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This is my second time at writing a Tutorial, so please bear with me on some of my wording. I wrote this using PSP 9, but I am sure that you could do it using PSP8. I got this idea from one of Wian's Master Challenges. Since I had to draw the fish bowl from scratch, I figured I might as well write down my steps. These are my own steps that I used; any resemblance to any other tutorial is strictly coincidental. I am hoping that you already have some understanding of PSP.

You will need: PSP 9 (but I think PSP 8 will work with this tutorial) and Eye Candy 3.1 (for the Glass effect)

1. Start with a new image 300X300 transparent.

2. Add a new Raster Layer. Name this layer "background". Make your foreground color = Black and your background color = Black. Flood Fill with black, this can be changed later. Make a new Raster Layer and name it "bowl".

3. Click on your Preset Shapes Tool = Ellipse, line width 3.

4. Change your foreground color to white and your background color to Null. Make a circle leaving space on sides.

5. Make a new Raster layer and name this "Top". Make an ellipse across the top of your bowl. (You can make it lower than what I have pictured as it is your fish bowl). Use the Deform Tool to match up the ends of the oval to the sides of the circle if needed.

6. Highlight the Bowl layer. Choose the Eraser Tool size 5, hardness 100, step 25, density 100, and opacity 100. You may need to Zoom the image larger to work. Carefully erase the top arc of the bowl.

7. Turn off all layers except the bowl and top. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Rename this layer Bowl. Turn on background layer.

8. Click on the Preset Shapes Tool. Highlight the Bowl layer and make an ellipse where you would like the top of the water to be.

9. Change your foreground color to a gradient, I used Ocean Blue, but you can use any one you choose.

10. Highlight the Bowl Layer. Flood Fill main water section with the Gradient. Then Flood Fill top of water area with Gradient.

11. Have you been saving? Save now as a .pspimge

12. Now, if you leave the fish bowl like this, it will roll off the table. So let's flatten the base. Still having the bowl layer highlighted, click the Selections Tool, Rectangle, feather 0, anti-alias checked. Make a rectangle across the bottom of the bowl. How flat you want it is up to you. Go to Edit/cut…

13. Selections/Select None..Then Edit/Paste as a new layer. Using the Deform Tool, click on the top center node and pull down to make a thin sliver. Move this to the bottom of your fish bowl. You might find it easier to use the Mover Tool to position it into place. Now your fish bowl had a flatter bottom.

14. Hide your background layer Later/Merge/Merge Visible.

15. Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.1/Glass. Use these settings….

16. Go to Adjust/Brightness and Contrast/Brightness Contrast…. Brightness 50 Contrast 25. Now your bowl has a nice shiny effect.

17. Now delete the background layer. Then you can Merge/Merge visible. Crop and resize.

18. Now you can save as a tube or add some fish and make your own little fish bowl scene. Be sure to save your final image as a gif or jpg.

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did writing it.