Pain & Strength

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on  10th June 2018 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 incredible artwork of Enys Guerrero 

which you can purchase from CDO

A scrap paper/texture of choice

my gold texture (save from bottom of post)

Penta.com - VTR2

Font of choice - I used Schoolkid for my name

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open blank canvas 650 x 250

c/p paper of choice

adjust, blur, radial blur

twirl, strength 44, twirl degrees 40

elliptical, h & v offset 0, protect center 0

paste paper again

custom selection

top & left 25, bottom & right 225

invert, delete, invert

repeat radial blur

deselect

custom selection

left 25, top 75, right 225, bottom 175

effects, penta.com, vtr2 default settings

deselect

image, rotate left 90

repeat last custom selection

repeat vtr2

deselect

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

expand selection by 2

floodfill with a gold texture of choice

contract selection by 3

delete

expand selection by 2

c/p tube as new layer

position to your liking within the selection

invert, delete

deselect

drag tube below gold frame

change blend mode to screen (or whatever suits your tag)

paste tube again, mirror

drag down so its under the vtr2 square

custom selection

left 0, top 75, right 650, bottom 175

promote selection to layer

delete on the previous tube layer

expand selection by 3

new raster layer above the promoted tube layer

floodfill with gold texture

contract by 2

delete

deselect

on promoted tube layer change blend mode to screen

apply same vtr2 effect as before

on original tube layer change blend mode to overlay

lower opacity to around 60

add a dropshadow to both gold frame layers

2,2,50,4,black

merge all

new raster layer

floodfill with gold texture

select all, contract by 2, delete

deselect

add name, copyright and license information

merge all

save as jpg

To make matching avatar

select round the gold square

copy, paste as new image

add name and copyright

merge all 

save as jpg