SILLY BIRDS
For ALL PI Versions
(Continued)
Feet1. Path Tool - Spline, 2D, Color orangish draw a cute little foot for your bird.
2. Now you may Burn all around the outside edges just a little bit for the 3D look OR you may do the Effect, Creative, Paint on Edges set up like below.
3. Now take your Blur Tool and just lightly blur around the line to soften.
4. Duplicate, and move it over to the right and rotate a bit. Select both, Arrange, Send to Back. Position under bird evenly.
Eyes
1. Path Tool, Custom Shape wide Triangle, 3D, Color white - Draw a long narrow one about 50x18px if you followed the size of this tut or one that will be a good length for an eye.
2. In the Material Panel, Bevel Setting tab, move the lever all the way up to 99 and click on the Smooth Spine setting, and Apply.
3. Duplicate. Use the Resize tool to Flip sideways, then upside down to line the eyes up. Now move them into place on the head.
4. Now Rclick on the eyes, one at a time, and Convert Object, From Text/Path to Image.
Select the Rope Selection tool, and the plus sign (+), and draw a straight line across the bottom of both eyes and downward to connect like so - any shape will do.
Select both eyes and hit your delete key once.
5. Path Tool Oval, 3D, Color Black or Dark Blue, create a little circle for her pupil. Rotate it and put it so no white shows on the bottom left or bottom of the pupil. Duplicate, move this one over and rotate to the same degree for the other eye. Set so there is no white showing on the bottom right or bottom of this eye.
Beak
1. Path Tool, Custom shape, 2D, Color Orangish, select this shape
2. Draw a beak about 46x48px long (or there about - resize before rotating if it's too large or small) and rotate into place on her face.
3. Convert Object, and Burn lightly around the left and top sides.
4. With the Blur Tool smooth this line on the inside so it blends in to the lighter area. Your beak now looks 3D. :)
5. Path Tool, Circle, 3D, Black, draw a little one 7x7px (or a size that fits your beak) and move to the top side of his beak. Duplicate, and line up like so.
6. Select one black spot and double click on the object in the Layer Manager to bring up the Properties box. Set the Transparency to 40%. Do the same for the other black spot.
Hairs
1. Select the Paint Brush set up like below. Make sure you are in "Paint as Object" mode.
2. Draw 3 hairs on the side of her head any way you like. They will be squiggly! That only lends to the authenticity of being your own creation, so don't worry what the lines look like too much. :)
Final Touches
You need a few lighter places for highlight and effect, so set up your Dodge Brush like below and lightly touch the cheeks, arms, and lower body to highlight.
(Furry EC setting only)
To darken the furry tips select the body section, click on the Paint Brush and the color you started with only a bit darker. Set your paint brush up like this (with your color) and do a Paint on Edges to all the furry parts if yours needs it.
(Both)
Your bird may end up needing a bit of arranging or straightening now that she's created. Mine is a bit too tipped to the left, and I want to swing her head around a bit more.
Save, and then select all the parts except the feet and Rotate a bit to the right.
Now select all the head parts and tip them a bit to the left by rotating to the right. Deselect all parts and Save again. You are finished with your cute little bird.
Thank you for trying my tutorial. I hope you have enjoyed it. You should have a very good feeling about what you can accomplish in PI after doing all the steps required in this tutorial. :)
Make it a Tube
Make sure everything is the way you want it to be and R-click, Select all, Merge as Single Object.
Click on the Eye at the top of the Layer Manager to hide the background, and Save it as a .psd (PhotoShop file) This is the same type of file as a .tub/psp as it keeps the transparent background. :)
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Feel free to contact me if you get stuck and need help!
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