Cat.


This cat is ment to be lying on top of something.
Could be the paper you write on, or a fence, a branch on a tree or whatever you like.

I have made Selections for you. Get them here and zip them up in your Selections folder.
The zip also includes a woodpattern. Zip it up in your PSP patterns folder.

Start with a New Image 400 x 300, transp, 16 mill.
New Layer. Call it Shelf. Selections, Load from disk, cat, shelf.sel.
Flood Fill with pattern, lo_wood. Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Body. Selections, Load from disk, body.sel.
Flood Fill with color #605D5D. Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as below.

New Layer. Call it Paw1. Selections, Load from disk, paw1.sel.
Flood Fill with color #605D5D. Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as before. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Ears. Selections, Load from disk, ears.sel.
Flood Fill with color #6C6C6C. Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Innerears. Selections, Load from disk, innerears.sel.
Flood Fill with color #B39995. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Head. Selections, Load from disk, head.sel.
Flood Fill with color #4D4949.  Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

This is what you will have now.

New Layer. Call it Chin. Selections, Load from disk, chin.sel.
Flood Fill with color #969C97. Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Nose. Selections, Load from disk, nose.sel.
Flood Fill with black color. Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as below.
 

New Layer. Call it Mouth. Selections, Load from disk, mouth.sel.
Flood Fill with black color.

New Layer. Call it Eyes. Selections, Load from disk, eyes.sel.
Flood Fill with color #323434. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Eyelash. Preset Shapes, Ellipse, Background closed. Black color.
Make an ellipse about 19 x 16 . Turn it a bit with Deformation Tool.
Freehand Tool. Mark what you will delete.

Delete. Deselect. Duplicate this layer two times.
Turn the lashes with Deformation Tool an put them together like this.

Close all layers except these three lash-layers. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Lash.
Duplicate this layer, Image, Mirror and put it in place above the other eye.
Use Deformation Tool to turn it a bit.

New Layer. Call it Whiskers. Preset Shapes, Ellipse, Background closed. Color #D4DDDC.
Make an ellipse about 40 x 20 . Turn it a bit with Deformation Tool.
Freehand Tool. Mark what you will delete.

Delete. Deselect. Duplicate this layer two times.
Erase a little at the end on the upper hairpart, to make it a little shorter.
 Deformation Tool. Turn them and put them together like this.

Close all layers except these three whisker-layers. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Whiskers.
Effects, Sharpen once. Duplicate this layer, Image, Mirror and put it in place on the other cheek.
Use Deformation Tool to turn it a bit. Effects, Sharpen once.

New Layer. Call it Eyebrow. Preset Shapes, Ellipse, Background closed. Color #D4DDDC.
Make an ellipse about 10 x 23 . Turn it a bit with Deformation Tool.
Freehand Tool. Mark what you will delete.

Delete. Deselect. Duplicate this layer two times.
Erase a little at the ends on the right and left  hairpart. Deformation Tool.
Turn them and put them together like this.

Close all layers except these three eyebrow-layers. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Eyebrow.
Effects, Sharpen once. Duplicate this layer, Image, Mirror and put it in place above the other eye.
Use Deformation Tool to turn it a bit. Effects, Sharpen once.

New Layer. Call it Paw2. Selections, Load from disk, paw2.sel.
Flood Fill with color #605D5D. Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Leg. Selections, Load from disk, leg.sel.
Flood Fill with color
#615F5F. Selections, Float. Effects, Cutout as below.

Deselect.
Close Layer Shelf.
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
Now you can use the cat on whatever you like.
You don't have to use the shelf, if you like something else better.

   

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