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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 Lots of Hair

Steps for drawing the hair

Steps for drawing the hair

© Copyright Arizona Kate 2006
Now we finally get to add some hair!

The hair is loosely drawn and spikey. Choose your hair color with a black outline. Stroke width 2. Set the Pen to Point-to-Point or Freehand, whichever you are most comfortable with.

First draw a shape that covers the top head with color. Use no outline for this part (see image #1 above). This large area of color will be there to fill in any 'holes' we might have in our drawing (to hide the 'scalp').

Click the button on the Layer Palette to 'create a new vector layer'. Right click layer, select 'Arrange > Send to Bottom'. This will place some hair behind the head. Turn black outline back on and draw a section of hair that has 3 or 4 hair spikes at top and will stick out from behind the ears (see image #2 above).

Next, draw a number of triangular-shaped hair spikes for the bangs. Draw each 'spike' as a separate V shape with 3 nodes each. Do not 'close' path as you draw because we want a shape that has the black outline on 2 sides only. You will have to click Apply after creating each one. Place 4, 5 or 6 arranged as 'bangs' (see image #3 above).

Now go back over each of your 'spikes' and adjust the node handles to give some curve to the hair. All node types should be Cusp with Curve Before and Curve After. Rotate and re-arrange the spikes until you're happy with the hair-do (see image #4 above).

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