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Tiny Country
Picture
I saw a picture like this
on someone's site a while ago and thought it was too cute and decided to
make one myself. This tutorial was
created and put on this site on April 3, 2003. For this tutorial
you will need:
Open a new image: Flood Rename this first layer sky. Add a new raster layer and name it hill1. Set your foreground to a medium green, I am using #7BAB7B. Set your background to null. Set your draw Draw the top outline of the first hill like shown below.
Add a new raster layer and name it hill2. Draw the top outline of the second hill like shown below.
Set your airbrush On each layer fill in the hill area.
Lower the opacity of both hill layers down to 50 so you can easily see the edges. Activate hill1 layer. Selections > Select all. Selections > Float. Selections > Defloat. Add a new raster layer and name it hill1 shadow. Set your foreground to a dark green than you used for the hills, I am using #3B5B3B. Set your airbrush Brush along the exposed edge. You want to be sure to follow the edge of hill2 that overlaps and make it a bit denser than the other edges. I have zoomed in once to see it better.
Effects > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 5.5 > ok. Selections > Select none. Return the opacity of your hill layers to 100%. Turn off all layers except the hill1 and hill1 shadow layers. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible. Rename this layer hill1. Effects > Noise > Add > 5%, uniform > ok. Turn all layers back on. Activate hill2 layer. Selections > Select all. Selections > Float. Selections > Defloat. Add a new raster layer and name it hill2 shadow. Using your
airbrush Effects > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 5.5 > ok. Selections > Select none. Turn off all layers except the hill2 and hill2 shadow layers. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible. Rename this layer hill2. Effects > Noise > Add > 5%, uniform > ok. Turn all layers back on. Add a new raster layer and name it flowers. Set your foreground to a nice spring flower color, I am using #F8D8C8. Set your
paintbrush Zoom in a couple of times and dot four times in a check pattern like shown below.
Edit > Copy. Right click in the top of your image bar and "Paste as New Selection." Drop off your flower wherever you like. Continue to paste as new selections until you have as many flowers as you like.
Add a new layer and name it sun. Set your foreground to a warm yellow, I am using #EDDF81. Set your selection
Draw out a nice circle for your sun. It does not have to be perfectly round. Fill the selection with the yellow. Add a new raster layer and name it sun2. Effects > 3D
effects > Cutout > these settings: Selections > Select none. Turn off all layers except the sun and sun2 layers. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible. Rename this layer sun. Effects > Noise > Add > 5%, uniform > ok. Move the sun layer so it is above the sky layer but below the hill1 layer. Using your mover With the dropper Add a new raster layer and name it rays. Set your draw tool
to: Draw some rays coming out of your sun.
Effects > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 2.5 > ok. Layers > Arrange > move down. Activate your sky layer. Add a new raster layer and name it clouds. Set your
paintbrush Dot a few clouds in the sky. Effects > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 2.5 > ok. Turn off all layers except the clouds and sky layers. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible. Effects > Noise > Add > 5%, uniform > ok. Turn all layers back on. Activate your top layer. Add a new layer and name it frame. Set your foreground to a warm brown, I am using #B9A27D Selections > Select all. Selections > Modify > Contract > 7 > ok. Selections > Invert. Flood Add a new raster layer and name it frame2. Set your foreground to a darker brown, I am using #645236. Zoom in a couple of times. Using your
airbrush Effects > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 1.5 > ok. Turn off all layers except the frame and frame2 layers. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible. Effects > Noise > Add > 5%, uniform > ok. Turn all layers back on. Selections > Invert. Add a new raster layer. Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout > same settings as before, except change the orange to a dark brown, I am using #463E32. Selections > Select none. Image > Canvas
size > these settings: Add a new raster layer and name it hanger. Set your foreground to black or a dark brown, I am using #3C2E18. Set your draw Start by placing
your cursor at the top left corner of your frame and draw up and towards
the center like shown below. Right click on this layer and duplicate. Image > Mirror. Add a new raster layer and name it nail. Set your foreground color to black. With your draw
Set your paintbrush
Place one dot at the top end of the line to create the head of the nail. Layers > Merge > Merge visible. Image > Resize > 50% & all layers checked. You may or may not want to sharpen your picture - your choice. There is your tiny country picture! Try adding some trees or animals to your scene. Enjoy!
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fill with a
nice blue, I am using #ADCAFF.
tool
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tool position the sun in the crook of the hills.
tool select the color at the very edge of the sun. I got #E8C759.
