Heart Angel (Written using PSP6)

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First of all I owe a super big thanks to Quist.
She was such an angel to offer help writing this tutorial

Heart Angel Supplies HERE

Preparation:

I use the shortcut keys on the keyboard while creating graphics, so you may want to become familiar with these. I will remind you of what they are on the first few steps. Of course, you can always use the Menu Bar.

*Shortcut Keys*
Float: Ctrl A and Ctrl F (Ctrl A actually selects all)
Defloat: Ctrl D
Copy: Ctrl C
Paste as new selection: Ctrl E

Let's get started!

Open new transparent image 310 x 274.
Save as, in psp format to a folder of your choice.
Remember to save often!

WINGS
Add new layer. Selections - - Load from disk cp-wings.sel.
Fill with your choice of color.
Keep selected.

Airbrush - - Round - - Size 115 - - Hardness 9 - - Opacity 18 - - Step 25 - - Density 4.
Spray a few shades darker than fill.
Keep selected.
Float (Cntl F).
Apply Cutout - - Fill interior not checked - - same shadow color you sprayed - - Opacity 62 - - Blur 13.4 - - Vertical and Horizontal 0 * throughout tutorial*.
Defloat.

HEAD
Add new layer.
Selections - - Load from disk cp-head.sel.
Fill with color #E4DBC8. Keep selected.
Float (Cntl F).
Apply Cutout using shadow color #422D1A and increasing blur to 24.4. Other settings remain the same.
Defloat.

FACE
Open cp-heartangelface and copy as a new layer.
Use Mover Tool to place.
You can actually just drag the face layer from the Layer Palette to the image your working on and it will paste it as a new layer.

HAIR
Add new layer.
Selections - - Load from disk cp-hair.sel.
Fill with color your color choice. I used #6F492B. Keep selected.
Float (Cntl F).
Apply Cutout increasing opacity to 100. Other settings remain the same. If you use a different color for the hair, you may want to change the shadow color on the cutout.
Defloat.

HEART
Add new layer.
Selections - - Load from disk cp-heart.sel.
Fill with color, pattern, and/or texture.
Be creative!!!
I applied a cutout to mine.
Defloat.

HANDS
Add new layer.
Selections - - Load from disk cp-righthand.sel. Fill with color #E4DBC8. Keep selected.
Float (Cntl F).
Apply Cutout using shadow color #422D1A - - Opacity 62 - - Blur 11. Other settings remain the same.
Defloat.

Add new layer.
Use Draw Tool - - Color #422D1A - - Freehand - - Stroked - - Width 1 - - Antialias checked - - Vector unchecked.
Draw lines for fingers.
Bring layer opacity down to 30.
Check all layers off except two hand layers and merge visible.
Now you can duplicate this layer, mirror, and move in place or repeat the steps using cp-lefthand.sel.

HALO
Add new layer.
Selections - - Load from disk cp-halo.sel.sel.
Fill with your color choice.
Be creative!!!
I applied a cutout to mine.

FINISH
I went back and soften around the edges of some of the layers before merging.
Here are the settings I used: Retouch Tool - - Soften - - Round - - Size 6 - - Hardness 23 - - Opacity 41 - - Step 6 - - Density 100.

Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

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