Creating a Flower Head

tutorial made by Sharon Becker

on the 20th jan 08

This tut was done in PSP X
this is how i made the item,my ideas, my concepts, any similarities

are purely coincidental,do not claim as your own.

Incase you don't have the Preset shape Teardrop

i have included it Here

before you start the tutorial put it

in your preset shapes first

Lets start:

1.File - New - New image 600x500

2.click on your preset shape tool and look for teardrop

u draw a tear drop with a light background colour and

foreground set at null

3.then selections all - selections float - selections defloat

4.add a new layer with the airbrush set with a dark colour,

make a few marks on the tear drop

5.then add another new layer and do the same but with a light colour
















now we go to adjust - blur - gaussian blur set at 8
then go to effects - texture effects - texture

with these settings




















merge visible and go to selections none
add a slight drop shadow..













6.now postion ur teardrop towards the bottom of ur canvas

then duplicate it and go to - image - flip
now position the tops of the eardrops so they just about touch

(the pointed ends)
merge visible - then duplicate and image free rotate - 90%

so it now looks like a cross


















now duplicate and use the pick tool to rotate and postion how u like















7.then if u want something in the middle

add more flowers by duplicating the merged layer rotate again

and this time resize to taste...
and there u are, ur very own flower...
here is another but in a different colour


















Hope you had fun trying out my tutorial