I saw the animated cartoon images like this and although I thought they were cute, I don't care for the cartoon look so after procrastinating for over a year, I decided to try to make my own, my way.  The image above was all made by mouse and PSP except for the computer frame which I didn't feel like messing with, so I will supply one of them for you use or you can search the computer stores online and find your own;  you can clean it using the cleaning tutorial on this site.

I started with a new image, 800x600 so I would have plenty of workspace for sliding things around.  You will need a working knowledge of PSP's tools, controls and palettes as well as PSP, Blade Pro, my BladePro preset and the computer image.  Be brave, it takes time to build a human!

Now,  before we start,  I'll forewarn you that I pulled a switcheroo;  I started out making a woman in a skirt and then thought I'd better base the tutorial on the pants version in case there are some men following along.

Here we go!

Step 1
Open a new image 800Wx600H with a transparent background. Select a fill pattern (color)  for the clothing and a fill pattern for the desk and chair set.  Now make up your mind right now what you're making, be it a woman in a dress, woman in pants;  man in pants or man in dress.  What you make is up to you, but the first step is the 'hind end', so you need to know if you want pants or skirt.  Like I said, I started out with the intention of making the skirt then changed my mind later and changed the pattern fill to solid blue for pants.
background color fill equal pants or skirt color
foreground color set to desk set pattern
Add a new 'layer' and name it something suitable for this portion of the body.  LOL
I used the rectangle selection tool and set it to 'eclipse' in the control box.
I started in the center of the image - you can see by the image below that the scrollbar is in the middle.  I started the drag and made a selection 177Wx119H with the fill set to the dress pattern (which I later changed to blue).

Step 2
Apply the cutout filter to your image;  vertical and horizontal set to 2, opacity set to 65 and blur set to 15.4 or around that;  and just in case you have changed the settings at one time or another, shadow color = black and fill color 'unchecked'.  You will use these same settings throughout the tutorial.  Do NOT deselect.

Step 3
Add a new layer and name it seat.

Step 4
Now you will switch the fill pattern to the desk set fill - in case you don't know how,
   and fill the selection area with the fill tool 

Now go to the 'layer palette';  if you don't know what or where it is, hit the 'L' on your keyboard a couple times.  Click on the 'seat' layer and drag it down and under the 'butt' layer.

Step 5
drag the selection down enough to represent the seat of the desk set.

Step 6
Okay, use your own judgment here - if you want to be chub, you can leave the seat as it is, or you can modify the selection using 'contract' or 'expand' and then flood fill it with the pattern again.  I expanded the selection by 5 and then flood filled it again so the person I was creating would be too 'chub' (when I did my own, I didn't modify the selection - top of page).

Step 7
Back to the layer palette;  right click on the 'seat' layer and select 'duplicate' from the list.  Drag the selection below the 'seat' layer.

Step 8
Drag the layer down just enough to create the edge of the seat.
     open your layer properties by using the layers menu and clicking on 'properties';  change the name of the layer to seat rim and click OK.
  You have now successfully planted your butt on a seat!
SAVE file.
 

Step 9
Re-activate the 'butt' layer in the Layers palette

set the foreground color to the fill pattern or color for the shirt 
add a new layer and name it 'back' 
switch to the 'preshapes' tool 
set tool's control options settings to match the image 
draw a vertical eclipse not quite as wide as the butt because we still have to add arms

Step 10
next you have to use the selection tool to select the image and click it once to set the selection

next you have to go to the 'selection' menu and choose 'invert'

 

Step 11
Add the drop shadow using these settings

add another drop shadow using these selections 
then deselect.
 

Step 12
next, using the selection tool, select the bottom third of the back and click once to set the selection

HERE'S WHERE WE MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE USE OF THE SOLID COLOR PANTS!

After erasing the portion,  grab the 'freehand' selection tool set to 'point to point' in the tool options box and 'Antialias' checked.  Click an area similar to the image and with the fill pattern set to the shirt print, use the paintbrush to fill in the selected area.
       

Activate the rectangle selection tool and set it to 'rectangle' in the tool options with 'Antialias' UNchecked.  Drag a selection around the entire back image and click once to sele the selection.

Next,  add new layer named 'correction' and add a drop shadow set to these settings.  With the rectangle selection tool set to 'rectangle' in the tool options box and 'Antialias' UNchecked, drag a selection from above the back image down to the hem corners and hit the delete key.
                    

In the Layers palette, click on the glasses on all layers except the 'back' and 'corrections' layers and while the 'corrections' layer is active,  use the Layers MENU to Merge/Merge visible.
In the Layers palette, right click on the active layer and choose 'rename' to change the nae back to 'back'.
Unhide the other layers by clicking back on the red X's.

Image should now resemble this image. 
END OF ADJUSTMENT
 
 

Step 13
Switch to the 'eraser' tool 
and set the controls for it      and erase all traces of the drop shadow in the selected area then deselect.  You COULD just hit the delete key if you prefer, but I like the softer look of the eraser just in case the pattern doesn't line up well.  The eraser will allow you to blend the pattern if necessary, the delete method doesn't.
 
 

NOPE!!!  Not going to be able to do this tutorial in one page even though that's my preference.  Take a break - I need one!!!
 
SAVE file.

Tutorial by CSGreen