nynisse

Tutorial by Irene

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You will need:

My selections, you can download them here

You may also want to use the fills I have used, thank you Christina for letting me use them for my tutorial. Right click on the images and save them to your hard drive:

Let's get started :-)

1. Open a new image 374x581 transparent. Add a new layer call it socks. Then Selections>Load from disk>1.sel. Flood fill with #E3BB7D.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>2.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>3.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -75 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>4.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast 60 on brightness and 0 on contrast

2. Add a new layer call it shoes1. Selections>Load from disk>5.sel. Flood fill with the darkbrown fill. Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -45 on brightness and 0 on contrast.

3. Add a new layer call it shoes2. Selections>Load from disk>6.sel. Flood fill with the darkbrown fill.

4. Add a new layer, call it cuffs. Selections>Load from disk>7.sel. Flood fill with the gray fill. Then Selections>Invert, and Effects>3d effects>Drop Shadow with these settings

Now click on your retouch tool and choose smudge with these settings

then smudge around the edges of the cuffs to make them look fury!! This is how mine turned out :

5. Add a new layer call it shoes3. Selections>Load from disk>8.sel. Flood fill with the darkbrown fill.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>9.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -45 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>10.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast 55 on brightness and 0 on contrast

6. Add a new layer call it pants. Selections>Load from disk>11.sel. Flood fill with #84724A.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>12.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -60 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>13.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast 60 on brightness and 0 on contrast

7. Add a new layer call it left arm. Selections>Load from disk>14.sel. Flood fill with #E3BB7D.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>15.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

8. Add a new layer call it belly. Selections>Load from disk>16.sel. Flood fill with #E3BB7D.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>17.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

9. Add a new layer call it west. Selections>Load from disk>18.sel. Flood fill with #AA3D38.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>19.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>20.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast 65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>21.sel Flood fill with white.

10. Add a new layer call it details. Selections>Load from disk>22.sel. Flood fill with black.

11. Add a new layer call it buttons. Selections>Load from disk>23.sel. Flood fill with #5E4102. Deselect. Then Effects>3d effects>Inner bevel with these settings:

12. Add a new layer call it buttons2. Selections>Load from disk>24.sel. Flood fill with black

13. Add a new layer call it right arm. Selections>Load from disk>25.sel. Flood fill with #E3BB7D.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>26.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>27.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast 65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

14. Add a new layer call it stick. Selections>Load from disk>28.sel. Flood fill with #7A5A2B

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>29.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>30.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast 65 on brightness and 0 on contrast

15. Add a new layer call it mitts. Selections>Load from disk>31.sel. Flood fill with #7D8A54. Deselect, Then Effects>3D effects>Cutout with these settings:

Then Effects>Noise>Add>3% uniform

16. Add a new layer call it candle1. Selections>Load from disk>32.sel. Flood fill with black. Then go to Effects>3D effects>Inner Bevel and use these settings:

17. Add a new layer call it candle2. Selections>Load from disk>33.sel. Flood fill with #AA3D38.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>34.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -70 on brightness and 0 on contrast

18. Add a new layer call it candle3. Selections>Load from disk>35.sel. Flood fill with #808080.

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>35a.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -80 on brightness and 0 on contrast

18. Add a new layer call it flame. Selections>Load from disk>36.sel. Flood fill with #FFFF00. Then go to Effects>3D effects>Cutout, and use these settings:

19. Add a new layer call it face. Selections>Load from disk>37.sel. Flood fill with #FECBAE. Then go to Effects>3D effects>Cutout, and use these settings:

Then Effects>Noise>Add>3% uniform.

20. Add a new layer call it mouth. Selections>Load from disk>38.sel. Flood fill with #EB9385.

21. Add a new layer call it cheeks. Selections>Load from disk>39.sel. Flood fill with #E98473.

22. Add a new layer call it highlights. Selections>Load from disk>40.sel. Flood fill with white.

23. Add a new layer call it eyebows. Selections>Load from disk>41.sel. Flood fill with white. Deselect. If you like use the smudge again with the same settings as before but change the size to 2 and smudge a little yo make it look a little fury.

24. Add a new layer call it eyes. Selections>Load from disk>42.sel. Flood fill with black. Then click on your retouch tool with these settings and add some highlights to your eyes. Zoom in your image a few times then it is easier to work with :-)

25. Add a new layer call it nose. Selections>Load from disk>43.sel. Flood fill with #C48166.

26. Add a new layer call it hat. Selections>Load from disk>44.sel. Flood fill with #AA3D38

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>45.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast -85 on brightness and 0 on contrast

On the same layer Selections>Load from disk>46.sel Then Colours>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast 60 on brightness and 0 on contrast

27. Add a new layer call it beard. Selections>Load from disk>47.sel. Flood fill with the white tile, then use your retouch tool>Smudge again same settings, and smudge along the edges of the beard. The same way you did with cuffs.

28. Add a new layer call it mustach. Selections>Load from disk>48.sel. Flood fill with the white tile,then Selections>Invert and then Effects 3D effetcts>Drop Shadow with these settings:

Then smudge again same settings, and smudge along the edges of the mustach. This is how mine turned out:

Well now you are done, but if you want to add some more details to your Santa that is up to you :-) Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I have enjoyed making it!!

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

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