Medicated

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 15th August 2014

written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarities to other works is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

Tube(s) of choice - I am using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis

which can be purchased from his store HERE

Template 'Lin_CM_buttons' by Linda from HERE

My supplies HERE

• Filters •

Penta.com - Jeans

Eye candy 4 - Gradient Glow

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Note: c/p = copy and paste as new layer

d/s = Dropshadow

Ok lets begin!!

1. Open template, shift D to duplicate and close original

2. Delete the top 7 layers and the extra Stars layer

Image canvas size 800 x 800

to give us plenty of room to work

we will crop later.

Now lets work from the bottom up!

3. Unhide background layer, floodfill white

new raster layer, make a gradient using two colors from your tube(s)

linear, angle 45, repeats 5

apply mask of choice, merge group

select all, float, defloat

c/p small wordart

selections, invert

hit delete on your keyboard a few times

deselect,

merge wordart down with mask

4. Pink circles - select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

linear, angle 0, repeats 0

floodfill with gradient

deselect

Effects, texture effects, weave

gap size 2, width 14, opacity 3, weave/gap color white, fill gaps checked

delete pink circles

5. White circles - select all, float, defloat

c/p paper 1, resize by 54%, move to top left corner

duplicate and move to bottom right corner

selections, invert

hit delete on your keyboard on both paper layers

deselect

merge paper layers together

delete white circles

6. Black oval - select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with same gradient we used earlier but this time set it to

sunburst, repeats 2

deselect

apply Penta.com, jeans, amount 62, border width 6

delete black oval

7. Shapes, select all, float, defloat,

c/p paper 2

selections, invert

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

delete shapes

8. Frame - leave as is

9. FrameBack - select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with gradient from earlier but change settings to

linear, angle 45, repeats 3

deslect

delete FrameBack

10. c/p tube(s)

position where you like them

11. c/p various elements and wordart from supplies and

position where you like them (you can use my tag for reference)

12. d/s tube(s) & elements

13. Apply graident glow to all template layers & wordart layer and d/s

14. Add your name and copyright information,

merge visible

crop and save as png.

U Da Bomb!

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 15th Sept 2014

written in psp9 but any version should work

Any resemblance to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

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Supplies:

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Cal Slayton who is a FTU artist

and I have supplied the tube in the zip file if you wish to use the same one

My Supplies HERE

Mask of choice

Font HERE

Filters:  Penta.com - Jeans

Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow

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Note:  c/p = copy and paste as new layer

d/s = dropshadow 2,5,50,8, black

Open blank canvas 

800 x 800

floodfill white

c/p paper

apply mask

preset shape tool, rectangle

set background to black, foreground to null

draw a long skinny rectangle on the left

draw another rectangle on the right, 

same length, but a little wider

convert to raster

c/p tube

image, mirror

resize by 120%

position over top of left rectangle

make rectangles layer active

magic wand, click inside the left rectangle

selections, invert

on tube layer, hit delete

deselect

Penta.com, jeans

settings as you like

change blend mode to luminance

eye candy, white gradient glow

d/s

c/p tube again

position over top of right rectangle

line the bottom of the legs up with the 

bottom of the rectangle and left side of 

coat with the right side of the skinny rectangle

d/s

c/p cloud

position at bottom of skinny rectangle

c/p bomb

position at bottom of cloud

c/p nuke

position along bottom of right rectangle

using Army Rust font

type out "U DA BOMB"

apply, gradient glow but change the colour to black

add name and copyright information

delete white background

merge visible

save as png

Movie Star

this tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 8th July 2014

written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarities to any other works is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Barbara Jensen

you can purchase this tube http://www.barbarajensentubes.com/

My scrapkit Hollywood

Mask No 34 - 4th one down in the post

Font of choice 

Filter - Eye Candy 4 Gradient Glow

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Ok lets begin!!

