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Sunday 12 July 2015

Perspective



The example above is made by Deeva a member of Taggers Inn


Supplies needed:


Tube of choice
The example uses the gorgeous artwork of Zindy
you can purchase from her store HERE
Scrap paper of choice to match your tube
My template HERE
SimoneAni398-fairydust HERE

Filters 
Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow
Penta.com - Color dot & Dot and Cross

Animation Shop


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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on July 5th 2015
written in psp9 but any version should work
any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental




Open my template

Make rectangle layer active
select all, float, defloat, invert
c/p paper of choice, resize if necessary, hit delete
c/p tube, position to the right hand side of the rectangle,  hit delete
deselect
merge tube down with paper
delete original rectangle layer

effects - eye candy 4, gradient glow
change glow width to 3, on color tab choose Fat settings
dropshadow 2,5,50,10,black

make circle layer active
select all, float, defloat, 
new raster layer
floodfill with a fore/back gradient made with two colors from your tab
angle 35, repeats 2
effects - penta.com - dot and cross default settings
deselect
effects - eye candy, gradient glow same settings as before
dropshadow as before
erase any parts of the circle that are showing on top of the rectangle
the aim is to make it look like the rectangle is coming through the circle

delete original circle layer

make doodle layer active
select all, float, defloat
new raster layer
floodfill with same gradient as earlier
deselect
effects - penta.com - color dot, default settings
effects - eye candy 4, gradient glow as before
dropshadow as before

delete original doodle layer

Add your name and copyright information
merge visible
copy

Open Animation Shop

paste as new animation
duplicate to 16 layers

Open SimoneAni398-fairydust
select all (ctrl & A) copy

make tag active, select all
paste into selected frames
click to place

save as gif




Curious Sparkle



Supplies needed:


Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Arthur Crowe
You can purchase his tubes from his store HERE
Scrapkit - Curious from Scrappy bit of Fun
Sparkly Animation 514 from Scrappy bit of Fun
Font of choice - I used New Romantics

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on June 12th 2015
written in psp9 but any version should work
any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental



Open blank canvas 800 x 800
floodfill white

c/p background 002

c/p flower 011
effects, muras meister, copies, encircle, change the number to 6

c/p flower 009
resize by 60
effects, muras meister, copies, encircle, change the number to 11

selection tool, circle, feather 0
draw out a circle from the centre of your canvas to halfway
across the pink flower cirlcle.  Make the blue flowers layer active
hit delete, so none of the blue flowers are showing in the center
of the pink flowers
deselect.

Make pink flowers layer active

c/p flower 001b
position to bottom left of tag

c/p frame 004
image, mirror, resize by 60
position bottom right of tag

c/p flower 014
position bottom middle of tag

c/p tube
resize if necessary
drag down 3 layers so its below the elements, but above the flower frames
erase any of the tube that is showing below the elements

dropshadow all layers
2,5,50,11, black

resize by 70, all layers checked
add name - Font New Romantics, size 48, color blue from your tag
I added some noise and a white gradient glow to mine then a dropshadow
add copyright information
merge all flatten

copy

Open Animation Shop

paste as new animation
click duplicate button until you reach 17 frames
then click the paste after current frame button once for a total of 18 frames

open SimoneAni514-MNG

Select all (ctrl & A)
copy

click on tag
Select all (ctrl & A)

paste into selected frames
click on your tag to add the animation

save as gif

I Believe!






Supplies needed:

Fairy tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Anna Fesenko
you can purchase these from PicsForDesign 
My supplies HERE

Filters
Penta.com - Jeans & Vtr2
EyeCandy4 - Gradient Glow

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on June 8th 2015
written in psp9 but any version should work
any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental





Open blank canvas 750 x 250 

preset shapes tool
rounded rectangle, background color white, foreground null
draw out a rectangle to pretty much fill your canvas
convert to raster
select all, float, defloat, invert
c/p greenbg as new layer
move up a little so the sparkly bits show
hit delete on your keyboard
deselect

Delete the white rectangle

effects - penta.com - vtr2 default settings
image rotate, clockwise 90
repeat vtr2
image rotate, anticlockwise 90

c/p tube as new layer
resize to fit nicely
position to left hand side
duplicate
image, mirror
Merge down
duplicate
adjust blur, gaussian blur 3
change blend mode to hard light
change blend mode of original tube layer to luminance legacy

