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Page 3 of the pixel train tutorial
This is the caboose that we will be making on this page.

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STEP 1. Add a new raster layer
Layers>New Raster Layer
Name: Caboose, click OK
On the layer palette, make the car layer invisible like this

STEP 2. Click on your paint brush tool

Choose your Foreground/Stroke color~ #C1C1C1 (the light grey outline is what I started with)

Follow this diagram and outline color guide, then start painting the caboose pixel by pixel
We will be using a few different outline colors shown below

STEP 3. Continue painting the rest of the caboose following the color guide

~~Save~~

STEP 4.Using the Magic Wand Tool

While holding the shift key down, click inside both of the wheels, the marching ants should look like this

STEP 5. Use your Flood Fill Tool

and set your Foreground/Stroke color~ #918989
now fill in the wheels grey

STEP 6. Go to
Selections>Float
Effects>3D Effects>Cutout
Apply these settings:
V/H~ 0, Opacity~ 80, Blur~ 2, Shadow color~ #616161 (the same color as the outline of the wheels)

Deselect
Selections>Select None

STEP 7. Using the magic wand again while holding the shift key down, click inside both parts of the caboose, the marching ants should look like this

STEP 8. Use your Flood Fill Tool

and set your Foreground/Stroke color~ #D74343
Click inside the caboose
Then go to
Selections>Float
Effects>3D Effects>Cutout
Apply these settings only changing:
Opacity~ 100, Blur~ 5, and color~ #9C1414 (the same color as the outline of the caboose)

Deselect
Selections>Select None
Now it's time to put the train together

~~Save~~

STEP 9. On the layer palette make all the layers visible (click on the red X next to the engine and car layers to take the X away) it should look like this

STEP 10. Click on the Move Tool

then go to the engine on your canvas
Click and hold down the left mouse button and drag the engine to the left a little so the engine layer isn't on top of the other layers
Do the same thing with the coal car, move it so it lines up next to the engine, the little black tabs should be next to each other like this

STEP 11. Now move the caboose next to the coal car making sure the little black tabs are next to each other, like this

STEP 12. Crop your image
Using the Crop Tool

with the left side button on your mouse, click and hold down the button while dragging the box around your image, make sure not to cut off any of the image, like this (resized to show cropping)

Then double click in the center of the box, this will crop your image
Now you can delete your Raster 1 layer on the layer palette if you don’t want the white background
Click on Raster 1 layer then go to
Layers>Delete>Yes

STEP 13. Zoom back out
View>Zoom>Zoom to 100%
Save as a JPEG file
File>Save As
Name your tag and save as a .jpg file

Viola, and there you have your cute little pixel train, don't you love it!
You can use the train for anything you like, get creative
Thank you for trying my tutorial!
Here's another example of what I used this train for

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