. Add a new layer, call it ears3. Selections>Load from disk>14-ears3.sel. Flood fill with #B77C69.Lower the opacity to 65 on this layer.

21. Add a new layer, call it head. Selections>Load from disk>15.head.sel. Flood fill with #E2B7AE.

22. Add a new layer, call it head2. Selections>Load from disk>15.head2.sel. Flood fill with #E3CFCF.

23. Add a new layer, call it head3. Selections>Load from disk>15.head3.sel. Flood fill with #CB9688.

24. Add a new layer, call it head4. Selections>Load from disk>15.head4.sel. Flood fill with #CB9688.

25. Open up the face.psp that was added in the zip you downloaded. Go to Edit>Copy. Close the face.psp. Then open your image again, add a new layer, call it face. Then Selections>Load from disk>16-face.sel. Then go to Edit>Paste>Into selection. Your face should now bein the right place.

26. Open up the hair.psp that was added in the zip you downloaded. Go to Edit>Copy. Close the hair.psp. Then open your image again, add a new layer, call it hair. Then Selections>Load from disk>17-hair.sel. Then go to Edit>Paste>Into selection. Your face should now bein the right place. You could also make hair of your own. I made this hair following partly Christinas tutorial on how to make hair.

Well, now you are done! *S*

If you shold have any questions, just mail me and ask.

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