Bullfinch.

Get my Selections here and zip them up in your PSP Selections folder.
The zip also includes the leaf. Zip it up in your PSP Image folder.

Start with a New Image 200x200, transp, 16 mill.
New Layer. Preset Shapes, Ellipse. Antialias checked.
If you like, you can use colors of your own. I have used these.
Foreground  white color. Background color #C7C9E5.
In your Tool Option box, set Foreground color to solid and Background to Gradient.



Make a circle 160x160.
Keep Shift down while you drag the circle, to make it round.
Adjust it with your Mover to the centre of your canvas.

New Layer. Set Foreground color to #E1E3F1. Close Background.
Preset Shapes, Ellipse. Line width 3. Antialias checked.
Make another circle, also 160x160.
Adjust it with your Mover on top of your first circle. make sure they fit perfectly.
Layers Merge, Merge visible. Call the layer Circle.

New layer. Call it Branch. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, branch.sel.
Flood Fill with color #705D57. Deselect.

Get the leaf you got in the zip. Copy and paste it as a New Layer.
Duplicate this layer several times and place the leaves like this.
Use Effects, Mirror on some. Use Deformation Tool to turn some.
Also use Deformation Tool to push a few leaves together to make them smaller.

Now you have to stand on the leaves layers, one at a time and take
Selections, Select all, Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect. Do the same on all leaves layers.

Close layer Circle. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the layer Branch.
Make the circle visible again and adjust it to the leaves like in the picture above.
You might have to lift it up or lower it a bit.

New Layer. Call it Berry. Fore- and Background color #8B4D51.
Preset Shapes, Ellipse. Line widht 1. Antialias checked. Make the berry 7x7.
Selections, Select all. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

Duplicate this berry 11 times and place the berries like this.

Close layer Circle. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the layer Branch.

New Layer. Call it Tail. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, tail.sel.
Flood fill with black color. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Body. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, body.sel.
Flood fill with color #DC3806. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Bodypart1. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, bodypart1.sel.
Flood fill with color #EDEDEB. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

New Layer. Call it Bodypart2. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, bodypart2.sel.
Flood fill with color #9EAAB0. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Headtop. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, headtop.sel.
Flood fill with  black color. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as on layer Tail. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Beak. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, beak.sel.
Flood fill with color #424040. Deselect. 
Effects, Inner Bevel as below.

New Layer. Call it Eye. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, eye.sel.
Flood fill with color #424040. Deselect. Effects, Inner Bevel as below.

New Layer. Call it Wing. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, wing.sel.
Flood fill with  black color.  Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Wingpart. Selections, Load from disk, bullfinch, wingpart.sel.
Flood fill with white color.  Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.

Now your bullfinch is ready for some bird seeds.


 

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