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Draw a Chibi Elf or Leprechaun in Paint Shop Pro X

From Arizona Kate, Guest Contributor, for About.com

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Add Face Features and Ear

Basic head

The basic head

© Copyright Arizona Kate 2006
Draw an ear on left. Use Pen Tool, Point to Point, line width 2, stroke black, fill flesh. Draw a 3 point triangle without connecting the last one to first. The starting point is at the upper eyeline a little ways in from the left side. The next point is outside the circle guideline to make point of ear. The third node point is where the circle guideline and lower eyeline meet. Remember, we're drawing an elf, so make his ears pointy!

Draw a short line to represent the ear fold (see image above for placement).

Make sure lines are de-selected and change fill color to white, stroke to none. Using the Ellipse tool, draw 2 tall ellipses for eyes. These will be in between the eyeline guidelines but can be slightly taller. Position eyes like image above.

Change fill color to a darker shade of the fleshtone. Draw a very small circle for nose. Center this at the intersection of the centerline and bottom eyeline.

Use the Pen tool, point to point, line width 2, stroke color black (no fill) and draw 2 short lines for eyebrows. Right click the end nodes to rotate handles and curve the line. Draw another short curved line for mouth. Add a short, vertical line at left end of mouth to give some expression.

Also, at the bottom of the little nose circle, add a very short curved line indicating end of nose.

Now would be a good place to stop and rename your vector layer subcomponents to something recognizable. Double click the layer name to rename.

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