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Pixel Dragon
by
MOE
Printer friendly version HERE
1. Open a transparent
raster canvas of 150 x 150 pixels. Flood fill with
white and create a second raster layer, this is the
layer that we will be drawing on so make sure it is the
active layer by clicking on it.
2.. Pick your paintbrush set at size
one and draw the outline by following the picture.
I used color #BB2103 but you can chose your own color.
3. Pick your flood fill tool
(the bucket) and making sure that the 'sample merged'
box is checked, fill in your dragon.
These are the colors that I chose:
Body/wing/hand/foot #F47864
Belly/neck front #F1ACA3
Eyes #FFFFFF
NOW FOR THE SHADING
4. Pick your selection tool (the
magic wand) and select the main body area.
Selections > Float > Effects
> 3D Effects > Cutout
With these settings:
Vertical = -2
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 80
Blur = 7
Shade = #BB2103
Deselect
5. Select the wing.
Selections > Float > Effects
> 3D Effects > Cutout
With these settings:
Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 70
Blur = 4
Shade = #BB2103
Apply a second cutout to the wing but
change the VERTICAL to -1 (minus one)
Deselect
6. Select the left hand (your
left).
Selections > Float > Effects
> 3D Effects > Cutout
With these settings:
Vertical = -1
Horizontal = -1
Opacity = 80
Blur = 5
Shade = #BB2103
Deselect
7. Select the top spines.
Selections > Float > Effects
> 3D Effects > Cutout
With these settings:
Vertical = 0
Horizontal = -2
Opacity = 80
Blur = 3
Shade = #BB2103
Deselect
8. Select the bottom spines.
Selections > Float > Effects
> 3D Effects > Cutout
With these settings:
Vertical = 2
Horizontal = -1
Opacity = 80
Blur = 3
Shade = #BB2103
Deselect
9. Select the Left foot (your
left).
Selections > Float > Effects
> 3D Effects > Cutout
With these settings:
Vertical = -1
Horizontal = -2
Opacity = 80
Blur = 5
Shade = #BB2103
Deselect
10. Select the belly area.
Selections > Float > Effects
> 3D Effects > Cutout
With these settings:
Vertical = 0
Horizontal = 3
Opacity = 80
Blur = 8
Shade = #FDEEEE
Deselect
11. Select the front neck area.
Selections > Float > Effects
> 3D Effects > Cutout
With these settings:
Vertical = 0
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 80
Blur = 4
Shade = #FDEEEE
Deselect
12. Now back to your paintbrush
at size one and color #000000 draw in some eyes:
Delete or hide the bottom layer and
save as a .psp file for future use.
That's it! You're done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and
found it easy to follow.
If you have any questions or problems
please feel free to email
me.
Thank You.
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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 10 March
2005.
Thank you, İMOE
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