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Penguin Tutorial: How Tux was created on a 486 DX2

I started by drawing a rough outline of the penguin, and carefully closed all the holes in the shape. I next filled in the spaces left by the outline with black, and continued shaping it using different sized crisp* brushes.

Once had the initial image done in black and white, I laid out the beak and feet in approximately the right places and filled in their outlines using the same techniques. Applying a small crisp brush with slightly darker yellows to the edges of the beak and feet caused the image to start taking on depth. Now I am able to draw in the zoomed window where a small slip of the mouse won't mean disaster**, but also able to see how the work I am doing looks at its actual size and resolution.

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