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Supplies needed

Paint Shop Pro

Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000

My Files

Ok lets get started.

Open a new canvas 400x500 transparent, 16 million colors. Add a new raster layer and name it head. Go to selections/load from disk double click 01vbhead.sel. Open the psp files and minimize them. Set your foreground to pattern and choose vbfur1. Flood fill the head selection with this pattern. Go to selections/invert then go to effects/3d/drop shadow and use the following settings.

Deselect. Go to effects/plugins/eye candy 4000/ jiggle and use the following settings.

Then go to your retouch tool and set it to smudge with the following settings and pull out the fur around the edge in small even strokes to make him good and fuzzy.

Add a new raster layer and name it ears. Go to selections/load from disk and choose 02vbears.sel. Flood fill with the same pattern. Selections/invert and add the same drop shadow changing the blur to 20.

Deselect and repeat the jiggle and retouch using the same settings as before. Then drag this layer below the head layer on your layer palette.

Add a new raster layer and call it inner ears. Change your foreground to vbfur2. Go to selections/load from disk and choose 03vbinnerears.sel and flood fill this selection with your pattern. Selections invert, effects/3d/drop shadow with the following settings:

Deselect and repeat the jiggle and retouch with the same settings.

Click on your head layer on your layer palette to make it the active layer then add a new raster layer and call it eyes. Go to selections/load from disk and choose 04vbeyes.sel. Flood fill with black and deselect. go to effects/3d/inner bevel and use the round preset but change the angle to 0.

Add a new raster layer and name it muzzle. Selections/load from disk and choose 05vbmuzzle.sel. Flood fill with the red pattern. Selections/invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the blur to 30. Deselect and apply the same jiggle and retouch.

Add a new raster layer and name it nose. Selections/load from disk and choose 06vbnose.sel. Flood fill with black. Deselect and apply the same inner bevel you used on the eyes. Go to effects/blur/gaussian blur set at .75.

Ok now go back to each layer except the inner ear layer and add the following drop shadow.

Layer/merge/merge visible and rename this layer head

Add a new raster layer and name it body. Selections/load from disk and choose 07vbbody.sel. Flood fill with vbfur1. Selections/invert. Effects/3d/drop shadow and use the same settings you used for the head only change the blur to 45. Deselect. Apply the same jiggle and retouch.

Add a new raster layer and call it arms. Selections/load from disk and choose 08vbarms.sel. Flood fill with the same pattern as the body. Selections/invert. Effects/3d/drop shadow with the same settings only change the blur to 30. Deselect. Apply the same jiggle and retouch.

Add a new raster layer and name it heart. Open the psp file called vbheart. Go to edit/copy. Click on your bear image then go to edit paste as new selection and place it between his arms. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and call it hands. Selections /load from disk and choose 09vbhands.sel. Flood fill with the same pattern as his arms. Selections/invert. Effects/3d/drop shadow with the same settings except change the blur to 20. Deselect. Apply the same jiggle and retouch.

Add a new raster layer and call it legs. Selections/ load from disk and choose 10vblegs.sel. Flood fill with the fur pattern. Selections invert and apply the same drop shadow, changing blur to 25. Deselect and apply the same jiggle and retouch.

Add a new raster layer called feet. Selections/load from disk and choose 11vbfeet.sel. Flood fill with the fur pattern. Selections/invert and add the same drop shadow changing the blur to 30. Deselect and add the same jiggle and retouch.

Add a new raster layer and name it inner feet. Change your pattern to vbfur2. Selections/load from disk and choose 12vbinnerfeet.sel. Flood fill with the red fur pattern. Selections/ invert and add the same drop shadow you added for his muzzle. Deselect. Apply the same jiggle and retouch.

At this point go back and add the following drop shadow to all your layers except the head.

Go to layers/merge/merge visible and your done. :D

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! If you have any questions email me.

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