PSP8  Pixel Daffodil Tut

This tutorial has been written using PSP8 but should work in PSP7. Please take the time to read my terms.

Rather than me giving screen shots showing how many pixels please drag this image to your work area to use as a template.

 

1. Image, increase colour depth to 16 million colours. Layers - Promote background to layer. With the magic wand , tolerance 0, feather 0, mode = add, select the white areas of the image and delete so you only have the outlines. Or create a new layer and with the paint brush at size 1 trace over the outlines using your own colours.

note - for PSP7, hold Shft while using the magic wand to select all the white areas.

Ctrl+D. 

 
2. With the magic wand, replace, click inside area 1 of the flower (see screen shot). Flood fill with #FFFF00. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout at the settings given. Ctrl+D. 

Repeat for area 2, changing the vertical to 1, horizontal to -5 of the cutout.

Repeat for area 3, 4, 5 & 6, changing the vertical to -4, horizontal to 0 of the cutout.

Set the foreground to #EAA500, background to #FFFF00. Select the gradient of the foreground fill. In the properties box of the gradient fill choose foreground-background, sunburst, horizontal 0, vertical 27.

With the magic wand click inside area 7, fill with the gradient. 

 

 

 
Cutout Setting
Vertical 5
Horizontal 2
Opacity 100
Blur 5
Shadow Colour #FFC71D
Fill Colour #FFFF00

 

3. Set the foreground to #F6DE58. Still with the marching ants, paint brush at size 1, paint one pixel at a time around the edge of the selection. (magnify your image to about 800%) Crtl+D.

Set the foreground to #FFCB21, with the paint brush paint some lines on to the petals. 

 
4. With the magic wand click inside the stem. Flood fill with #91AC78. Apply at cutout at the setting shown. Ctrl+D

5. Repeat for the leaves, changing the vertical to -2 and the horizontal to 1 of the cutout.

Cutout Setting
Vertical 0
Horizontal 1
Opacity 100
Blur 3
Shadow Colour #5C7349
Fill Colour #91AC78

 
6. Set the foreground to #64804E. With the paintbrush at size 1 paint some lines on to the leaves.

Save as a tube or in psp format.

Rather than give you daffodils that all look the same I also made another one with the flower at a different angle. If you want to add this to you pixel garden walk this way.

 

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Created and uploaded April 2004 
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