PIXEL DONKEY
By 
MOE

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To make this Donkey, all you need is PSP, I wrote this tutorial in PSP 8 but it can be done in any!

I have numbered lines of 3 or more.

1.  Open a blank canvas 200 by 200 pixels and flood fill with white (this is so that you can see what you are doing!).

2. Create a new raster layer, this is the one that we are going to draw on.

3.  With your paintbrush tool set to size one, draw the outline like in this next picture using these colors:

(these are just my choice of colors, please feel free to pick your own if you wish!)

Main body: #404040
Under belly and nose: #C0C0C0
Hooves and mane: #000000

4.  With the magic wand, select inside the body and legs (hold down the shift key to select more than one area at a time)  and flood fill with color #808080

5.  Select the under belly (including the front bit) and the nose and flood fill with #D5D5D5

6.  Select all four hooves, tail and both bits of main and flood fill with #202020.

NOW FOR THE SHADING!

7.  With the magic wand, select the body area.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout.

Using these settings:

Vertical = 4
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 25
Shadow color = # 202020

Deselect.

8.  With the magic wand, select the 'far side' legs.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout.

Using these settings:

Vertical = 4
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 25
Shadow color = #202020

Deselect.

9.  With the magic wand, select the nose (light gray bit!)

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout.

Using these settings:

Vertical = 2
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 100
Blur = 8
Shadow color = # 7D7D7D

Deselect.

10.  with the magic wand select both under belly bits.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout.

Using these settings:

Vertical = -1
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 85
Blur = 6
Shadow color = # 7D7D7D

Deselect.

11.  Draw in the features like this next picture using color #000000 (black)

12.  Using the magic wand, select the eye and inside all four hooves.  Add a new raster layer with your paint brush, size 1 color #FFFFFF (white) draw in some highlights like this:

13.  Add a Gaussian blur of 0.7.

14. Hide the first layer, (the white background) Merge > Merge Visible. and save as a .gif.

That's it! Your done!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow.

Please feel free to ask me any questions either through my guest book on my home page or email 

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MOE
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Please do not link directly to this tutorial, please link to my home page. You may print it out for your own personal use, but do not copy it in any way to put on-line, pass out, or re-write without my permission.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental. This tutorial was written 26 January 2004. Thank you,  İMOE