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The Princess And The Pea

Click on Pea Pod to Download Supplies

1. Open a 580 by 700 pixel blank canvas.

2. Open BRUSHES. Copy/Paste as new layer. Do not move. Go up to EFFECTS/IMAGE EFFECTS/OFFSET.

Apply these settings:

Name this layer BRUSHES.

3. Open TAG BACK. Copy/Paste as new layer. Do not move. Name layer Tag Back.

4. Open FRAME. Copy/Paste as new layer. Do not move.

Apply the same Image offset effect as with BRUSHES. Shown above. Just change vertical offset to -54. Name this layer FRAME.

5. Open NAME PLATE. Copy/Paste as new layer. Name this layer name plate.

Apply Effects/Image Effects/Offset as above but change the vertical offset to -200.

6. Open PRINCESS tube. Copy/Paste as new layer. Apply Effects/Image Effects/Offset as above in sample, but change vertical offset to -77. Effects/3d Effects/Drop Shadow/-3/3/Opacity 30/Blur 3.00.

7. Select TAGBACK layer in your layer palette. Go to CASTLE TUBE in supply folder. Edit/Copy paste as new layer. Effects/Image effects/Offset/Vertical offset of 90. Do not put -.

8. Open PEA POD. Edit/Copy/Paste as new layer. Move into position at left of bed as shown in the finished tag above, OR in a position that you like. Apply slight drop shadow of 2 -2 Opacity 20 No Blur.

9. Select your princess and duplicate her twice. Name one Princess layer - Princess 1, then same for Princess 2, then Princess 3. Close out Princess 1 and Princess 3.

10. Zoom in on Princess 2's EYES. I have it zoomed to 400%. Activate your warp tool found here:

11. Start with the left eye. Use your warp brush to paint her eye closed. Set size to 4. Start at the top of the lid in the corner and pull the warp brush down just slightly, a little at a time. Pull down to bottom of eye, do not worry about perfection or jagged edges, the lashes will cover that. Once you pull down to bottom lash, go back to top and pull down the next strip. Always try to stay in the same shade so you have an uninterrupted shading in the lid. When you have left eye done, do the right eye. Go back to left eye, and use the warp brush set to 4 to paint away the top left lash that is outside of her eye, and then do same with right eye. You will have something similar to this when done. It takes patience, it's just like painting!

12. Open EYELASHES found in supply folder. Edit/Copy/Paste as new layer. Move into position at the bottom of her eyelids. After you have positioned them the way you like, go back to the princess herself and use the warp brush again to paint away any imperfection at the lash level. Back to eye lashes, merge down. Name this Princess EYES CLOSED PRINCESS.

Close out Eyes Closed Princess and open Princess 3.

13. We will now animate her foot. You wanted animation, so here we go! Animation is easy once you get the hang of it. Think about the vintage cartoon pages, where you flip through and they move. It's the same premise. On Princess 3, enlarge again to about 700%. Go to her left foot, the most visible. Use your freehand selection tool to trace, right next to the outline of the foot, like this:

Edit/Copy/Cut

Edit/Paste as new layer. Move into position where the foot was cut out. Name layer Foot. Close out for now.

14. Activate your warp tool again, this time at size 8. Go to the empty area where you cut the foot out and pull up in same direction as each line/section/color in the nightgown. Pull up to about an 8th of an inch below hem. Like this:

Continue until the width is covered. To finish the small area of white, set your warp tool size to 4, then finish by pulling up to meet hem line. Don't worry about small imperfections, the foot will cover it. Like this:

15. Go back to FOOT layer. Use your pick tool to turn the foot to the left, as though she is swinging her foot. Once you have it in a position you like, and do not worry about it being over the hem, we're going to trim that away, Name layer MOVING FOOT. Go to layer palette, right click on the foot, properties, Opacity 33. Go back to the foot and use your freehand tool zoomed in at about 500% to outline any part of the foot above the hem line and then cut. Back to properties, put Opacity back to 100. Back to Moving foot, merge down. Rename Princess 3.

Now if you have chosen to not do the animating parts of this tutorial, you will want to delete Princess 2 and Princess 3, Layers/merge visible/save your tag.

ANIMATION STATION

1. Select your BRUSHES LAYER and name it NOISE 1.

2. Select inside your FRAME image with contiguous NOT checked. Right click/promote selection to layer. Name NOISE 2.

3. Go to your CASTLE image. Use the magic wand to select, with contiguous NOT checked, the dark pink stripe in the CASTLE. You may have to hold SHIFT key down to select a line that doesn't activate. Name this layer NOISE 3.

Close out Princess 2 and Princess 3.

4. Go to NOISE 1 and apply DSB FLUX (or you can use your noise filter) and apply add bright noise, starting with 60. Go to NOISE 2 and do same, then NOISE 3 and same. Layers, Merge visible/Save as PSP 1.