Tutorial created 27th November 2007  ©BuzyS.

Written for PSP 7     

Using Fonts - Making a Flower Part One.

Remember to save your work at intervals as you go. Save in Documents (or Somewhere you will find it easily) and give it a name you remember ...

eg. FlowerOne.

For this tutorial I have used the Font BeautySchoolDropoutII which you can download free from UrbanFonts Here

Other Fancy Fonts can be substituted.

if the font is downloaded to documents open the font and then reduce  it to stay on your toolbar. It will then appear in your drop down menu in PSP7

Open PSP - New Image 350 x 350 Transparent Background

Go to Layer Pallette and add a new Raster layer. This is layer 2 and we start by working on this layer.

Select colours for foreground and background. I have selected lilac and pink

Select Text tool, select the chosen text (BeautySchoolDroupout11) set size to 72, bold and Floating. Type a Capital Q. on the image.

Go to Image on the top toolbar, Rotate 90 deg., Right,  click ok. Go to Selections and Select None.

Go to Effects on the top toolbar, Geometric Effects, Perspective Horizontal, Difference 100, click ok.

Go to Effects, Geometric Effects, Perspective Horizontal, Difference 75 this time, click ok

(different fonts may need slight change here. you need one end to narrow for a petal shape)

Select Magic Wand, Click centre of the image, go to Selections, Modify, Expand, enter 2, Select the Fill Tool, Click on layer one, go to the centre of the Q shape and fill, go to Selections, Select None to remove ants. Go to Layers, Merge Visible.

Go to the Layer Pallette, Right Click on Merged layer and Duplicate.

Go to Image, Mirror, Flip,

Look at your work and even it up if required. (see below)

Go to Layers, Merge Visible.

Go to the Layer Pallete, Right Click Merged Layer and Duplicate.

Got to Image, Rotate 90deg  Right, ok,

Go to Layers, Merge Visible.

Go to the Layer Pallete, Right Click Merged Layer and Duplicate.

Got to Image, (select Free button) Rotate 45 deg  Right, ok,

Go to Layers, Merge Visible.

Go to the Layer Pallete, Right Click Merged Layer and Duplicate.

Got to Image, (select Free button)Rotate 22.5 deg  Right, ok,

Go to Layers and Merge Visible.

The Main flower is now complete with 16 petals.

Using The Shapes Tool, select Circle, set line width to 1, check Antialias and Create as Vector. Draw the small circle and move it to the centre of the flower.  Go to Layers, Merge, Visible. Save your work at this point.

You have now completed the Basic Flower.

End Of Part One

We can now add a second layer and Frilled Centre 

See Part Two