 Software: Photo Impact 7 or 8 Author Polly Morris Home Page: Sundog Creations Title:Christmas Mouse Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate Additional Tools: None Downloads: Stocking |
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Description: This darling little mouse will hang out anywhere you want to put him:). | ||
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1.Open a new image, standard size. With the path drawing tool, custom shape , round edge 3, color #EECFE0. Draw your shape, then duplicate this once. With the transform tool, make it half the size of your first shape. Go to objects, and convert from path to image. With your flood fill tool, fill with the color white. Right click on the shape and go to properties, soft edge, move the setting to 75. Place it on your first shape and merge as single object. Go to effects, and paint on edges. , see screenshot below. 
2. Duplicate this piece two times for the ears. Place one of the duplicates behind and up from the first ear. With the burn tool, burn the shape behind . Like this. 
3. Merge as single object and duplicate one time for the other ear. Edit , rotate and flip, and flip horizontally.Place them behind the head, and merge as single object. 
4. For the nose, go to your path drawing tool, custom shape, round edge 3, color black, make a small shape for the nose. Make another shape, ellipse, color white for the eye. Make another smaller shape , color black and place on the white ellipse. Merge as single object. Duplicate this and place over the nose. 
5. Take the paint tool, black, size 1, soft edge 0, straight line, make sure you click on the "mode" icon. Make some eyebrows, and whiskers. Draw a line down from the nose half way down. Click on mode again. Make a small circle to put at the end of the last line you made for the mouth. Merge as single object. 
You can make his little feet with the same shape you used for his head and ears. Make some lines for his toes. You can make a stocking or use the one I have here for download. 
When putting him all together inside the stocking, make sure his feet are in front of the stocking. Here's the finished product. Hope you enjoy him:) 
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