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Here are some helpful links.

Tutorials

I got the techniques for these tutorials from www.xandorra.net.  I'll add pictures when I have time, but for now, this is the best I can do.
P.S. These tutorials are for PSP
 
 - Glowing things -
 
 1. Add a new layer called Glow
 2. Select foreground style as none and background style as the color you want the glow.
 3 . Select the shape draw tool and check only the box that says Antialias
 4. Draw a fairly large circle around the item you want to glow
 5. Go to Effects, select blur, and click Guassian blur  with a radius of 5 or 10
 6. Repeat step 5 until you think it looks about right
 7. Go to the layer pallette and change the blend mode to either dodge or screen (these are just the effects I use, but feel free to try something new)
 8. Lower the opacity of the layer until you think it's right.

earthfaerie.jpg

Earth Faerie

The background on this picture wasn't great, but this was also the first time i used transparent clothing. (the scarf) I really liked the way it turned out.
 
-Base by Xandorra

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Programs

Personally, I prefer Paint Shop Pro, butmy free trial is running out, so I may have to use MS paint again. Oh well. These pics were made with PSP.

 - Hair (wavy) -
 
-Create a new layer called Hair
 
-Create an outline in the base color of the hair. MAKE SURE IT IS CLOSED OFF
 
-Fill the outline in the base color
 
-Select the retouch tool and select Darken RGB. Drop the opacity to about 60
 
-Darken the part of the hair and anywhere the hair goes behind the body and darken where the waves go "in"
 
-Select Lighten RGB
 
- Lighten the top section of hair and wherever the hair waves "out"
 
-Select Smudge
 
-Smude the hair to create to effect of strands