BUTTERFLY


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This tutorial is dedicated to Mrsshopgirl, who many months ago requested that I write a tutorial on making a Butterfly. There are several tutorials that show you how to make a butterfly. Not wanting to step on anyone's toes, I waited until I figured out a unique way to do this. Thank you Deb for giving me the inspiration to create this tutorial for you.

We will be using only PSP to create our butterfly. We will be using JASC's Fire tub, geometric effects, preset shapes and the draw tool.

You could also use this tutorial for making Angel Wings.

In order to save download and printing, I have thumbnails of the screenshots. If you click on the thumbnail it will take you to a large version of the screenshot. This is something new that I am doing and would appreciate your comments and feedback. Don't forget to SAVE your work often.

My tutorials are only guidelines to help you accomplish a certain creation. Please feel free to be inventive and take whatever liberties you would like. I encourage each of you to do your "own thing" and make your creation yours! Your finished creation is yours to do with as you please.

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7.04 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at a beginners level. I am sure this can easily be done in Version 6 with a few adjustments in paths but I have only used Version 7 so I can't make promises *S*

FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED:
JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- You can get it HERE
JASC's Fire Tub ~~ If you do not have it you can get it HERE There are several tubes for you in their Additional Picture Tubes pack at the bottom of the page.

Step 1:
Open a new image 350x350, 16 million colors, transparent background. Add a new layer, name it wing1.

Step 2:
Activate your picture tubes, , and navigate to your fire tube.

Apply your fire tube all over the bottom 1/3 of your image until it looks something like this. (Don't forget to click the thumbnail to see the larger screenshot, if necessary.)

Step 3:
Go to Effects-->Geometric Effects-->Circle

Step 4:
Go to Effects-->Geometric Effects-->Perspective Horizontal. Use a setting of 80.

Step 5:
Go to Effects-->Geometric Effects-->Perspective Vertical. Use a setting of 61.

Step 6:
Go to Image-->Flip. Go to Image-->Rotate and rotate your image 45 degrees to the right - make sure that all layers is UNchecked.

Step 7:
In order to give your wing more perspective and depth, we will duplicate the wing and resize that layer. Make sure you are on your wing1 layer, go to Layers-->Duplicate. While on your copy of wing1 layer, go to Image-->Resize and resize by 85%, making sure that you have unchecked resize all layers. See the screenshot below.

Use your mover tool to line up your resized wing with the first wing. Duplicate your copy of wing1 layer and resize the copy of copy of wing1 and move it over in the same manner.

Step 8:
Activate your layer palette. Click on the eye glasses on Layer1, it will "hide" this layer by putting a red X on the eye glasses.

Make sure you on the top layer. Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge Visible. Rename this layer Wing1. Have you been saving? *grin*

Step 9:
While on layer Wing1, go to Layers-->Duplicate. Rename this layer Wing2. Go to Image-->Mirror. You may need to move your wing over a tad, using your mover tool. Hmmmm, they kind of look like angel wings now, don't they?

At this point you COULD duplicate your image (Shift+D) and save the copy as angelwings.psp to use at a later date. Here is a ladies tube that I put on it real quick just to give you an idea.

Step 10:
Okay, back to the butterfly LOL. In order to spread the wings out to look more like a butterfly we need to rotate each wing. While on your Wing2 layer, go to Image-->Rotate. Rotate by 24 degrees to the right. Again, make sure that all layers is UNchecked. If for someone reason your wing doesn't rotate outwards, change the angle to the left.

Now go to your Wing1 layer and rotate this wing by 24 degrees to the left. If for someone reason your wing doesn't rotate outwards, change the angle to the right.

Step 11:
On your color palette, make your foreground styles Null, and your background styles a dark color. I used a dark red (#800000). Add a new layer, name it body. Activate your preset shapes tool, . Use the ellipse shape, antialias checked, retain style and create as vector UNchecked.

Draw out an oval for the top of your body.

Step 12:
Go to Effects-->3D-->Inner Bevel and apply the following settings::


(Width=10; smoothness=2; depth=4; ambience=4; shininess=35; angle=315; intensity=40; elevation=35)

Step 13:
Go to Edit-->Copy (Ctrl+C). Edit-->Paste-->As New Selection (Ctrl+E) and move it under your first oval. Deselect (Ctrl+D). Paste again as a new selection and move it under your next oval. Deselect and Save.

Step 14:
Activate your Wing2 layer. Go to Layers-->New Raster Layer. Name this layer antenna1. Change your background styles color to your foreground styles by clicking on the double arrow. See screenshot below.

Activate your draw tool, using the Freehand Line setting with line width set to 3. Antialias checked, create as vector and Close path UNchecked.

Draw your antenna. Flip your colors so your color is in the Background styles. Activate your preset shapes and use the ellipse. Holding down the shift key, draw a small circle on the end of your antenna. This is what mine looked like.

Step 15:
Go to Layers-->Duplicate. Image-->Mirror. Using your mover tool, place your duplicated antenna to the right of your first one. Voila! We're done! You have now made your own butterfly using only PSP! I saved my butterfly in layers so I could do other things with it, such as colorizing and playing around with the wings using the deformation tool. I also exported my butterfly as a tube.

VARIATIONS - You can colorize your butterfly using PSP or a number of different filters that colorize. Here is one that I did using Harry's Filters.

If you are adept with the deformation tool you can click on one of your wing layers, use the deformation tool and just basically play around with it until you get something that you like. Hide the other wing layer, duplicate your deformed layer and mirror it. Here is one that I did and then another that was colorized.

The possibilities are endless!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it for you.

If you have any problems, comments or questions please do not hesitate to E-mail me.

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