Dark Elf forum set

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 6th January 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

Any resemblance to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice I used the stunning artwork of  No Flutter

My Supplies HERE
Font of choice - I used Nightmare5

Filters:  Distort & Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow (both can be found HERE)

Muras Meister - Copies

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OK lets begin!!

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

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

Open blank canvas 750 x 250

c/p tube

muras - copies, wallpaper rotate, default settings

effects, distort, wave, default settings

adjust, blur, motion blur

angle 45, strength 100

duplicate

on duplicate

effects, distortion effects, wave

following settings

using your freehand selection tool

make a random selection zig zagging across your tag

like my screenshot below

selections, invert

hit delete on your keyboard

Keep selected

c/p tube again a few times

and arrange inside the selection to your liking

then hit delete on each tube layer

deselect

Merge tube layers together

change blend mode to difference

hide bottom layer

merge visible 

unhide bottom layer

on shape layer

effects, eye candy 4, gradient glow

black halo, glow width 5

repeat gradient glow

but this time use Fat white settings

glow width 3

make bottom layer active

preset shapes, rectangle, using a fore/back gradient

made from two colours from your tag, draw out a 

rectangle from one side of your tag to the other

convert to raster, 

effects, penta.com, jeans, amount 62, width 7

change blend mode to overlay

Tag should now look something like this

make shape layer active

c/p some greenery as new layer, move to left

duplicate, image mirror & flip

change blend modes to what looks to you

I used multiply on one and luminance (legacy) on the other

c/p sparkles as new layer, move to left

duplicate, image, mirror

c/p tube as new layer

d/s

New raster layer

floodfill with gradient we used earlier

select all, contract by 2

hit delete

deselect

You can leave the border as is or change the blend mode

to something you like, or add noise, its entirely upto you.

add copyright & name

merge all flatten

Save as jpg.

For Avatar

Selection tool, custom selection

top & left 0, bottom & right 200

selections, edit selection

move to a part of your tag you like

edit selection

copy merged

paste as new image

add border as we did for the tag

add name and cr

merge all flatten

save as jpg

Thats it your done!!