Snowman
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: Hat, Eyes, and Buttons - Color #1, Nose - Color #3, Mouth - Color #4, Arms - Color #9, Snowman - Color #7.


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

  3. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Hat and Flood Fill with Color #2. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Hat Band and Flood Fill with Color #3. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Nose and Flood Fill with Color #6. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Eyes and Buttons and Flood Fill with Color #4. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Snowman and Flood Fill with Color #8. Your image should now look like this:

  4. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Hat - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 14, Color #1. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Nose - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 2, Color #5. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Head - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 3, Color #7. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Body - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 4, Color #7. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Hat Band - Adjust - Add Noise - Uniform 12% - Deselect. Your image should now look like this:

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


    :: You're Done! ::

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