JOYFUL INSPIRATION

MOUSE IN HIS HOUSE

Filters required: DSB Flux - Filters Unlimited 2 - Paper Textures

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1. Open 515 by 550 blank canvas.

2. Open BOTTOM FRAME. Edit/copy/paste as new layer. Name this layer NOISE 1. Selections/select all/float/defloat/modify/select selection borders/5/add new raster layer/flood fill selection in new raster layer with a deep orange.

3. Move to bottom layer in your layer palette. Go to your ellipse tool. Set foreground color to off and background color to #3f5759 medium gray. Draw out a circle beneath the frame you just placed so the interior of the frame is filled. Objects/align/center on canvas. Convert to raster layer. Use magic wand to select inside the gray. Effects/filter effects/Filter's Unlimited 2/Paper Textures/Papyrus. These settings:

4. Move to top layer. Still on ellipse tool. Set foreground color to a deep rusty orange. Background color OFF. Set line width to 11. Draw out an ellipse so the frame and place in this position:

Convert to raster layer.

5. Set foreground color to black, background color to white. Go to your rectangle tool (same place as your ellipse). Set line width to four. Draw out a square in the center of your image about 3 1/2 by 3 1/2. Objects/align/center in canvas. Convert to raster layer. Select inside the white with magic wand. Open BACKGROUND. (there are two, your choice) Edit/copy/paste into selection. Adjust/sharpen.

6. Open TREE BRANCH. Edit/copy/paste as new layer. Effects/image effects/offset/Horizontal -66/Vertical 144/Wrap checked. Use your freehand selection tool to outline/trace just the leaves on your branch. Hold down the SHIFT key while you are outlining. Once all three have been done, right click the layer palette and promote selection to layer. Name this layer NOISE 2.

7. Open MOUSE. Edit/copy/paste as new layer. Effects/image effects/offset/Horizontal 56/Vertical -46/wrap checked. Duplicate Mouse. Close out Mouse on top or MOUSE 1 as you rename. Go to MOUSE 2. Use your freehand selection tool to outline his head where it meets his scarf like this:

8. Still selected, promote selection to layer. Move back to the mouse layer and edit/cut. Move up one to the head layer. Use your pick tool to move his head up as though he's looking at the branch, like this:

9. Stay on head. Go to CLONE tool. Set size to 10. Use your clone tool beginning at just under his mouth where his chin has been cut away and place the tool over the outline and white, right click, then move down slowly along the edge and clone in the missing chin.

Move clone tool slowly to the right and fill in the rest of the face carefully. Do not worry that you seem to be going over the edge of the scarf because you will be moving the head under the body and that will not show. In fact, it's better to do so a bit for a seamless look. Move with the same curve where the different shades meet. When you fill in it should look like this:

Move this head layer one layer beneath the rest of the body. Merge body down with the head by selecting body layer and merge down to head. Name this layer MOUSE 2.

ANIMATION STATION:

Close out MOUSE 2 and open MOUSE 1

1. Go to each NOISE layer, that being NOISE 1 first and apply effects/filter effects/DSB Flux/add bright noise/57, then do same with NOISE 2.

2. Layers/Merge visible/save as PSP 1