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The Lady Bug - Corel Paint Shop Pro Tutorial
Donnamarie J. Walker | 
| This is a lengthy tutorial consisting of many layers and because we will have to move back and forth between layers, at one point in this tutorial, I recommend naming your layers and saving often. Download The Lady Bug Selection file here. Extract to your selections folder or into its own folder. All selections were made with vector shapes. Right click, copy and paste as a new image The Lady Snail Color Palette below, this will make it easier to switch between colors. Since this is a Selections tutorial, from this point on you will flood fill each selection with black, then Contract by 1 and fill with a color unless otherwise stated. We will use a Cutout and Noise at 3% to get rid of the banding caused by using the Cutout. I used my Dropper Tool, right clicking on each color to switch the back and forth between the background colors throughout the tutorial. Image is 50% of the actual finished size.
Open a new image 370 x 860 Transparent and add a new layer: Hair_Back. Your foreground color should be black, your background should be the #1 Yellow on the Palette. Load the lady_bug_hair_back.sel and fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with yellow. Selections Float, do a Cutout using these settings: Horizontal & Vertical:1 - Opacity:58% - Blur:30. Add Noise: 3%. Deselect. Save in PSP format as Lady_Bug. | | 
| Switch background color to #9 on the Cape Palette. New layer: Cape1 and load the lady_bug_cape1.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the pink. Selections Float, do a Cutout, add Noise: 3%. Deselect. Control S to save. 4. Switch background color to #1 on the Cape Palette, new layer: Cape2 and load the lady_bug_cape2.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the bright pink. Selections Float, do a Cutout, add Noise: 3% Deselect. Using the same color add a new layer: Cape3 and load the lady_bug_cape3.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the bright pink. Selections Float, do a Cutout, add Noise, Deselect. Using the same color add a new layer: Cape4 and load the lady_bug_cape4.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the bright pink. Selections Float, do a Cutout, add Noise, Deselect. Control S to save. | | | Switch background color to #5 on the Cape Palette. New layer: Cape5 and load the lady_bug_cape5.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the purple. Selections Float, do a Cutout add Noise, Deselect. Switch background color to #1 on the Cape Palette. New layer: Cape6 and load the
lady_bug_cape6.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the pink. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect.
Still using background color #1 on the Cape Palette. New layer: Cape7 and load the
lady_bug_cape7.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the pink. Selections Float, Cutout,Noise, Deselect. Control S to save.
Switch background color to #2 on the Cape Palette. New layer: Cape8 and load the
lady_bug_cape8.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the darker pink. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect. Switch background color to #3 on the Cape Palette. New layer: Cape9 and load the
lady_bug_cape9.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the dark purple. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect. Control S to save.
Switch background color to #1 on the Cape Palette. New layer: Cape10 and load the
lady_bug_cape10.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the pink. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect. Switch background color to #1 on the Face/Body Palette. New layer: Body and load the
lady_bug_body.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the tan. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect. New layer: Face and load the lady_bug_face.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with the tan. Selections Float, Cutout, change the Blur:20. Add Noise, Deselect. Add a new layer: Blush. Using your Paint Brush at size 15 and color #6 on the Dress Palette, paint two blush circles on her cheeks, go to Gaussian Blur at 5%. Erase and blush that has gone beyond the face edge. Control S to save. While on this layer switch to your Draw Tool and make a small "V" shape for her nose. Switch color to #9, Draw Tool Size 2 and draw her mouth.
Switch color to #1 in the Hair Palette. New layer: Hair_Front and load lady_bug_hair_front.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with yellow. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect. Control S to save. | | | Switch color to #8 in the Cape Palette. New layer: Eye and load lady_bug_eye1.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with blue. Selections Float, Cutout, change the Blur to 10, Noise, Deselect. New layer: Eye2 and change the color to #3 in the Dress Palette, load lady_bug_eye2.sel, fill with black, contract and fill with bright green. Selections Float, Cutout, change the Blur to 10, Noise, Deselect. Add a new layer: Eye3 and using your Preset Circle, Stroke 1 and black, vector unchecked, color #2 on the Dress Palette and draw out a small circle for your eye. Erase a small portion on the top of the eye so the black outline on the layer below will show. Use your Draw Tool to draw a lid and eyelash line. Use the image as a guide.
New layer: Dress and load the lady_bug_dress.sel. Background color #2 on the Dress Palette, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with blue. Selections Float, Cutout, change the Blur to 30, Noise, Deselect. Use your Draw Tool to make a breast line, use image as a guide. New layer: Dress_Design and load the lady_bug_dress_design.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with #3 on the Dress Palette. Selections Float, Cutout, change the Blur to 10, Noise, Deselect and save.
Switch color to #7 on the Cape Palette, new layer: Cape13 and load the lady_bug_cape13.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with purple. Selections Float, Cutout, change the Blur to 30, Noise, Deselect.
Switch color to #6 on the Cape Palette, new layer: Cape12 and load the lady_bug_cape12.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with color. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect.
Switch color to #2 on the Cape Palette, new layer: Cape11 and load the lady_bug_cape11.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with color. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect. Move this layer under Cape12 layer and move over to the left slightly to cover that small open spot. Control S. | | | Switch color to #3 on the Cape Palette, new layer: Cape15 and load the lady_bug_cape15.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with color. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect.
New layer: Cape15, same color and load the lady_bug_cape16.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with color. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect. Control S.
Switch color to #2 on the Cape Palette, new layer: Cape17 and load the lady_bug_cape17.sel, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with color. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect. Move below Cape15 layer.
Click on the Cape12 layer, should be the top layer, add layer: Cape14 and load the lady_bug_cape14.sel, background color #5, fill with black, contract by 1 and fill with color. Selections Float, Cutout, Noise, Deselect.
Yes, we are almost finished! Switch to color #8 and add a layer: Deco and load the lady_bug_deco1.sel, fill, contract, fill, float, cutout and noise. Stay on this layer and load lady_bug_deco2.sel, fill, contract, fill, float, cutout and noise. Load lady_bug_deco3.sel, switch to color #9, fill, contract, fill with pink, float, cutout, change Blur to 20 and add noise. Control S to save.
New layer: Antennae. Switch color to #2 in the Dress Palette, load the lady_bug_antennae1.sel, fill, contract, fill, float, cutout, change Blur to 10 and add noise. Deselect, copy and paste as new selection, click your Deformation Tool and rotate the Antennae slightly to the right. Use image as guide. Deselect and resize this layer by 75%, adjust the Antennae.
Let's finish up by going all the way down to the Hair_Back layer and click on it. Add a new layer: Hair_Deco, switch to color #3 on the Dress Palette, and using your Preset Circle, vector unchecked, draw out a circle 15 x 15, move it just behind her head as shown in the finished image. Switch to #9, add a layer so that you can move this circle and draw out another circle 15 x 15. Another layer for the next circle, same size, color #8.
Back to the top layer on the Palette, add a layer: Earring, color #9, draw out a circle 18 x 18 and move to where her ear would be. Also a final adjustment. Move layer Cape16 under Cape17. Control S to save. At this point you are finished with The Lady Bug so save one more time in PSP format, Shift D to duplicate the image and save in your favorite format. You can add any details you'd like to The Lady Bug. Or, before merging, add drop shadows to the Cape layers, head and hair layers, etc. | | | I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial. This is one in a series of "Ladies" coming your way. I'd like to give credit where it is due. The original Lady Bug clipart used for the model in this tutorial was provided by: 
The Big Box of Art by Hemera
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