This tutorial was written by Monti on March 8th, 2008. It's concept is copyrighted to Monti. Any creation you make from my ideas are yours. You may print out this tutorial for your own personal use, but please do not copy it in any way to put online, pass out or rewrite without my permission or worse yet attempt to claim as your own.
For this tutorial you will need
Paint Shop Pro
Animation Shop
The Following Colour Charts.
Left click each one and when it opens right click then save as, then open in PSP.
Basketball Bear Colour Chart
Basketball Kit Colour Chart
Ok we are ready to start.
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Script provided by Dynamic Drive.
Step 1:
This is the outline we will be making. Mine has been resized a lot so you can see it clearly.
To make this easier I have numbered all pixels over 1.
Open a new image 150 x 150 transparent.
Select the brush tool with the following settings.
Size = 1
Hardness, Opacity and Density = 100
Zoom in to about 800%
Set your foreground to colour 1 on Colour Chart 1 (#945937) and start with the bears head.
(You can move the image later using your move tool if you need to.)
Continue doing the rest of the outline using the colours shown.
You can change the colours of the top and shorts to suit your team colours.
When your main outline is complete add a new raster layer and draw in the face using the guide below.
move it into position and merge layers visible.
Step 2
When your outline is complete, select your magic wand with the following settings and click inside the bears head.
Select colour 2 (#D48B5E) on your Bear Colour Chart and flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 10
Shadow colour = use your bear outline colour. (#945937)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
Step 3
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears outer ears holding down the shift key to select all parts.
Make sure you select ALL the stray pixels shown below.
Fill with colour 2 (#D48B5E) on your Bear Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 4
Shadow colour = use your bear outline colour. (#945937)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
Step 4
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears chest/neck area making sure you select the stray pixel shown below.
Fill with colour 2 (#D48B5E) on your Bear Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
Vertical = 3
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 65
Blur = 4
Shadow colour = use your bear outline colour. (#945937)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
Step 5
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears left arm.
Fill with colour 2 (#D48B5E) on your Bear Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 8
Shadow colour = use your bear outline colour. (#945937)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
REPEAT for the right arm.
Step 6
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears left leg.
Fill with colour 2 (#D48B5E) on your Bear Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 4
Shadow colour = use your bear outline colour. (#945937)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
REPEAT for the right leg.
Step 7
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears left inner ear.
Fill with colour 4 (#F9C3BD) on your Bear Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 3
Shadow colour = use your inner ear outline colour. (#F27B6B)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
REPEAT for the right inner ear.
Step 8
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears muzzle.
Fill with colour 6 (#FAD0C0) on your Bear Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 4
Shadow colour = use your muzzle outline colour. (#F3A47D)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
Change your foreground to White and select your paint brush.
Add a 1 pixel stroke between the black areas at the top of the nose if you didn't already do this on the face outline.
Step 9
Select your magic wand and click inside the left section of the basketball.
Fill with colour B (#C67243) on your Kit Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 5
Shadow colour = use your basketball outline colour. (#8D3319)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
REPEAT for the right section.
Select your magic wand and click inside the middle section of the basketball.
Fill with colour B (#C67243) on your Kit Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 6
Shadow colour = use your basketball outline colour. (#8D3319)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
Step 10
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears top.
Fill with colour D (#B9CAE3) on your Kit Colour Chart or a light colour of your choice
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 10
Shadow colour = use your top outline colour (I used #517DBC).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
Step 11
Select your magic wand and click inside the bears shorts.
Fill with colour D (#B9CAE3) on your Kit Colour Chart or a light colour of your choice
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 9
Shadow colour = use your shorts outline colour (I used #517DBC).
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
Step 12
Select your magic wand and click inside the left shoe making sure you select the stray pixel shown below.
Fill with colour F (#FFFFFF) on your Kit Colour Chart
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 3
Shadow colour = use your shoe outline colour. (#808080)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.
REPEAT the above step for the right shoe making sure you select the stray pixel.
Step 13 - Optional
Add a new raster layer and add some decoration.
I added a darker collar to the shirt and some lines.
You could also add a number or your teams initials.
Merge all visible and open animation shop.
Copy and paste into animation shop and save as a .gif.
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