Spring is in the air

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 30th December  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Jasmine Beckett-Griffith

you can purchase this tube from CDO

Font of choice

My supplies HERE

Filters used -  Mystic Nights, Xero, Eye Candy5 Impact, Muras Meister, 

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open blank canvas 700 x 400

select all, copy and paste Pansy into selection

deselect

adjust blur, gaussian blur 23

duplicate

edge effects, enhance more

repeat

selection tool, custom selection

left 0, top 125, right 700, bottom 275

invert, delete

invert,

new raster layer

floodfill #ebed8c

contract 1

delete

deselect

using your raster deform tool

drag the left and right nodes outside

the canvas so the lines disappear off

the edge of your canvas

On original layer

effects, Mystic Nights, frosted glass

radius 16

effects, xero, fritillary

granularity 5, agression 30, tesselation 10, variation 2

back to top of layer palette

copy and paste squares as new layer

MurasMeister Copies - Line, change amount to 3

all other settings default

Magic wand, feather 0, mode Add

click inside each of the large squares

expand 1

copy and paste Pansy as new layer

invert, delete, invert

effects, art media effets, brush strokes

softness 31, bristles & width 10, opacity 50,

Length & density 7, Angle 234, color #505050

deselect

back on your squares layer

magic wand, same settings, 

click inside the small squares in the middle

copy and paste pansy again

move down a little so a different part is showing in the squares

invert, delete, invert

effects, eye candy 5 - Impact, Glass

add your favourite glass setting

deselect

drag squares to top of layer palette

duplicate

magic wand, click inside the small squares again

expand 2

floodfill with the same yellow as the outline

deselect

effects, reflection effects, feedback

opacity 100, intensity 75, horizontal 0, vertial 100

image flip

drag down to just above your merged layer

lower opacity to 25

back to top of layer palette

copy and paste PansyMist as new layer

resize 70

effects, image effects, offset

horizontal -160, vertical 75

custom & transparent checked

duplicate

on original gaussian blur 11

change blend mode to screen

copy and paste pansy mist again

image, mirror

move to bottom right corner

change blend mode to screen

lower opacity to 34

copy and paste wordart as new layer

position bottom left

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize to fit nicely between the middle and right hand box

dropshadow

new raster layer

floodfill with the same yellow

select all, contract 2

Add name, copyright and license information

merge all

save as jpg

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