We are going to make this Daffodil.
The tube you create from this tutorial is yours.
(I used a photo to make the tut)

Download here the selections.
Start by opening a new image 225x600 on a transparent background.

Open my leave.sel and flood fill with the color #165816.
Using these settings.
(everytime in this tutorial I say flood fill)


With the selection floating go to:
Selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 2 pixels.
Flood fill this new selection with the color #2F6A2F.

Now go to selections/select all and then to selections/float.
With this selection floating go to:
Effects/3d effects cutout and use these settings.
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 70,blur 13,shadow color black.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my stem.sel and flood fill with the color #165816.
With the selection floating go to:
Selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 2 pixels.
Flood fill this new selection with the color #2F6A2F.

Now go to selections/select all and then to selections/float.
With this selection floating go to:
Effects/3d effects cutout and use these settings.
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 70,blur 10,shadow color black.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my leaves.sel and flood fill with the color #165816.
With the selection floating go to:
Selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 2 pixels.
Flood fill this new selection with the color #2F6A2F.

Now go to selections/select all and then to selections/float.
With this selection floating go to:
Effects/3d effects cutout and use these settings.
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 70,blur 13,shadow color black.
Deselect the selection.
Your image should look like this now:


Add a new layer.
Open my flower1.sel and flood fill with the color #F3EBDF.
With the selection floating go to:
Selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 2 pixels.
Flood fill this new selection with the color #F8F5F1.

Now go to selections/select all and then to selections/float.
With this selection floating go to:
Effects/3d effects cutout and use these settings.
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 75,blur 30,shadow color #D5BA93.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower1shad.sel and flood fill with the color #DFCBAB.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower1light.sel and flood fill with the color #FFFFFF.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower2.sel and flood fill with the color #F3EBDF.
With the selection floating go to:
Selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 2 pixels.
Flood fill this new selection with the color #F8F5F1.

Now go to selections/select all and then to selections/float.
With this selection floating go to:
Effects/3d effects cutout and use these settings.
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 75,blur 30,shadow color #D5BA93.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower2shad.sel and flood fill with the color #DFCBAB.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower2light.sel and flood fill with the color #FFFFFF.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower3.sel and flood fill with the color #F7DA7C.
With the selection floating go to:
Selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 2 pixels.
Flood fill this new selection with the color #FFF4AC.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower3shad.sel and flood fill with the color #D5A143.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower3light.sel and flood fill with the color #FFFFFF.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower4.sel and flood fill with the color #E8CB6C.
With the selection floating go to:
Selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 2 pixels.
Flood fill this new selection with the color #F3E69E.

Now go to selections/select all and then to selections/float.
With this selection floating go to:
Effects/3d effects cutout and use these settings.
Vertical 0,horizontal 0,opacity 72,blur 30,shadow color #EDBB33.
Deselect the selection.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower4dark.sel and flood fill with the color #D5A143.
Deselect the selection.
And turn the opacity of this layer down to 75%.

Add a new layer.
Open my flower4light.sel and flood fill with the color #FFFFFF.
Deselect the selection.
And turn the opacity of this layer down to 65%.

Add a new layer.
Open my inflower.sel and flood fill with the color #F7DA7C.
With the selection floating go to:
Selections/modify/contract and contract the selection 2 pixels.
Flood fill this new selection with the color #FFF4AC.

Deselect the selection.
And turn the opacity of this layer down to 70%.

Merge layers visible.
And your flower is ready

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