Christmas Stocking
Pixel Painting Tutorial

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  1. Right Click to save the color guide below to your hard drive.

  2. New Image - Transparent - 100 x 100 pixels - Magnify to 800%. Set your Paint Brush settings to: Square, Size 1, Hardness, Density, Thickness and Opacity all at 100, and Step at 25; and using the guide below draw the outline as follows: Stocking - Color #1, Toe & Heel Patches - Color #3.


    Any line over 2 pixels in length has been labeled accordingly.

  3. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Stocking and Flood Fill with Color #2. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Fur Cuff and Flood Fill with Color #6. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Toe & Heel Patches and Flood Fill with Color #4. Your image should now look like this:

  4. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Stocking - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 12, Color #1 - Leave Selected - Adjust - Add Noise - Uniform 5% and Monochrome Checked. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Fur Cuff - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 3, Color #5 - Leave Selected - Adjust - Add Noise - Uniform 5% and Monochrome Checked. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Toe Patch - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 3, Color #3 - Leave Selected - Adjust - Add Noise - Uniform 5% and Monochrome Checked. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Heel Patch - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 3, Color #3 - Leave Selected - Adjust - Add Noise - Uniform 5% and Monochrome Checked. Your image should now look like this:

  5. Add a new layer and add some text of your choice as shown below:

  6. Reduce magnification back to original size of 100% and your finished image should now look like this:


    :: You're Done! ::

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