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Pixel Witch
by
Moe

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To make this witch all you need is PSP.

1.  Open a Transparent canvas of 200 X 200 pixels.  Flood fill with white and make 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.  Draw the outline of your witch.  And please remember to save often!

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

Clothes: #6B097D
Hair: #854D17
Skin: #2B5147
Broom handle: #854D17
Broom bristles: #53390F
Boots: #000000

3.  Pick the flood fill tool (bucket) and fill in your witch.

These are the colors that I choose:

Clothes: #D2A5BD
Hair: #CC582F
Skin: #C3D1C7
Broom handle: #A0632B
Broom bristles: #A8674E
Boots: #808080

NOW FOR THE SHADING

4.  With your magic wand select the peak of her hat.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 2
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 85
Blur = 6
Shade = #6BO97D

Deselect.

5.  With your magic wand select the rim of her hat.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = -1
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 85
Blur = 6
Shade = #6B097D

Deselect.

6.  With your magic wand select the top of her cape.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = -1
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 85
Blur = 10
Shade = #6B097D

Deselect.

7.  With your magic wand select the underneath of her cape.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 0
Horizontal = -1
Opacity = 75
Blur = 5
Shade = #6B097D

Deselect.

8.  With your magic wand select her dress.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 0
Horizontal = -3
Opacity = 60
Blur = 14
Shade = #6B097d

Keep selected and apply a second cutout.

With these settings:

Vertical = 0
Horizontal = 3
Opacity = 70
Blur = 18
Shade = #6B097D

Deselect.

9.  With your magic wand select brush end of the broom.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 95
Blur = 10
Shade = #53390F

Keep selected and apply a second cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = -1
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 95
Blur = 15
Shade = #53390F

Deselect.

10.  With your magic wand select all of the broom handle (Hold down the sift key to select more than one area at a time)

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = -1
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 90
Blur = 3
Shade = #53390F

Deselect.

11.  With your magic wand select the left shoe. (your left)

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 90
Blur = 7
Shade = #000000

Deselect.

12.  With your magic wand select right shoe (your right).

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = -1
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 90
Blur = 7
Shade = #000000

Deselect.

13.   With your magic wand select her hand.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 0
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 80
Blur = 5
Shade = #2B5147

Deselect.

14.  With your magic wand select her face.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = 0
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 80
Blur = 5
Shade = #2B5147

Deselect.

15.  With your magic wand select her hair.

Selections > Float > Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

With these settings:

Vertical = -3
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 50
Blur = 5
Shade = #854D17

Keep selected and apply a second cutout.

With these settings:

Vertical = 3
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 50
Blur = 5
Shade = #854D17

Deselect.

Now, draw in her features.

for her mouth and eye I used #2B5147
and for the inside of her eye I used #000000 for the pupil and #E5E5E5 for the white of the eye.

I also added some lines to here hair using #854D17,
and also to the broom bristles using #53390F.

Save as a psp. file for future use!

Thank you for trying this tutorial.  I hope you found it easy to follow.

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

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

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
24 August 2004.

Thank you,  İMOE