PSP8 Tea Pot House Pixel 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.

 

I am no means an expert when it comes to pixels, but I wanted to give them a go and have a play.
I will try to explain exactly how I shaded the image but we all have our own method
so my instructions are only a guidance. You may prefer to stay on the one layer, I prefer layers.

 

 

1. Image, increase colour depth to 16 million colours. Layers - Promote background to layer and rename base. With the magic wand , tolerance 0, feather 0, add, select the white areas of the image and delete so you only have the outlines. Ctrl+D. 

At this point you can carry on with the tut or you can go round the image with the paint brush , size 1, to give the image your own colours. For the tutorial I will give the colours I used, if you have changed yours you will need to use a lighter shade of those you have chosen for the base image.

 
2. With the magic wand click inside the mushroom stem. Create a new layer. Flood fill with #EBD0B9. Ctrl+D. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout at the settings given.

Cutout Setting
Vertical & Horizontal - 5
Opacity 100
Blur 55
Shadow colour #B4896A
Fill interior with #EBD0B9

 
3. Go back to the base layer. With the magic wand click inside the top of the mushroom. Create a new layer. Flood fill with #E17878. Ctrl+D. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout at the settings given.

Cutout Setting
Vertical & Horizontal  10
Opacity 100
Blur 60
Shadow colour #C04646
Fill interior with #E17878

 
4. Create a new layer. Set the foreground colour to #EBD0B9. With the paint brush, size 25, hardness 100, density 100, thickness 100, opacity 100, dab on some spots. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout. Use the colours in step 2, vertical & horizontal 0, blur 12.

 
5. Go back to the base layer. With the magic wand click inside the side of the mushroom. Create a new layer. Flood fill with #B94343. Ctrl+D. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout at the settings given.

Repeat for the other side changing the horizontal of the cutout to 2.

Cutout Setting
Vertical  1
Horizontal -2
Opacity 100
Blur 10
Shadow colour #752D2D
Fill interior with #B94343

 
6. Go back to the base layer. With the magic wand click inside the door frame. Create a new layer. Flood fill with #A67C4E. Ctrl+D. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout at the settings given.

Repeat for the window frame.

Go back to the base layer. With the magic wand click inside the cross of the window panes. Create a new layer. Flood fill with #A67C4E. Ctrl+D.

 

Cutout Setting
Vertical & Horizontal 1
Opacity 100
Blur 3
Shadow colour #835F39
Fill interior with #A67C4E
7. Go back to the base layer. With the magic wand, mode add, click inside the door panels. Create a new layer. Flood fill with #A67C4E. Ctrl+D. Set the foreground colour to #A0774C. With the paint brush, size one, paint some lines down the panels. I zoomed in to 400% to see better.

If you're like me and can't paint in a straight line, click to dab the first spot of paint then hold shift, move the curser to where you want to finish and click. 

Change the foreground colour to #9B7349, paint some more lines, some overlapping, some next to the lighter line. Change the colour to #956F47 and paint some more lines.

In the layer palette, lock the transparency of the layer. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout. Vertical 2, Horizontal 3, Opacity 100, blur 20, same shadow colour, uncheck fill interior.

 
8. Create a new layer. Change the foreground to black. With the paintbrush, size 6, hardness 60, paint in a door knob. Change the foreground to #C0C0C0. With the paintbrush, size 3, hardness 0, dab a highlight on to the door knob. 

 
9. Go back to the base layer. With the magic wand, mode add. click inside each of the window panes. Create a new layer. Set the foreground to #E9E9F1, the background to #979EDF, Set the fill to foreground/background gradient, sunburst , repeats 0, vertical 23, horizontal 31. Fill the window panes. Selections - Invert. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow at the setting given. Ctrl+D.

 

Drop Shadow Setting
Vertical & Horizontal 1
Opacity 100
Blur 6
Colour #1E3244
Merge layers visible. Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise at 5% Uniform. Save as a tube or in psp format.

 

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Created and uploaded March 2004 
©Di's Delights 2003