Puss in boots - part 1

To create puss in boots i have used several sources images that I will post seperatly again during the tutorial. Here they are all at once...

First source we need is the cat.

First we will have to cut out the cat. I have done this using the quickmask way. Open the source image with the cat and click on the quickmask icon. Make sure you have your back and foreground color settings put on black/white as by default.

I have used a soft bush on size 9 for the parts where the edges are more sharp. I blow up the image to 200 % in this case since i dont need to be extremely carefull since we are going to redraw the fur so any mistakes we will hide later on anyways. While you "paint" the mask on the cat you will see the color red appears where you painted. now if you make a mistake that you want to correct you can simply do so by using your eraser and swich back to your brush to continue masking.

As we keep masking /brushing the cat we will come to parts where theres more hair. we dont need to mask it really precise.. just whats important is that you stay inside the cat.. As in.. dont take anything of the background in the mask .. it works best to stay a lil bit away from the outside border.. not too much.. the cat isnt on a diet :) You can also use a bigger size brush here...