Juggler

Juggler

Material

Open a document in PSP 350 x 550 transparent

Copy & paste the clown as a new layer

Minimize it

Open another document 200 x 200 transparent

Pick Selection Tool and select Circle

from Drop Down menu at the top

Draw a small circle & paint with green color

Selections – Select None

Effects – 3D Effects – Inner Bevel

Use these settings

You will get a green ball

Like this create another 2 balls, red & orange

or as you like. Color is your choice

Copy & paste these 3 balls as new layers

3 different layers, 1 for each ball

Select Clown layer

Layers – Arrange – Send to Bottom

Change foreground color to red

Close background color. Stand in the top layer

Select Shape & Ellipse

Draw an Ellipse like this

It will appear as a Vector layer

With Pen Tool draw lines like this

Stand on Clown layer

With Freehand Selection Tool – Point to Point

Select this portion

Right click inside the selection – Copy

Right click in the blank space – Paste as New Image

Minimize it

In the original document – Hit Delete in key board

You will get this

Like this do the left hand

You will get this. Also you have two hands

Stand on Clown layer

Copy & paste the right hand as new layer

With Move Tool place it like original

Again copy & paste the right hand as new layer

With Raster Deform Tool move a little downwards

Then with Move Tool place it like this

Again copy & paste the right hand as new layer

Image – Flip

With Raster Deform Tool move a little downwards

Then with Move Tool place it like this

With same 3 steps, do the left hand

Final Layers positions

We are ready

Open Animation Shop

Back to Paintshop Pro

We shall move the balls wit Move Tool

After each move

Edit – copy Merged

In animation Shop

First frame – Paste as new Animation

From second frame – After Current Frame

I am showing you the moves

Total 12 moves

 

 

 

 

 

 

But before 'Copy Merged'

You should close the vector layer

We are done

Timing by default 10

Save as GIF

If you do not know how to save

Please see my first tutorial

If you are not comfortable with the hands

Do it without moving the hands

That will also look good