Please make sure you have read them. You may use the image you
create as you wish, but the tutorial follows my Terms of Use.
You need to be familiar with PSP, where tools are located, and how to
use the Layer Palette - create New Vector Layers and Group. Node editing
only on beak and very easy. I'm using Vectors for ease of moving and
rotating. I also save images I create as a shape before converting to
Raster Layers. I have a tutorial posted at the end if you would like to
try this when you are finished.
New Transparent Image 250 x 300
Save in PSP format and name as you wish.
Foreground Black
Background #404040
Tail
Preset Shapes - Tear Drop
- Anti-alias checked
- Create as vector checked
- Solid line
- Line Width 1
Drag out a narrow Tear Drop shape towards the
bottom center.
Right click on the Vector layer you just created on the
Layer Palette and Duplicate.
Do this 3 more times for a total of 5
Vector Layers.
Click on the + sign by each Vector layer. To move and
rotate each of these images into postition, you need to click on the Tear
Drop showing under the Vector (Copy of Vector) layer. Make sure only one
is highlighted.
I placed my
feathers in over under postion, but place your however you like.
I prefer leaving these as Vector Layer until I'm finished.
It makes it easier to go back and change.
Wing
Preset Shapes - Tear Drop - Same settings
New Vector
Layer
Drag out a narrow Tear Drop shape towards the right or left
center.
Right click on the Vector layer you just created on the Layer
Palette and Duplicate 4 more times for a total of 5 Vector Layers.
Move and rotate into position using same method as used on
the tail.
This time I postitioned with the feathers overlapping from
top to bottom.
Other Wing
I just want to duplicate the one I made. To do
this we need to group the 5 images.
First click on each Tear Drop drap
up to the top one to place under the previous one.
Hold down
the Shift key and click on each of the Tear Drop layers for the wing. Make
sure they are all highlighted.
Right click
on any of these layers and Group.
Right click on the top Vector layer
(Not the one that is grouped - above it.) and Duplicate.
Now click on
Group 1 (highlighted on image below) under the Top Vector layer.
Image
- Mirror (Ctrl+M) I deleted all the extra Vector layers (right click) that
do not contain an image. You can tell because there is not a + sign by
them. See image.
You can
move it later with the Move Tool.
I went back, grouped the tail and
deleted the extra Vector layers using the same process as above.
BODY
Preset Shapes - Tear Drop
Make sure you are back on
the top layer
New Vector Layer
Drag out a Tear Drop shape in center
for the body.
HEAD
Preset Shapes - Ellipse
New Vector Layer
Drag out
an elliptical shape for the head.
This is how my image and Layer Palette look now.
I had to increase canvas size to 300 X 350.
Now you can go back to
each layer under the Vector Layers. Click + sign to see. Use the Object
Selection Tool 
to
move, resize, and/or rotate.
This is how mine looks right now. I did
reduce size for display.
EYES
Preset Shapes - Ellipse
New Vector Layer
Change
Background color to White
Drag out an elliptical shape for the
eye.
Change Background color to Black
Drag out another elliptical
shape a little smaller for the center of the eye.
Click on +
sign
Hold down shift key and click on both layers under the vector
layer.
Right click either layer and Group
Right click on Vector
layer and Duplicate.
Click on + sign if it is showing instead of - sign
of the Duplicated layer and click on the Group (mine is Group 3) layer
under it to make sure it is the only layer highlighted.
Now you can
grab the center of the image and move over for the other eye.
BEAK
Preset Shapes - Triangle
New Vector Layer
Change
Background color to #F9D569
Drag out an triangular shape for the beak
(botton toward top).
Node Edit - Pen Tool (PSP8) or Object Selector -
Node Edit on Tool Option Palette.
Hold down Shift key on the keyboard
and click on the top two nodes.
Right
click on either node - Node Type - Symmetric
That's it for the node
editing. Easy!
Use the Object Selection Tool to move, resize, and/or
rotate.
CLAWS
Preset Shapes - Ellipse
New Vector Layer
Drag out
three elliptical shapes for the claw.
Click on + sign
You may want
to drag layers around so you have the center ellipse on the top of the
layer.
Hold down shift key and click on all three layers under the
vector layer.
Right click on any layer and Group
Right click on
Vector layer and Duplicate.
Click on + sign if it is showing instead of
- sign of the Duplicated layer and click on the Group (mine is Group 4)
layer under it to make sure it is the only layer highlighted.
Now you
can grab the center of the image and move over for the other claw.
You may delete background layer (bottom layer), right click on any
layer, merge visible and SAVE!
Or you may want to go TUTORIAL
HERE to see how to create a preset shape and detail more.
Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Hope you have enjoyed this
tutorial.
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