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Tuesday 7 October 2014

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
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
resize by 82

3. c/p element 27
resize by 36
position at bottom left corner of mask
d/s

4. c/p element 20
resize by 36
using deform tool, rotate a little to the left
d/s

5. c/p element 26
resize by 36
position top right corner of mask
d/s
duplicate, resize by 80
rotate, right 52

6. c/p element 14
image, rotate, right 52
drag this layer under elements but on top of mask layer

7. 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

click 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.  Erase any parts of tube sticking out
under the film reel

11. Make top layer active
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.