Easter Bunny in a Can

Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

 

I used Version 9 but I am reasonably sure it can be done in many other versions as well.

You must have a working knowledge of how to sue PSP.

by Jane's Haven

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The Pattern for the can Here.

Open the pattern , two flowers and bow provided in the workspace.
1. Open a new transparent imgae size 450X450.
2. Add new layer, name it, nozzle support, load from disk, 01-nozzlesupport, flood fill with the pattern provided or use one of your own patterns. If you use mine, set the angle to, 0 and the scale to 50. You do this by opening the material properties window. Add the following inner bevel.

Deselect

3. New layer, name it, right ear 1, load the 02-rightear1 selection, flood fill with white. Float and add the following cutout.

V and H; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 20.00

Color; #a90fa7

Deselect.

4. New layer, name it, right ear 2, load the 03-rightear2, flood fill with #ffc0ff. Float and add the following cutout.

V and H; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 10.00

Color; #a90fa7

Deselect.

5. New layer, name it, left ear 1, load the 04-leftear1, flood fill with white. Float, add the same cutout as in step 3 and deselect.
6. New layer, name it, left ear 2, load the 05-leftear2, flood fill with #ffc0ff. Float and add the same cutout as in step 4 and deselect.

7. New layer, name it, left flower, load the 06-leftflower selection, open the left flower image, edit and copy and click on the main bunny image, right click on the very top and click on paste into selection and deselect.
8. New layer, name it, can lid, load the 07-canlid selection and flood fill with the pattern provided or one of your own choices. Leaving the settings the same in the material properties. Float and add a cutout with the settings below.

V and H; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 22.00

Color; #05474d

Deselect.

9. New layer, name it, right flower, load the 08-rightflower selection, open the right flower image, click copy, go back to the bunny image and click paste into selection and deselect.

10.New layer, name it, handle, load from disk the, 09-handle selection, flood fill with the pattern provided or one of your choice. If you use my pattern, leave the setting as is. Add the following inner bevel. Deselect.

11. New layer, name it, bunny head, load the 10-bunnyhead, flood fill with white. Float and add the following cutout.

V and H; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 20.00

Color; #a90fa7

Deselect.

12.New layer, name it, bunny body, load the 11-bunnybody, flood fill with white. Float and add the following cutout.

V and H; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 20.00

Color; #a90fa7

Deselect.

13. New layer, name it, handle 2, load the 12-handle2, flood fill with my pattern or one of your own. If you are using my pattern, the settings in the materials properties window should be; angle; 0 and scale; 50. Now add the same inner bevel as in step 10. Deselect.
14. New layer, name it, can front, load the 13-canfront, flood fill with the pattern, same settings. Float and add the following cutout.

Vertical; 0

Horizontal; 7

Opacity; 100

Blur; 20.00

Color; #05474d

Repeat the cutout changing the Horizontal to minus 7 and deselect.

15. New layer, name it, Nozzle, load the 14-nozzle, flood fill with the pattern, same settings. Add the same inner bevel as in step 10 and deselect.
16. New layer, name it, nozzle top, load the 15-nozzletop, flood fill with the pattern, same setting. Float and add the following cutout.

V and H; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 15.00

Color; #05474d

Deselect.

17. New layer, name it, brim, load the 16-brim selection, flood fill with the same pattern.  Add th same inner bevel as in step 10, deselect.
18. New layer, name it, eyes, load from disk the 17-eyes, flood fill with black. Add the following inner bevel and deselect.

19. New layer, name it, bow, load the 18-bow. Open the bow provided and copy, activate your bunny image and click, paste into selection and deselect.
20. New layer, name it, nose, load the 19-nose, flood fill with #ffc0ff. Float and add the following cutout.

V and H; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 10.00

Color; #a90fa7

Deselect.

21. New layer, name it, mouth, load the 20-mouth, flood fill with black and deselect. Make sure the match mode in the menu bar is set to NONE. You will see this setting when you click on the flood fill tool.
22. New layer, name it, neck ribbon, load the 21-neckribbon, flood fill with #d91dff and deselect.
23. New layer, name it,  left paw, load the 22-leftpaw, flood fill with white.  Float and add the following cutout.

V and H; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 10.00

Color; #a90fa7

Deselect.

24. New layer, name it, left paw shading, load the 23-leftpawshading, flood fill with #d91dff. Deselect and go to adjust, blur, average, use a setting of 7.
25. New layer, name it right paw, load the 24-rightpaw, flood fill with white. Float and add the same cutout as we did for the left paw. Deselect.
26.New layer, name it, right paw shading, load the 25-rightpawshading, flood fill with #d91dff. Deselect and go to adjust, blur, average, use a setting of 3.
27. New layer, name it, holes, load the 26-holes, flood fill with #035748 and deselect.
28. In the layer palette, hi-light the, 11-bunnybody by click on it. Grab the paint brush, using the settings below, set your foreground to white. to paint over the pink shading at the top of the body, just above the neck ribbon.

You have completed the tutorial, hope you enjoyed doing it.

Wonderful work Cellar, your results came out perfect. A big thank you for testing this.

  

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