Mermaid 1

 

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This was made in psp 7.4

Click on the back arm, go to selection- load from alpha channel-back arm- flood fill with color  #D5C19E   go to selection invert>effect > drop shadow use these  settings vertical 1, horizontal 1 , opacity 73 , blur 12.3 color #A28354 deselect.

We going skip a few layer

Click on the body and arm, go to selection- load from alpha channel-body and arm- do same procedure we did for back arm

Click on the head, go to selection- load from alpha channel-head- do same procedure we did for back arm

Click on the back hair layer, open the psp images and copy and paste the back hair , adjust

Do the same for the top hair. or you can make your own hair

Click on the back body fin, go to selection- load from alpha channel-back body fin-flood fill with color #40134C deselect

Click on the fin lines, go to selection- load from alpha channel- fin lines-flood fill with color #D5C8D9 deselect

Click on the back scales , go to selection- load from alpha channel- back scales-flood fill with color #D5C8D9  us a glass blur of 1 deselect

Click on the back scales 2 , go to selection- load from alpha channel- back scales 2-flood fill with color #D5C8D9 deselect

Click on the belt , go to selection- load from alpha channel- belt-flood fill with color #D5C8D9  go to effect cutout and use these settings ver and hor 0 opacity 51 blur 7.5 color black deselect

Click on the top , go to selection- load from alpha channel- top-flood fill with color #40134C go to effect. texture blind and use these settings width 8 opacity 21 horizontal check color #D5C8D9 , now do another blind and uncheck horizontal and check light from left top  deselect

Now we going to back track . go to layer back scale and use these setting for smudging. round, size 9 hardness 47 opacity 64 step 5 density 100. I Just pull back and down until I like it and it cover most of the back

Now click on the fin lines and smudge with the same setting , make sure you start at the circle part then do the lines. I just stated from back and drag my brush to center

Now click on the back body fins and load from alpha channel body and then invert and hit you delete key one time

Now you can use color #A28354 and make details for her body and arms

  Now uncover her face and adjust

Uncover her ear ring and adjust

Open the psp pearl and make her a necklace , hair piece or decorate her as you like

We are done , merge all layers variable and resize all layers 80% go to shapen . shapen

Hope you like this tutorial, have any question email me here

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