A "Real" Fuzzy KPT Bunny

Using PSP7, KPT 5 Fiber Optix, Layers and Vectors

I have made the sections if you'd rather not try your hand at vectors :)

** I've also added my 2 bunnyfur presets to this zip below. Just place them in your Plugin/KPT5/presets/fiberoptix folder. **

You can download my pieces for the bunny here.

Open a new, transparent image, 400 X 600.

On a new layer, draw an elipse shape, as a vector, antialias checked, for the body of the bunny. Use white as your foreground and background colours.

Click on your object selector tool, and "Node Edit" in the tool options, to do some node editing. Push the bottom upward, and add nodes to make the shape of the head and back, using ctrl/click on the outline, as below:

Right click on the outline, quit node editing.

Right click in the layer palette, on the vector layer, convert to raster. Turn down opacity of this layer to 50%, so you can still partially see it.

Now to draw the ears. On a new layer, draw a small elipse. Using the same method as above, node edit the elipse to create the shape of ear you'd like. As below:

Move your ear into position, using the rotate while in vector mode. Convert this layer to raster. You can draw another ear, or just use the first one, and mirror it and move it into place on top of the bunny's head. Move this layer under the body layer. I've adjusted the opacity of the layers, so you can see where they are.

Ok, now onto the leg. On a new layer, draw another elipse and node edit it into the shape of the leg, as below: You really just have to experiment with the nodes and adjusting the arrows on both sides of the node. The more you try it, the better the result. Convert it to a raster when it's the shape you're aiming for.

Now the arm. On a new layer, draw an elipse again. Node edit again into the shape as below: (My ear layers are turned off).

And last, but certainly not least, the tail :) On a new layer, draw another elipse, and node edit it as below:

Move it to behind the body of the bunny and into position. Move all your bunny parts into their proper place using the mover tool.

Now to apply the filter! The fun begins :) Make the body of the bunny the active layer. Select/all/float, to make it selected. Use these settings below. You can change the fiber color by clicking on it, I selected a brown. I also used an interesting gradient. You can experiment with them by clicking on the triangle in the upper right corner for presets in the gradient window.

Now leave only the arm, leg and top ear visible in the layer palette. Merge visible. Select all/float to get all 3 sections selected. Apply the same KPT settings as the body. While selected, apply a slight drop shadow.

Now turn on only the tail layer and the back ear layer, select all/float, and apply the KPT. Add a drop shadow as above. Merge all visible. Here is what it should now look like:

Now, all that's left is to add the eye and nose. You can draw your own or use my tubes. Add a small drop shadow to each after you put them on. (offsets of 2, 3, opacity 34 and blur 4.7).

Merge all visible, If you'd like to make it a tube, copy/paste as a new image, and resize. Now you can export it as a tube.

On your original image, add a new layer to the bottom and flood fill with your choice of background. Isn't she cute?

Hope you've enjoyed this :)

Please feel free to email me.

Be sure to visit Dispatcher Babe's site for her KPT puppy tutorial!

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March, 2001

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