Paint Shop Pro. I used version X, and have also added comments as appropriate for PSP 7 users. If you have other versions of PSP, you should also be able to do the tutorial without difficulty. You can download the latest PSP version demo here. My stylized line preset. Place this in your PSP lines folder. You may download all of my materials here. You'll also need my color chart. Right click on it and save it to your computer.
Step 1. Open up the canvas with alpha selections you downloaded. The selections that you'll need for this tutorial are all saved to alpha channel and are in the order that you will load them. To load an item from alpha channel, go to Selections>Load/Save Selection>Load Selection from Alpha Channel . Make sure "Replace selection" is checked, and nothing else is checked. [Note: PSP 7 users: go to selections>load from alpha channel]. To choose a selection, just click on the box to the left (it's circled in red in the screenshot) and navigate to the selection you want. It'll show up in the preview window on the right. Then just click "Load."
 Step 2. Copy your color chart and paste it as a new layer onto your canvas. Move it to the top out of the way. When you need a color, just click on it with your eye dropper tool. Step 3. You will follow the same basic instructions for each selection that you load. The only difference is the color you use to flood fill and use as a cutout. Load the selections in numerical order. I'm listing the selection number and the colors to use with each here:
Follow these steps for each selection:
 Step 4. Add a new layer. Set your foreground color to null, background to black. Choose your preset shapes tool>oval, using settings in the screenshot.
 Draw two small circles for the eyes. Add a new layer. Draw another circle for the nose. Apply an inner bevel (effects>3d effects>inner bevel), using settings in the screenshot, to the eye centers and the nose.
 Step 5. Set foreground color to black, background to null. Choose your pen tool>draw freehand, using settings in the screenshot. [Note: PSP 7 users: draw tool>draw freehand].
 Add a new layer. Draw a line for the mouth.
 Step 6. Make the layer with selection 07 on it active (it's the white bits under the eyes). Go to selections>select all>selections>float. Add a new layer. Set foreground color to color #2, background to null. Choose your pen tool again, same settings as before, except change the width to about 18. Draw two stripes for the eyes. Don't worry about the overlap, we'll fix that in a second. Also, if your marquee disappears when you draw the line, don't worry, it's really still there. Just click on your magic wand and it'll reappear. You should have something similar to this.
 Now go to selections>invert. You should have this.
 Now hit the delete key on your keyboard and the overlap should be gone.
 Step 7. Change your foreground color to white, background to null. Repeat Step 6 for the stripes on the tail. Once you're done with the stripes, apply a cutout to them (use black).
 Step 8. Add a new layer. Choose your pen tool again (change the width to 1). Click on the "line style" box and navigate to the "pracken_stitched" stylized line you downloaded. Draw stitching on as it pleases you. Step 9. When you're satisfied with your image, delete the color chart and background layer. Merge visible layers. Save as a PSP file (or whatever format you prefer). And that's it. I hope you've enjoyed the tut! ;o)
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