Pixel Snowman
by
MOE

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1.  Open a transparent canvas of 100 by 100 pixels.  Flood fill this layer with as shade of pink (this is so you can see what you are doing)  Create a second raster layer.  Make sure this is the active layer by clicking on it.

2.  Pick your paintbrush set at size one and draw the outline by following the picture.

These are the colors that I chose but feel free to choose your own.

Body: #60BDD8
Hat: #000000

3.  Pick your magic wand and select inside all 3 sections of the body and the hat.  (Hold down the shift key to select more than one area at a time)

4.  Pick your flood fill tool (the bucket) and fill in your snowman.

These are the colors that I chose

Body #FFFFFF (white)
Hat #404040

Keep selected!

5.  Create a third raster layer and then draw in some shading, similar to to the following picture. (it doesn't have to be exactly the same as mine!)

These are the colors that I used:

Body shading #60BDD8
Hat shading #C0C0C0 and #000000

Keeping selected, add a gaussian blur of 2. 

Deselect.

6.  Hide the very bottom layer (the pink layer) and merge visible.

7.  Now draw in the features.  You may find it easier to draw the features on a separate layer so you can move them about, but this is up to you.

These are the colors I used:

Eyes/mouth/arms/buttons = #000000

Nose:
Dark #FC5F00
Medium #FC8800
Light #F5BFA1

8.  Now you need to put a glint in his eye!  Just use your paintbrush at size one and color #C0C0C0.

9.  Hide (if not already hidden) or delete the very bottom layer (the one filled with pink!) Merge visible and save as a .psp file for future use.

That's it!  You're done!

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

If you have any questions or problems, feel free to email me.

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

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This tutorial was written 15 November 2004.
Thank you,  ©MOE