Make rectangle layer active
select all, float, defloat, invert
on tube layer hit delete on your keyboard
Invert selection

Selections, modify, select selections border, inside 5
new raster layer
floodfill with a color/gradient of choice
adjust, add noise, uniform, 70, monochrome
deselect

preset shapes tool, rectangle, make a fore/back linear gradient
using a dark & light colour from your tube, angle 45, repeats 2
draw out a slim rectangle across the bottom of your tag
but leaving a small gap at the very bottom
convert to raster
drag this layer below your border layer
effects - penta.com, jeans default settings
change blend mode to screen

text tool, 
using a nice scripty font, size around 28/30 and a light color from your tube
type out "I beieve in Fairies" 3 or 4 times, whatever fits
effects - ec4 gradient glow, I used the fat settings but
changed the colour to the dark color from my tube and the size to 3
change blend mode to hard light

c/p sparks as new layer

To make matching avatar

Open blank canvas 200 x 200
draw out rounded rectangle to almost cover the canvas
convert to raster
select all, float, defloat, invert

then copy and paste each layer from your banner, positioning
to your liking as you go and hit delete on each one
except the border layer and the text layer
invert selection
modify, select selections border same settings as before
new raster layer
floodfill and add noise as before
deselect

Add Name and copyright information to both banner and avatar
merge visible
save as png

Chequered




Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Misticheskaya
you can purchase from PicsForDesign 
I used 4 different tubes from the same artist
Some sparkles (emo kits are a good place to find sparkles)
Penta.com, Jeans
Checkered Tile HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on May 31st 2015
written in psp9 but any version should work
any resemblance to other works in entirely conincidental





Open checkered tile
floodfill tool set to pattern, choose the checkered tile, angle 0, scale 100

Open blank canvas 700 x 200

Custom selection tool
top & left 0, right 160, bottom 200
floodfill the selection
deselect
duplicate
image, mirror
Merge down

Magic wand, feather 0, click between the checkered parts
new raster layer, floodfill with dark grey
expand the selection by 3, 
new raster layer, floodfill black
deselect
drag black layer below grey layer

preset shape tool, rectangle, foreground color white, line width 9
hold down the shift key while drawing out a small square, convert to raster
duplicate x 3 for a total of 4 frames


On each one in turn
Magic wand, click inside, expand by 3, 
new raster layer, floodfill with black/white gradient, repeats 0 angle 45
drag this layer below your frame,
copy & paste tube 1 as new layer, resize as necessary, selections invert, hit delete
deselect
duplicate tube layer, adjust blur, gaussian blur 3, change blend mode to hard light
on original tube layer, change blend mode to luminance (l)
dropshadow the frame 2,5,50,8,black
merge frame, both tube layers and gradient layer together
hide this frame

(dont worry we are going to move them into place in a minute!!)

Repeat for each of the remaining 3 frames using different tubes

rename each frame layer 1,2,3,4

frame 1 - rotate, left 10, position top left, drag down to just above checkered layer
so it pokes out from under the black layer

frame 2 - rotate, right 8, position bottom left, leave it above the grey layer

frame 3 - rotate, right 12, position top right, leave it above the grey layer

frame 4 - rotate, left 7, position bottom right, drag down to just above checkered layer
so it pokes out from under the black layer

make grey layer active
penta.com, jeans, default settings
select all, float, defloat, invert
copy and paste one of your tubes again
hit delete on your keyboard
deselect,
change blend mode to luminance (l) 
duplicate tube, adjust, blur, gaussian blur 3
change blend mode to hard light
add dropshadow to bottom tube layer lower opacity to 70

Adding some sparkles between the two tube layers looks quite effective if you like

Add name and copyright information
Merge all flatten
new raster layer
floodfill with white,
select all, contract by 3, hit delete on your keyboard
deselect
add noise, 100, gaussian, monochrome checked
merge all flatten
save as jpg

For the Avatar

Make a square selection on a part of the banner that you like
copy
paste as new image
add border as we did for the banner
add name and cr
merge all
save as jpg