This
tutorial was written on Tuesday 6th November 2012 by
Mystery Designs. It was written in PSP X2 and assumes a good, working
knowledge of the program. Any similarity to other tutorials is purely
coincidental and not done intentionally. Please do not copy or
claim the tutorial as your own. Please link to my blog should groups
or forums use it in challenges, and please leave me a comment with a
link to where it is being used. Thanks :)
**Supplies
Needed**
Tube
of choice – I'm using one by Scott See which you can purchase HERE
Template
– “SpawnsFSTemplates059” which you can download HERE
Texture
- “Texture001” by ARTPLUS LOVE which you can download HERE
Wordart
- “HotNSexySpazzWordArt-2” which you can download from the
Creative Misfits blog HERE
Font
Used – Mirella Script
**Plugins**
DSB
Flux – Bright Noise (optional, as the noise filter built into PSP
will also work here)
Open
your tube
Shift+d
to duplicate
Close
the original
Minimize
for the moment
Open
the template
Shift+d
to duplicate
Close
the original
Delete
layer “Credits”
@@ To
Make The Main Tag @@
On
the template highlight layer “Main Background”
Change
your Foreground to a dark colour from your tube, I am using #c01901
Change
your Background to a lighter colour from your tube, I am using
#feb062
Change
your Background to Gradient – Foreground/Background with these
settings :
Grab
your Floodfill Tool and fill this layer with the newly created
gradient
Highlight
layer “Black Angled Lines”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
= 98
Contrast
= 10
Grab
your Change To Target Brush
Using
your gradient, re-colour the lines
Effects
– Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise with these settings :
Add
a drop shadow
Change
the Blend Mode to “Screen”
Highlight
layer “Grey Angled Lines”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
= 98
Contrast
= 10
Change
your Background back to Colour (#feb062) and re-colour the lines
Effects
– Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise
Use
the same settings from before
Add
a drop shadow
Change
the Blend Mode to “Hard Light”
Highlight
layer “Grey Foreground”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “middle”
Change
your Background to gradient again, still using the same colours from
earlier only with these settings :
Grab
your Floodfill Tool and fill your selection
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “texture”
Open
up the texture you have chosen
Copy
– Paste – Into Selection
Change
the Blend Mode to “Hard Light”
Lower
the Opacity to around 56
**Do
Not Deselect**
Grab your tube
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube1”
Selections
– Invert
Hit
delete
Change
the Blend Mode to “Overlay”
Selections
– Invert
Open
up your wordart
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “wordart”
Arrange
it over your selection until happy. (If there is any overhang,
repeat the invert and delete to remove it)
Selections
– None
Change
the Blend Mode to “Overlay”
Delete
layer “Grey Foreground”
Highlight
layer “middle”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “middle border”
Selections
– Modify – Expand – 4 pixels
Floodfill
with your Foreground colour #c01901
Selections
– Modify – Contract – 10 pixels
Hit
delete
Selections
– None
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with these settings :
Adjust
– Sharpness – Sharpen
Add
a drop shadow
Drag
this layer up in your Layer Palette so that it is above your
“wordart” layer
Grab
your tube again
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “main tube1”
Arrange
it over on the right-hand side of your tag
Once
happy with the placement
Layers
– Duplicate and rename “main tube2”
Change
the Blend Mode to “Hard Light”
Highlight
layer “main tube1”
Add
a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “Border”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
= -255
Contrast
= 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise
Use
the previous settings
Adjust
– Sharpness – Sharpen
Add
a drop shadow
Save
your tag but don't close it or add names etc. just yet
*************************************************
@@ To
Make The Avatar @@
Open
a new image 150 x 150 pixels
On
your main tag highlight layer “Main Background”
Copy
Back
on your avatar
Paste
– As New Layer and rename “background”
On
your main tag, highlight layer “texture”
Copy
Back
on your avatar
Paste
– As New Layer and rename “texture”
Grab
your tube again
On
your avatar
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube1”
Lower
the Opacity to around 47
Layers
– Duplicate and rename “tube2”
Raise
the Opacity back to 100
Change
the Blend Mode to “Hard Light”
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “Border”
Selections
– Select All
Selections
– Modify – Selection Border with these settings :
Change
your Foreground colour to black #000000
Fill
the selection
Selections
– None
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise
Add
Noise using the previous settings again
Adjust
– Sharpness – Sharpen
Add
a drop shadow
At
this point, add your name and all copyrights to both your tag and
avatar.
Save
your finished tags and you’re done!
Here is a variation, using a different artist and colour scheme :)
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