Note: c/p = copy and paste as new layer

d/s = dropshadow 2,5,50,9, black

1.Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

2. c/p paper 1

apply mask

merge group

3. c/p element 27 - movie reel

resize by 36

position at bottom left corner of mask

d/s

4. c/p element 20 - clipboard

resize by 36

using deform tool, rotate a little to the left

d/s

position top right

duplicate, resize by70, rotate right a little

5. make mask layer active, 

c/p element 14 - film strip

image, rotate, right 52

6. magic wand

tolerance 10, feather 0, mode add

Click inside each of the frames, expand by 2
new raster layer, floodfill white
Lower opacity to 64
drag white layer below filmstrip, deselect

7. magic wand inside the top frame of the filmstrip

expand selection by 2

c/p tube so face is showing

selections, invert, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

8. repeat but select the middle frame of the filmstrip

and position a different part of your tube to show

and repeat again for the bottom frame of filmstrip.

9. merge all 3 tube layers together and

drag below filmstrip

lower opacity to 64

10. c/p tube above filmstrip again and position

to the left. Mirror if you need to.  

Drag Movie Reel to top of layer palette

11. open wordart

select round the Movie Star part

copy and paste as new layer

position at the bottom of the tag

apply white gradient glow 

12. Make filmstrip layer active

apply gradient glow with same settings

d/s

13.  add name and copyright information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Animated Vertical forum set

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 16th June 2014

written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarities to other works is purely coincidental

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the gorgeous artwork of Very Many

you can purchase this tube here http://verymanytubes.com/

Font of choice

Filters:  Xenofex 2 - Constellation

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Lets begin!!

NOTE: c/p = copy and paste as new layer

Open blank canvas 200 x 700

1.  set foreground to light colour from your tube

set background to dark colour from your tube

then set foreground to gradient, linear, angle 45, repeats 4

floodfill with gradient

2.  c/p tube as new layer

adjust, blur, radial blur,

twirl checked

strength 100

twirl degrees 61

elliptical checked

horizontal/vertical offset 0

protect center 0

3.  position so the middle of your twirl is in the center of your tag

change blend mode to luminance legacy

4.  duplicate this layer twice for a total of 3 layers

close off top two, make bottom one active

5.  magic wand, tolerance 5, feather 0

click around your tag in several places

Xenofex 2, constellation with following settings

Keep selected

make middle layer active

repeat constellation, but click random seed

and again for the top layer

Deselect

6.  c/p tube as new layer

lower opacity to around 36

7.  new raster layer

select all, contract by 3, invert

floodfill with your gradient from earlier

adjust, add noise, Gaussian, Monochrome checked, 100

deselect

8.  Add name and copyright information

Now to animate

9.  close off top two sparkle layers, copy merged

paste as new animation in animation shop

10.  back to psp, close bottom sparkle layer, open middle sparkle layer, copy merged

paste afer current frame in AS

11. back to psp, close middle sparkle layer, open top sparkle layer, copy merged

paste after current frame in AS

12.  Save as gif

Make a matching avatar if you wish

Angled Crowe

Tutorial written by Mizteeque on 23rd July 2014
written using psp9 but any version should work
any resemblance to other works is purely coincidental 


Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the incredible artwork of Arthur Crowe
which can be purchased here http://arthurcrowesfactory.com/
Scrapkit, Mask & Font of choice
Filter - Eye Candy 4 Gradient Glow

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OK lets begin!!

Note: c/p = copy and paste as new layer
d/s = dropshadow


Open blank canvas 800 x 800
floodfill white

c/p paper as new layer
apply mask
resize by 90

using your preset shapes tool
Draw out a triangle shape in the middle of your canvas
convert to raster
select all, float, defloat

c/p paper again
selections, invert
hit delete on your keyboard

Keep selected

c/p tube as new layer
position to your liking
hit delete on your keyboard

Deselect

Change blend mode to your liking
I used luminance on this example

Delete your original triangle layer
and close off the bg, and mask layers
merge visible
unhide your bg and mask layers

Apply graident glow to your triangle with the following settings

Add drop shadow 2,5,50,8,black

Duplicate triangle
resize by 80
resposition so its in the middle of your first triangle

repeat twice more for a total of 4 triangles

c/p various elements from your chosen scrap kit
position them between some of the triangle layers

d/s all elements

Add some nice brushes just above the mask layer

Add your name and copyright info

Delete bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png.