Preparations: Download the ufo kit and unzip it to
any folder on your hard drive. Open in pi, and if you would like to
save the kit to your easy palette, do so now.
Choose a color for
your bunny. I am using the same tan that is in the ufo file. (see
example) If you are going to use another color instead, select
all the light tan colored parts, go to edit/ fill and fill with the
desired color. Then select all the darker colored parts and fill
those with the a darker shade of the same color.
set up your
paintbrush before you start to a darker shade of whatever color
you will be using for your bunny. If you are using the default
tan that I used set up your paint brush to a chocolate brown,
size 2.
The parts in the ufo are all
ungrouped except for the eye. Click with the pick tool on the
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Click on the retouch tool and
grab the burn tool (looks like a turned off light bulb). shade all
edges of the head so that it appears 3d. Add extra shading between
the eyes where a lop eared bunny would have darker fur. If you
are using white for your bunny you will not be able to use the burn
tool but will instead need to use the airbrush tool set on black.
This will be the case for all your bunny parts. After you have added
the shading to the edges, go to effect/ paint on edges. Use the
retouch/ blur tool (looks like a water drop) to smooth out the
burned areas so there are no areas extremely dark.
(Note for those using a graphics
pen: When in your paint tool options, click the pen options in the
attribute bar before using effect/ paint on edges, and set the pen
options to none..)
Your bunny's head should now look
something like this:
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Click on the muzzle of the bunny.
Go to effect/ paint on edges. The muzzle is a path object so if you
don't do this step first you will not be able to use the burn tool.
Now use the burn tool to shade the edges like we did for the head,
and blur afterwards with the blur tool. When you are done,
click on the paint tool and just dot around a few places for the
whiskers like this.
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Click the circle under the nose
and paint on edges. Use the blur tool to smooth out the lines.
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Now complete all the other light
and dark tan parts as described above. Here are some samples
of mine after completion. Notice the bottom is usually darker than
the top. For the outside ears I simply used the paint on edges and
then the blur tool. Not much of that part of the ear will show
anyhow.
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Now let's work on the pink parts.
Click your paint tool, and set the color to a dark maroon. Go to
effect, paint on edges, after selecting the nose and then burn
the bottom side fairly dark. The top side should also be shaded, but
not so heavily. Blur as before. shade the inside of the inner
ears with the airbrush tool and use the blur tool so that it looks
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While working with the kit, I
left the parts where they were, so no rearranging was needed. If you
moved any parts around, use the pick tool to slide them back into
place.
Click on the eye. I left
the eye parts grouped, so right click and ungroup them. Click on the
white part to select it, set your paint color to a darkish gray, and
paint on the edges. Use the blur tool and click a few times. Don't
drag the mouse, just click to soften it a bit.
Click on the black pupil, and
then the path tool. Change mode to 3d round and apply the black
preset from the material attribute/ plastic section. Repeat for the
other eye.
Your eyes should now look
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Your bunny so far looks something
like this.
Ok that was fairly easy. You're
almost done. But the hardest part (IMO) is coming
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Use the paint tool set on
chocolate brown to draw in the lines on the paws so that they
resemble this.
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Set the line and
arrow tool up so that it uses a light gray. In the path panel, click
the outline tab. Set the width to 0 hairline, and the arrow
style to straight line. Set the shape to freehand draw. If you are
using version 6 use the spline shape instead of freehand.
Draw in some whiskers near the
muzzle and over the eyes. I found they look better if they all start
fairly close to the same spot.
Now Change to dark chocolate for
the path tool colors, and draw in three eyelashes over each eye.
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Now your bunny is done. You can
use the daffodil in the zip kit which I painted in pi to put in his
paw like this. Use the layer manager to move the daffodil object
behind the paw. |
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