9. Go back to your front edge layer and duplicate again, rename layer "left edge"and rotate to the right by 60 degrees, same as in step #5. With your mover tool, move this over to the left side of the shelf, and line it up with the front edge.
10. With your selection tool, draw a rectangle from 0, 160 to 100, 320 and
Edit--->
Clear. Deselect
11. Zoom in once or twice again and using your lasso tool and the delete
key, cut off a triangle on the outer left side of the side, similar to what
you did in step #8. What you are doing is making the left outside corner. Your
approximate coordinates to click on are 72, 318; 82, 318; 78, 340 and then back
at the starting point of 70, 320. (I reduced the opacity
of the left edge layer a bit so I could see the back edge behind it and used
that as my guide)(image 12)
Optional: Now, do the same thing for the bottom left corner - cut a small triangle off to make it align better with the front edge. You will only need to do this if you don't plan to have your front leg cover this corner - mine does and I'm only giving you this step to show how the corner is done.
This is what the image should look like now:
12. Turn off your background layer and merge visible (Layers--->Merge--->Merge Visible). Rename this merged layer "Bottom Shelf". For the next few steps you may want to turn this layer off so it doesn't confuse you, but this is optional. At this point, I applied the same deformation as in step #3 to make the shelf look a little flatter, but this is a matter of personal preference.
13. Go to your background layer and add a new layer, naming it "left front leg". With your selection tool, antialias UNchecked, draw a rectangle from 110, 150 to 125, 410. Flood fill with your pattern or colour (I changed the angle of my wood pattern to 90). Deselect.
14. Duplicate this layer. Making sure you are on the original leg layer,
apply your inner bevel, same settings as before. You might want to Image--->Mirror
this and then move the leg back into position to put the dark edge on the left
side. Now, go to the duplicate layer and with the mover tool, move it to the
left so that it is just touching the first leg layer. Using the deformation
tool, click on the lower left node, hold down the shift key and bring it up
to about 395 as shown in the image below:
15. Now, put the cursor on the left vertical middle node and push in as shown below and click on apply:
16. Still on the second leg layer, Colours--->Adjust--->Brightness/Contrast. Enter -20 in the Brightness field, make sure Contrast is 0. (You may need to adjust this figure depending on what pattern or colour you used) Now, make sure this side of the leg is lined up with the leg in the lower left corner. You more than likely will have to let the tip hang over to get it to look right, just zoom in and erase the excess after you have it lined up the way you want it. Do not worry about the top of the leg, it will be hidden when we put the top on the cart.
17. Turn off all layers except these two leg layers, merge visible and rename "left front leg". Turn the rest of the layers back on, including the shelf if you had turned it off for the leg steps.
18. Make sure you are on the left front leg layer and Duplicate. Name this layer "left rear leg". Image--->resize. Resize by 90%, making sure that "resize all layers" is UNchecked. Drag this layer to just below the bottom shelf layer and move it to the back as shown below (you might also want to reposition your front leg):
19. On the left back leg layer, duplicate and rename the duplicate layer "right rear leg". Move it into position at the back right corner as shown, making sure it is in line with the left back leg (Hint: turn on your grid for easier placement). Chances are that it will not hang below the shelf.
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