Tutorial & Graphics ©P & M Computing written by IvyRoses Feb 5, 2001. We hope you enjoy this tutorial.

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This tutorial was made for psp users with basic knowledge.

How to Make Ivy Leaves

1. Lets start with a new image at 300 x 300 transparent.

2. Select you text button. Click on your graphic to open the text menu. You need to select a fat font. (For this tutorial I used hobo.). Size at 72. Type in a capital T. It does not matter if the T is stoked & filled.

3. With the "marching ants" around your T go to image and select flip.

4. Select a nice shade of green on your color palette. I'm using #2A5530.

5. Create a new layer.

6. Now we are going to draw our leaf outline using our previous layer (the T) as a guideline. Once your outline has been drawn you can delete your T layer.

7. Now paint the inside of your leaf using the same green. Using your magic wand do a selection invert you wont color out side the "marching ants".

8. Keeping the "marching ants" click the eyedropper tool and select a soft shade of yellow on the color palette.

9. Select the airbrush tool.You want to use a round brush at a size 5 or smaller. You need to set the opacity:36, step:25, density:27. Use the airbrush along the edge of your leaf. Dont worry if the paint is thick in a few spots.

10. Now to fix those thick spots. Select your retouch tool (looks like a finger pointing). We are going to use the smudge function:brush:3, opacity:63, density:62

11. You did it!! You have an ivy leaf. For different effects airbrust hilights with different shades of greeen and/ or add textures.

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