Oriental Tea Set - Teacup

Teacup

Created August 19, 2002 © Copyright SuzShook
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however, most of the techniques used in this tutorial, I have learned from others!
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This is the second of seven tutorials designed to build a genuine Albion Oriental Tea Set modeled after the one my husband purchased in Japan during the Korean War. Hope you enjoy creating your own!

As with my last several tutorials, I am continuing to make the tutorial itself very brief, without the customary paths, details, and how-to's. For those veterans among you, this will be a welcome relief! But for those less familiar with PSP, I included a "Glossary" that contains all the details omitted in the tutorial! If you need a little extra help, check the Glossary section! It's on a separate page, so print it if you like, and follow along. To view the Glossary, just click on the button below - the Glossary will open in a new window.

The feedback to this method of tutorial writing continues to be extremely positive! I'd really like your opinion, either for or against - please EMAIL ME and tell me what you think! Thanks!



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This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro at the intermediate level (or advanced beginner level with the Glossary), and is written in and for PSP Version 7. However, all PSP images are compatible with PSP Version 6, and the tutorial will probably work just as well in version 6, with a few adjustments in paths!

Screen shots in this tutorial are resized - your work will be larger than this!



Supplies - For this tutorial, you will need the following:

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OK, now we're ready to begin! Grab your mouse and let's get started!

Remember to save often!

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STEP 1

Set your foreground style to solid, and color to white. Set your background style to pattern, and select the D_gold fold pattern, Scale = 100%, Angle = 0. The selections for each of the parts of this tutorial are saved to the alpha channels in the corresponding PSP image. Open the teacup.psp image. Duplicate the image and close the original so you will have it should you decide to make another tea set. I have added a black background to make the image easier to see as we go along. Don't panic - all the selections are there! You just can't see them yet!


STEP 2

Add a layer, naming it "handle". Load the goldtrim-handle selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with the D_gold fold pattern, and apply the following inner bevel:

inner bevel
Bevel (2nd one, top row), Width (13), Smoothness (0), Depth (3), Ambience (17),
Shininess (0), Color (white), Angle (27), Intensity (32), Elevation (40)

Deselect. On the same layer, load the handle selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with white. Add Noise, 9%, uniform.

Deselect. On the same layer, load the goldtrim-spiral selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with the D_gold fold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel.

Deselect. Select all, float the selection, invert the selection, and apply the following drop shadow:

drop shadow settings
Vertical offset (0), Horizontal offset (0), Opacity (65), Blur (13.6), Shadow color (black)

Deselect and save.


STEP 3

Add a layer, naming it "teacup". Load the cup selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with white. Add Noise, 9% uniform.

Deselect. On the same layer, load the yellowband selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with a very light yellow - I used #FFFFDD. Add Noise, 9%, uniform.

Deselect. On the same layer, load the goldtrim-belowyellow selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with the D_gold fold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel as in Step 2.

Deselect. On the same layer, load the goldtrim-top selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with the D_gold fold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel.

Deselect. On the same layer, load the goldtrim-bottom selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with the D_gold fold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel.

Deselect. Select all, float the selection, invert the selection and apply the same drop shadow as in Step 2, EXCEPT change the Blur to 32.1.

Deselect and save.


STEP 4

We need to add one more shadow, and soften a few others!

Activate the "teacup" layer, and add a new layer. Activate the Paint Brush tool, with the following settings:

paint brush settings
Shape (Round), Size (10), Hardness (0), Opacity (10), Step (25), Density (100)

Change the foreground color to black and draw a slightly curved line along the indentation at the bottom of the teacup, as indicated in GREEN in the following screenshot:

shadow areas

Apply a Gaussian Blur with a Radius of about 4.00. Hide the "handle" and black layers, merge the visible layers, and rename the merged layer "teacup". Unhide all layers.

To clean up any blur that may have fallen outside the cup, activate the "teacup" layer, reload the cup selection from the alpha channel, invert the selection, and hit the DELETE key! Deselect.

Activate the Retouch tool, Soften mode, with the following settings:

retouch settings
Shape (Round), Size (11), Hardness (39), Opacity (100), Step (25), Density (100), Mode (Soften)

On the "teacup" layer, lightly soften the shadow between the handle and the teacup, as indicated in RED in the previous teacup screenshot.

Deselect and save.


STEP 5

Almost done - just need the image! I've included the actual Oriental images from my Oriental China Tea Set, taken with my digital camera, but you can use any image you wish! If you are using your own image, be sure to determine the aspect ratio before proceeding so as not to distort the image when it is copied.

Note: For a detailed explanation of making selections using aspect ratios, visit my Making Proportional Selections Tutorial!

Open the ss-smallorientalimage and copy it. This image has an aspect ratio of 2.1203 - we will maintain that aspect ratio in order to prevent distortion.

Returning to the teacup, add a layer, naming it "teacup image". With the selection tool set to rectangle, make a selection on the side of the teacup, watching the aspect ratio (the number in brackets - in the screenshot, it's [1.000]) on the status bar so that it remains close to 2.1:

status bar

Once you have your selection, paste the Oriental image into the selection. Deselect. You may need to move the image to get it more centered. Sharpen the image, and apply the same inner bevel as in Step 2.


That's it! You've completed the teacup! Merge all layers except the black background, which you can delete, and tube it!

Now, on to the saucer!

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If you have any problems, comments, or questions, please do not hesitate to Email me.

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