Heavenly Chicks Page Four


These chicks are part of the Heavenly Barnyard Series
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©Doodles by LadyFox  05/01/06

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This tutorial was done with PSPX   
but could be done with other versions.

All of my tutorials are written following the steps I used to make my graphic.   
It is my hope that you will take what I provide 
and do your own thing with it. 

 

Remember to SaveOften  
STEPS - These are the steps I used.

1.

lets Begin

Right Click on the top layer/ Convert to Raster Layer
Repeat for each layer

Foreground Color: #dbb052
Background Color: #fbd060

2.

 Body

Active Layer: body

Click the padlock to lock the layer transparency
[lock]

Flood Fill Tool [F]
Click the Right Mouse Button to fill the body with the Background Color

Click the padlock to unlock the layer transparency

Adjust/ Add/Remove Noise/ Add Noise/ 
Gaussian : Checked
Noise: 10 %
Monochrome: Checked
OK

Effects/ Plugins/ Eye Candy 4000/ Jiggle
Movement Type: Brownian Motion
Bubble Size: 3.00
Warp Amount: 5.00
Twist: 100
Seamless Tile: NOT Checked
Random Seed: 615
OK

Note: I added a blue background layer to make the screen shots easier to see

Eye Candy 3.1/ Jiggle
Bubble Size: 5
Warp Amount:5
Twist: 90
Movement Type: Brownian Motion
OK

Magic Wand Tool
Mode: Replace
Match mode: RGB Value
Tolerance: 0
Use all layers: NOT Checked
Contiguous: Checked
Feather: 0
Anti-alias: NOT Checked

Click on any blank area
Selections/ Invert [Ctrl+Shift+I]

Background Color: #fdde9b

New Raster Layer: body shading

Airbrush
Shape: Round
Size: 15
Hardness: 28
Step: 10
Density: 11
Thickness: 100
Rotation: 0
Opacity: 25
Blend Mode: Normal
Rate: 5

Spray the dark color around the edge

Spray the light color for highlights

Smudge Brush
Shape: Round
Size: 15
Hardness: 30
Step: 25
Density: 30
Thickness: 100
Rotation: 0
Opacity: 30
Use all layers; NOT Checked

Smudge out the shading

Note: If you smudge too much you can always go back and spray on more paint

Adjust/ Add/Remove Noise/ Add Noise/ 
Gaussian : Checked
Noise: 10 %
Monochrome: Checked
OK

Selections/ Select None [Ctrl+D]

3.

 Head

Active layer: head

Foreground Color:#dbb052
Background Color: #fbd060

Click the padlock to lock the layer transparency

Flood fill with the Background Color

Click the padlock to unlock the layer transparency

Adjust/ Add/Remove Noise/ Add Noise/ 
OK

Effects/ Plugins/ Eye Candy 4000/ Jiggle
OK

Magic Wand Tool

Click on any blank area
Selections/ Invert [Ctrl+Shift+I]

Background Color: #fdde9b

New Raster Layer: head shading

Airbrush
Spray the dark color around the edge

Spray the light color for highlights

Smudge Brush
Smudge out the shading

Adjust/ Add/Remove Noise/ Add Noise/ 
OK

Selections/ Select None [Ctrl+D]

4.

 Wings

Active layer: Copy of wing
Layers/ Merge/ Merge Down

Foreground Color:#dbb052
Background Color: #fbd060

Click the padlock to lock the layer transparency

Flood fill with the Background Color

Click the padlock to unlock the layer transparency

Adjust/ Add/Remove Noise/ Add Noise/ 
OK

Effects/ Plugins/ Eye Candy 4000/ Jiggle
OK

Magic Wand Tool

Click on any blank area
Selections/ Invert [Ctrl+Shift+I]

Background Color: #fdde9b

New Raster Layer: wing shading

Airbrush
Change Size to: 10

Spray the dark color around the edge

Spray the light color for highlights

Smudge Brush
Change Size to: 10
Smudge out the shading

Adjust/ Add/Remove Noise/ Add Noise/ 
OK

Selections/ Select None [Ctrl+D]

5.

 Wing Shadow

Active Layer: wing
New Raster Layer: wing shadow

Layers/ Arrange/ Move Down

Airbrush
Spray the dark color under the bottom edge of the wing

Smudge Brush
Smudge out the shading

6.

 Eye

Active layer: Copy of eye
Layers/ Merge/ Merge Down

Effects/ 3D Effects/ Inner Bevel
Bevel: #2
Width: 14
Smoothness: 15
Depth: 12
Ambience: 0
Shininess: 50
Color:#ffffff
Angle: 335
Intensity: 50
Elevation: 30
OK

7.

 Beak

Active Layer: beak

Foreground Color: #d1904e
Background Color: #fbba6e

Click the padlock to lock the layer transparency

Flood fill with the Background Color

Click the padlock to unlock the layer transparency

Magic Wand Tool
Click on any blank area
Selections/ Invert [Ctrl+Shift+I]

Background Color: #f8d0b2

New Raster Layer: beak shading

Airbrush
Change Size to: 3
Spray the dark color around the edge

Spray the light color for highlights

Smudge Brush
Change Size to: 5
Smudge out the shading

Selections/ Select None [Ctrl+D]

8.

 Feet

Active layer: Copy of right foot
Layers/ Merge/ Merge Down

Background Color: #fbba6e

Click the padlock to lock the layer transparency

Flood fill with the Background Color

Click the padlock to unlock the layer transparency

Magic Wand Tool
Click on any blank area
Selections/ Invert [Ctrl+Shift+I]

Background Color: #f8d0b2

New Raster Layer: feet shading

Airbrush
Spray the dark color around the edge

Spray the light color for highlights

Smudge Brush
Smudge out the shading

Selections/ Select None [Ctrl+D]

Foreground Color: #c0c0c0
Background Color: #ffffff

9.

 Angel Wing

Active layer: Copy of wing* 
Layers/ Merge/ Merge Down

Click the padlock to lock the layer transparency

Flood Fill Tool [F]
Flood Fill the wing with the Background Color

Click the padlock to unlock the layer transparency

Adjust/ Add/Remove Noise/ Add Noise/ 
Gaussian : Checked
Noise: 10 %
Monochrome: Checked
OK

Effects/ Plugins/ Eye Candy 4000/ Jiggle
Movement Type: Turbulence
Bubble Size: 3.00
Warp Amount: 3.00
Twist: 50
Seamless Tile: NOT Checked
Random Seed: 615
OK

Eye Candy 3.1/ Jiggle
Bubble Size: 5
Warp Amount: 3
Twist: 20
Movement Type: Turbulence
OK

Magic Wand Tool

Click on any blank area
Selections/ Invert [Ctrl+Shift+I]

New Raster Layer: wing* shading

Airbrush
Change Size to: 5
Spray on some shading

Smudge Tool
Smudge out the shading

Adjust/ Add/Remove Noise/ Add Noise/ 
OK

Selections/ Select None [Ctrl+D]


Active layer: Copy of wing* details
Layers/ Merge/ Merge Down
Adjust/ Softness/ Soften

10.

 Halo

Active Layer: halo

Magic Wand Tool
Click on the halo

Effects/ Plugins/ Flaming Pear/ SuperBladePro
LF_gold-002
OK

11.

Optional Steps
Save as a tube Optional

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©Doodles by LadyFox  05/01/06

If you have any questions or need help,   you may email me LadyFox

 

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