One more vector ellipse and you can rest those nodes for a while! *g* Still using the pink as a background color, drag those nodes into a small heart shape for his nose. Quit Node Editing > Convert to Raster and you can activate the layer below it and add a layer.

   
You can see here how I added the facial features, using that brown color I have in the foreground. For the mouth, on that new layer I just added, I used the Draw Tool, settings:
Type: Single Line
Style: Stroked
Width: 2
Antialias: Checked
Create as Vector: *UNchecked*
I like using a lot of layers, so I used a new layer for each set of features. Use the Draw Tool with the same settings to draw his eyebrows, teeny filled ellipses (non vector type...*LOL*) for his eyes, and a Bezier Curve Style for his whiskers...you could also use the Freehand Line for them too.

If you've successfully followed along this far, it's time to add some depth and shading to the bunny. There are many ways to do this other than the way I have done it. You could use cutouts on the various layers, adding a layer after selecting.....or inner bevel. Each part should be on a different layer and you would do each layer separately. I like this way, because it adds a nice, country-style look. Go to the Airbrush tool with the following settings:


I picked a nice light grey for the foreground color (#C0C0C0)...the one just above white on your color picker. Depending on your colors, you might want a darker or lighter color.
Pick a layer to start shading. I chose the head and didn't add too much shading, since it's closer than the rest. Make that layer the active layer. Go to the Selection Tool, settings:
Selection Type: Rectangle
Feather: 0
Antialias: Checked

Surround the body part on that layer with the rectangle and click on the part. This will give you "marching ants" all around that part. Now, to make sure that the outer edge to the form stays nice and clean and sharp, I go to: Selections > Modify > Contract *by one pixel*. That puts the marching ants just inside the line.

It gets just a little bit tricky now, so remember that *UNDO*. *LOL* Anything you "spray" outside that line of marching ants won't show up on your body part, so you can spray just barely close to the edge and a line of shading will begin to show up. Try it....see what I mean?
Be sparing with that airbrush and add it as much or as little as you feel you need. I found that when I used it long enough that sometimes one or two *swoops* near the edge was all I needed. I hope this is all the information you need to get you going on the shading. You will do this same thing to all the various pieces.....activating each layer and selecting as above.....to give them some dimension.

Keep picking parts and shading them until you have each part shaded....well...except for the nose...*g*...I didn't do anything to that. For the rosy cheeks on Bunny, make that pink color you chose your foreground color. Select the head just like you have been doing...by surrounding with the rectangle, clicking on it, and contracting by one pixel. Add a layer. With the airbrush tool....same settings....just *spritz* each cheek in. I did it three or four times per cheek.

Then go to: Image > Effects > Blur > Gaussian Blur....6
That should do it!

Now for the tail on this wabbit.....hmmm.....bet you have lots of good ideas for that! *ROTFL* You could even use tubes that are out there on the net that look white and fluffy! Any way you choose to make this cottontail is the right way for you! I made mine in two different ways....one was a vector shape that I made with the stroked and filled line tool in a veery pale ivory color (#FEFCFC)....just shaded it like I did all the other parts. Another way is to make a non-vector ellipse with a filled shape in pale ivory and draw around the edges with the stroked and filled line tool.

I made this screenshot with a pink background so that you could see a bit better what I did. If you can use the bezier line, stroked and filled around the outside, it makes some nice curves. That's what I am using here:



Just drag that tail layer behind the bunny and into place, shade it with the airbrush like you did before and that's it!

At this point, you can tube each layer separately to use for making other bunnies....they multiply, ya know! *giggle*...or, you can merge the layers and just tube the whole thing.
File > Export > Picture Tube.

Here's one I made with a slightly different color and the big ole bunny tail I made out of a vector shape.



He needs more than a few Easter Eggs, eh? Well, whatcha waitin' for? I always like to leave the decorations to you! *LOL* Hope you had fun with him and learned lots more about those pesky vectors!



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