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Creating a Perched Dragon, part 2 If you came to this page by a search engine, please go back to part 1. 14. Open the saved percheddragcolors.psp file you made from part 1. Press Shift +D to make a duplicate. Close the original. Save the duplicate as Dragonet.psp. (We are keeping the flat colored one so that you can easily change colors if you decide to.) 15. Ok, now we are going to shade in the wings, ear, leg, body, and head regions to give it shadows and highlights. We will use the retouch tool, and start off with the settings below. From the left menu bar, choose the retouch tool. First change the drop-down menu to Darken RGB, and set to the numbers in the first image, then change the drop-down menu to Lighten RGB and set the numbers, then change to Soften and set the numbers.
16. In the Layer Palette, click on wing to highlight and activate
that layer.
In the top menu, choose Selections--Select All. Then Selections--float. Then Selections--Defloat. The wing should be selected and the wings layer is highlighted. You can even x out all the other layers, but you don't have to. I did so you can see the part of the dragon in question better. 17. Study the picture below. With the retouch tool set to
Darken RGB and the numbers above, draw in the shadows that I have drawn
for the wings. Then change the retouch tool set to Lighten RGB and
the numbers above. Draw in the highlights that I have drawn for the
wings. Remember: You can always use the
undo button and redraw.
18. When you have the shadows and highlights drawn to your satisfaction,
change the retouch tool to Soften and the numbers above. Soften all
the shadow and highlights that you drew. This is why we selected
the area, so that you would not smudge the wings out of shape. Repeat
your shadows and highlights, and then soften, until you are satisfied with
the way your wings look. Then
Deselect (Selections--None)
19. Highlight and activate the leg layer. Click Selections--Select
All. Selections--Float. Selections--Defloat.
20. Study the image below. Set
your retouch tool to Darken RGB and darken in the outer edge of the leg,
and darken in a line in the front to split the leg intwo. Set
your retouch tool to Lighten RGB, and lighten along the inside edge
of the darken line you made (You may need to change
the size to 5), and add some highlights in the middle. Set
your retouch tool to Soften, and soften the shadows and highlights.
21. Study the images below. Do each layer in TURN: body, head, ridge, and ear. Don't forget to Select All, then float for each body part before you start!
And this is what it should look like when it is all shaded, highlighted,
and softened.
Phew! almost done! 22. Unhide the claw layer. In the top menu, click on Selections--Select
All. Then click on Selections--Float. Then click on Effects--3D
Effects--Inner Bevel. Apply these settings:
23. Unhide the eye2 layer. Click on Effects--3d Effects--Iner Bevel. Apply the same settings. 24. From the left menu choose the retouch tool. Set it to Darken
RDB, size = 3, hardness = 5, opacity = 70, step = 1, density = 100.
Draw in a slit into the eye.
25. In the Layer Palette, highlight the wing layer. Right-click
on the wing layer and choose duplicate. Slide the copy of wing layer
to the bottom. Hide (x out) the wing layer.
26. Choose the mover tool from the left menu and move the wing
slightly to the left and above the original wing layer, so that you have
2 wings!
27. Resize and save! And there you have your own Perched Dragon! 
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body layer:
darken around the bottom of ear, under head, DRAW in the forearm, darken
where tail meets hindleg, darken bottom edge of tail, draw in tail bone;
lighten belly, front face of tail, top edge of tail, neck and inside of
forearm. Then soften
head layer:
darken bottom of head by neck, darken around edge of eye (unhide eye layer),
darken hair ridges at top of head, change darken size to 3 and draw in
a nose and mouth; lighten above eye, side of face and top of snout.
Then soften
ridge layer:
darken in scale edges for ridge, highlight top of ridge. Then soften
ear layer: darken
in edge of ear, lighten the inside of ear, then darken the middle of the
lightened area; draw a ligtened line along edge of ear. Then soften
