This tutorial was written on December 28th 2002 and © by Lady Oz. You may make a copy of this tutorial or print it out for your own personal use ONLY. Do not send through emails nor put on your own site, but if you would like to LINK to my tutorials please do so. Also what you create belongs to you, I only own this tutorial and wish it to stay on this page. *s*.
*Disclaimer* I got this cute idea from an Australian Muffin recipe book called 'Muffin Magic' by Diana Linfoot... not only does it have the most delicious recipes but also the cutest illustrations. I thought that it would be a good idea to do a series of these fun tutes for the Cafe menu in 2003. My muffins aren't exactly like the ones in this book as I try to give them a personal touch, but they are similar and based on their ideas.
Part 2 of the Valentine Lemon & Poppy seed Muffins! *s*
Step 16* If you are happy with the shapes, positions, sizes, colours etc of all of your shape, then convert them all to Raster layer. If you wish to do your muffins as I have done then here's basically how I did them. I started with the lady's top and added an Eye Candy Jiggle 4 to it.
Select all...float... then using size 2 Round Paintbrush, I added spots around the top for the poppy seeds. Deselect....ctrl+d.
Repeat for the man's top.
Save as a PSP file!
Step 17* Next select the ladies head layer...Select all...float...Effects...
Texture Effects...Blinds
Width 4.....Opacity 37
Colour #DABC56
Horizontal....unchecked
Light from left/top.....checked
Deselect. Repeat for the man's head.
Save as a PSP file!
Step 18* Give the lady some fancy stockings. Select one of the legs and add a new layer. With the draw tool, make a lacy effect at the top of the leg....then add some spots or other pattern to the stocking.
Repeat for other leg. Pretty your lady up in any way that you want. I used the 'Lighten RGB' tool to add highlights to her lips and shoes. Merge visible all the layers belonging to her....remember to turn off the other layers first. With this layer highlighted, copy/paste as new image...then export it as a tube.
Now let's see what you can do with the muffin man.... I gave him some fancy shoes, and added highlights and folds to his trousers, using the lighten and darken brushes in the Retouch
toolbox.
Once finished, merge his layers too....then export him as a tube. Now merge visible the two muffins, copy/paste as new image and export that as a tube. Go back to the original image and highlight layer 1....decorate this layer in any way you want. I can't wait to see your results. *s*
Here's my finished muffins...notice that I did not add any colour, texture or whatever to the arms and legs....just wanted them plain...but this doesn't mean that you have to. Thanks for doing my tutorial.
*Bonus Recipe* Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Ingredients:
2 1/2 Cups all-purpose flour
1/2 Cup sugar
2 Tablespoons poppy seed
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 1/4 Cups skim milk
1/4 Cup margarine melted
1/4 Cup egg beaters
1 Tablespoon grated lemon peel
Preparation:
In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, poppy seed and baking powder; set aside. In small bowl, combine milk, margarine, eggs beaters and lemon peel. Stir into flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into 12 lightly greased 2-1/2-inch muffin pan cups. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-22 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm. Makes 1 dozen.
Nutritional Information:
1643 Calories (kcal); 4g Total Fat; (1% calories from fat); 43g Protein; 357g Carbohydrate; 6mg Cholesterol; 1628mg Sodium
