We are going to make this Ladybug with book.
The tube you create from this tutorial is yours.
I did set my flood fill bucket's blend mode on normal and the match mode on none.
This way you flood fill all the floating selections in one time.
(own creation)

Download here the selections.

Start by opening a new image 275x320 on a transparent background.

Open my wings.sel and flood fill with the color #FF4040.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my spots.sel and flood fill with the color #000000.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my wingsshad.sel and flood fill with the color #000000.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my legs.sel and flood fill with the color #000000.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my belly.sel and flood fill with the color #59575A.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my bellyshad.sel and flood fill with the color #000000.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my head.sel and flood fill with the color #EBBCB4.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my headshad.sel and flood fill with the color #C08277.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my cheeks.sel and flood fill with the color #C00000.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my mouth.sel and flood fill with the color #000000.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my weyes.sel and flood fill with the color #FFFFFF.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my beyes.sel and flood fill with the color #000000.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my nose.sel and flood fill with the color #EBBCB4.
With the selection floating go to:
selections/invert.
Effects/3d effects/drop shadow.
And use these settings:
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 80,blur 7,4,color #C08277.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my tophat.sel and flood fill with the color #59575A.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my hat.sel and flood fill with the color #59575A.
With the selection floating go to:
selections/invert.
Effects/3d effects/drop shadow.
And use these settings:
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 80,blur 18,color #000000.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my book.sel and paste into selection my book.psp.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my hands.sel and paste into selection my hands.psp.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my shoes.sel and flood fill with the color #808080.
With the selection floating go to:
Selections/invert.
Effects/3d effects/drop shadow and use these settings:
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 40,blur 24,7,color black.
Deselect the selection.

Open my shoes.sel again on the same layer.
Go to selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 4 pixels.
With this selection floating go to:
Effects/texture effects/blinds.
And use these settings:
With 8,opacity 6,color #000000,horizontal.
Deselect the selection.
Merge layers visible and your bug is ready.

I used my bug to make a little scene with the other bug.

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