Raya Forum Set

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 25th August 2014

written using psp 9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is purely coincidental

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the fabulously dark & cute artwork of Jonathan Raya

you can find his art on his deviant art page uxorious

Font of choice - I am using FT Kolari

Filters - Penta.com, Jeans

Muras Meister, copies,

Eye candy 4, Gradient Glow

Xero, Fritillary

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 as new layer

muras meister, copies 

wallpaper (rotate), number 9 all other settings default

adjust, blur, motion blur, angle 210, strength 100

repeat

Xero, Fritillary

granularity 18, aggression 46, tesselation 30, variation 100

duplicate layer twice

on 1st duplicate

selection tool, custom selection

left & top 0, right 150, bottom 250

selections, invert, hit delete on your keyboard

selections, invert, keep selected.

on 2nd duplicate layer

selections, edit selection, 

image, mirror

edit selection,

invert, hit delete, 

invert, deselect

merge the two duplicated layers together

select all, float, defloat

adjust, blur, gaussian blur, 5

selections, modify, select selection borders, 

inside checked, 5

new raster layer

floodfill with a colour from your tube

deselect

add noise, gaussian, monochome, 50

apply white gradient glow

c/p tube

resize by 60, position inside left frame, 

duplicate, image, mirror

merge tube layers together and drag under frame

magic wand, click inside both frames

expand by 2, 

invert

on tube layer, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

effects, texture effects, blinds

width 4, opacity 20, color black, horizontal checked

effects, penta.com, jeans, default settings

change blend mode to hard light (or whatever looks good on your tag)

c/p tube again

position in middle of tag

d/s

duplicate, gaussian blur 3

change blend mode to screen

duplicate and change blend mode to hard light

Add name 

I used FT Kolari, size 72, white

rotate left 90, convert to raster

select all, float, defloat, expand by 3

new raster layer, floodfill with color from tube

add noise

deselect, drag below name

apply white gradient glow

merge name layer down

duplicate, image, mirror, image flip

Add copyright information

merge all flatten

save as jpg.

To make avatar

custom selection tool

top & left 0, right & bottom 200

edit selection, move to a part of your tag you like

edit selection, copy merged

paste as new image

add name and cr info 

merge all, flatten

save as jpg

Here is another version I made for myself