Pixel Penguin
by
MOE

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1.  Open a transparent canvas of 75 X 100 pixels.  Flood fill this layer with white and then create a second raster layer.  This is the layer we will be drawing on so make sure it is the active layer by clicking on it.

2.  Pick your paintbrush and set at size one, draw the outline.

These are the colors that I chose.

Body: #404040
Beak/feet: #E4A100
Belly: #C0C0C0

3.  Pick your flood fill tool and making sure that the 'sample merged' box is checked, fill in your penguin.

These are the colors that I chose.

Head/body: #808080
Beak/foot: #FFDD88
Belly: #FFFFFF*

*Make sure you do fill in the belly even though you cannot see it!

NOW FOR THE SHADING

4.  With your magic wand select the head.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 2
Horizontal = -1
Opacity = 90
Blur = 10
Shade = #000000

Deselect.

5.  With your magic wand select the body.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = -2
Opacity = 90
Blur = 11
Shade = #000000

Deselect.

6.  With your magic wand select the belly.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = -1
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 90
Blur = 6
Shade = #808080

Deselect.

7.  With your magic wand select the beak.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 70
Blur = 2
Shade = #E4A100

Deselect.

8.  With your magic wand select the foot.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 70
Blur = 3
Shade = #E4A100

Deselect.

9.  Using color #000000 draw in the eye.

Save as a psp. file for future use.

That's it..... You're done!

Thank you for trying this tutorial.  I hope you enjoyed it and found it easy to follow.  If you have any problems or questions feel free to email me.

Please be kind enough to sign my guest book on my home page so I know you were here.

MOE
www.moejbj.co.uk

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Thank you,  ©MOE