Snowman tutorial (PSP)

[matthew]

Open a new image 400X500 Pixels, with a Transparent Background.

Create a New Raster Layer (layers > New Raster Layer) Name it 'Body', and press ok.


select the Selection tool in the tool bar palette and make these settings




Draw 2 Elipses to form the snowman's body



Go to the Materials Palette and set the colour (#000000) black to your forground and

stroke materials box.

Select the Fill tool and fill the selection.


Create a New Raster Layer (layers > New Raster Layer) and press ok.

Go to Selections > Modify > contract > Number of pixels: 2

Then flood fill the selection with White (#000000)

Go to Selections > Select none (Ctrl+D)




Create a New Raster Layer (layers > New Raster Layer) and press ok.

select the Selection tool and draw an Elipse for the snowman's nose

Flood fill with black.

Go to Selections > Modify > contract > Number of pixels: 2


And floodfill the selection with Red. I'm using #d21212


Go to Selections > Select none (Ctrl+D)

Create a New Raster Layer (layers > New Raster Layer) and press ok.

Now for the snow mans eyes create a small elipse and flood fill with black.

Go to Layers > Duplicate.

Select the Move Tool From the tools Palette, and position the eyes and nose



Select the Pen Tool From the tools Palette, and make these settings



In the materials palette, Set black as your Forground and stroke, and click on the transparant

tab for your background and fills properties.



Left click below the snowman's nose to the left, to create a starting point.




Then hold down the Shift key and left click on the right. Hold the Left mouse button, but let

go of the shift key.



Drag the mouse up to the right to create a happy smilie curve




Go to Selections > Select none (Ctrl+D)




Click on the 'body' layer in the Layers Palette and go to Selections > Select all.

Then

Selections > Float

Selections > DeFloat

Create a New Raster Layer and Go to Layers > Arrange > Bring To Top

Select the Selection tool and make these settings





place the cursor just above the snowman's head as your starting point, and Create an elipse.



This will remove the top half of the selection



Create another elipse with your starting point around the bottom middle of the snowman's body



and remove the bottom half of the selection



Change your Selection Type to Rectangle, and the mode to Add (shift), and add a

rectangle to the selection



Flood fill the selection black.

go to Selections > modify > Contract > Number of Pixels:2

And fill with the Red.


Selections > Select none (Ctrl+D)





Create a New Raster Layer

now we are going to make our Snowman a hat.


Change your Selection Type back to Elipse, and make a selection on the top of the

snowman's head.





Change your Selection Type back to Rectangle

and add a rectangle to the selection




Change your Selection Type back to Elipse and add a slight curve to the top of the hat





fill with Black

Selections > Select none (Ctrl+D)

Use the Move tool to position the hat.




Now to give the snowman some Twiggy Arms

Select the Pen Tool and make these settings.




Set black as your forground and stroke colour, and draw a stick arm. Much the same way as the

smile, only without adding the curve.

Selections > Select none (Ctrl+D)

Do the same for the other side of the snowman.



then add some little twiggys





Create a New Raster Layer and select the selection Tool, and draw and elipse. Flood fill

with black.

Selections > Select none (Ctrl+D)


duplicate the layer twice. Use the Move tool to position the buttons.

then go to Layers > Merge > Merge visible


and that's it ;D




Merry Christmas everybody!!

[Ellie]

This was a fun little tutorial. I made mine a snowgirl (poor bald snowgirl -- lol). She's wearing a sequinned dress. I told her it was a little too formal for this forum, but she insisted on wearing her best.



Edited to give her a nicer purse.

[Michael]

Lol... I love it, lash! she's one hot snowman. *wink* lol... just messing. ^_^

Edit: here is my snow man:


Instead of making mine invisible I put some decoration stuff in it...

[Ellie]

LOL Thanks, Michael. I like that yours has a little prezzie -- cute!

[admin]

Those are great, guys!

Yeah. I really like the sequency outfit there, Lash Very sophisticated

And Michael, Yep. I really like it with the scenery

Here is mine

[Michael]

Ew, wow, Shan, I really like how you did the mouth! And the blush and pipe, as well! IT'S GREAT!

[bethany54]

LOL those are all great! Hopefully I will have time to try my hand at it soon. Lash her purse is too plain to go with that formal.

[Ellie]

Okay Bethany, I fixed her purse.

[bethany54]

Ahhhhhh now she is much better co-ordinated! Now please fix your av and sig so that I will know that you really are ok. I was gonna use one of your pressies for my av but it was too big waaaaaaaaaaa!

[Michael]

What's a pressie?

[Ellie]

Yes ma'am.

[bethany54]

Just call me Aunt Bethany!

[Ellie]

deathvalleyroseh2o said:

What's a pressie?

A present.

[Michael]

Gotcha.

[matthew]

Those are totally awesome. I love what everyone has done, with all the unique extra touches. and the big extra touches in Ellie's case ;D

[conceptional]

Hey Mahu_D, and everyone..

Im having some trouble just drawing the elipses in PSP, they alwaysgo wrong....

Could you help me out if possible?

[matthew]

Can you tell us what your selection tool settings are?

do you have the Mode on Add

[conceptional]

Yes, the only problem is drawing the elipses. I can never get the right and exact, and i wondered if there was anything I could do to get them exact?

[matthew]

Using the grid might help.

go to View > Grid (Ctrl+alt+G)

You can change the height and width of the grid by going to

'View > Change Grid Guide and Snap Properties', and change the position under 'Current image Settings'

Also it helps to remember that the point where you start the elipse selection remains at the center.

Not sure if that'll help or not

[Michael]

lol... If i had known that it would've saved me a few seconds. lol... I just figured that that was where it started. lol... But I was good with it...