PSPUG Community Activity
Cinco de Mayo
What I Did
To start I did Susannah Helms Tutorial on Mexican
Flamenco Dancers.
I was never able to get images to show up in my
Preset Shapes selection, so I did not do work as vectors.
FOR FEMALE
I basically selected each layer of dress with
magic wand and colored in with paint brush. Then from a tube added lace to
each layer. For SCARF, I opened a new small image and randomly added
spotches of colors that were in skirt. I then used the
Effects>Geometric>Spiky Halo & Twirl effects on it. Then using
that as my pattern used it to flood fill scarf. Then on a new layer with paint brush on
very small size painted in facial features, hair, earrings, castenets and
shoes. I decided she needed more jewelry so from a tube (which was actually a
glove base) gave her a necklace and added chain. I also used tube for
heart on bracelet. NOTE: You can tell I don't draw well with the
touchpad.
FOR MALE
There was actually very little to do on
him. I painted his tie red, added sash to cummerbund, and red band
to hat. Then decided to add gold stripe down side of pants. I then
again painted in facial features.
Figuring now they needed a background, I decided what better than a hacienda, so I proceeded with Sue's Mexican Hacienda tutorial. I just followed instructions on tutorial adding vase (was actually a lamp with shade erased) and vines and flowers from tubes.
BACKGROUND
Well, now the problem arose.... the hacienda had to sit
somewhere so I had to do background. For this I opened a new transparent
large image. Using selection tool I selected top half of image and
loosely following SLP tutorial on making cloud with Retouch tool
and made the sky and
clouds. Inverted selection and painted in sand. Decided there should be
some mountains in the and used again loosely following SLP tutorial on
making mountains and trees using retouch tool , I made the mountains. I
then added Hacienda and Dancers as new layers. Resized them
appropriately. Figuring dancers wouldn't be dancing on sand I used
selection tool for area and flood filled with gray for paved area. Then
drew in lines and using perspective effect changed the perspective. Shaded
lines with Retouch tool>Darken RGB and then softened. Then decided
there needed to be grass around hacienda so using grass pattern
painted in grass. This looked a bit lush so with airbrush set on low
density and opacity added some sand to the grass area. Flowers were needed
beside the paved area to suit my landscaping desires, so I added those in with
tube. Finally, I decided that no Mexican scene would be complete without
cactus so I with paint brush I added it and then shaded with Retouch>Darken
RBG.
DONKEY
Figured I was having so much fun, I'd to Sue's Donkey/Mule
tutorial. Followed instructions on that and then for fun added flowers to
hat and as a necklace. Placed him in the picture. (Mules ARE always
"him" aren't they?)
I'm not sure how long this all took.... I didn't do it all in one sitting ... but I'd estimate about 3-4 hours with the 3 tutorials and the background.
