Framed Grunge

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 13th 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 beautiful artwork of Very Many

You can purchase the same tube as me from the store HERE

My supplies HERE

Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p grunge texture

duplicate

mirror and flip

c/p grunge clockwork

resize by 60

c/p one of the grunge film strips

c/p grunge texture 2

move to the left slightly

change blend mode to overlay

c/p tube

drag down below your frame

selection tool, point to point, feather 0

select around the edge of the frame

invert

on tube layer delete

duplicate tube layer twice

change blend mode of bottom & top tube to overlay

change blend mode of middle tube to screen

(if using a different tube to me you may need to 

play with the blend modes to get the result you want)

c/p grunge clock

resize 50

position bottom left

change blend mode overlay

add name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Below are some more examples made by the members of my forum Taggers Inn

Forest Dark

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 3rd July 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 stunning artwork of Enys Guerrero

which can be purchased from CDO

My supplies HERE

Font of choice

Filters - Penta.com

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open blank canvas 700 x 450

floodfill with a gradient made with

two colors from your tube, linear, angle 90, repeats 6

I used the blue from the butterfly and the pink from the rose in her hair

copy and paste gold diamonds

resize by 70

image effects - image offset - horizontal 350, vertical 10, transparent

duplicate

mirror

merge down

selection tool, custom selection

top 0, left 250, right 450, bottom 450

selections, modify, feather by 60

hit delete 3 or 4 times

deselect

pen tool, lines & polygons

line style - dot

line width - 2

draw a straight line from top to bottom

through the 2nd intersection of diamonds on the left

(as per below screenshot)

convert to raster

duplicate

mirror

merge down

copy and paste tube as new layer

duplicate three times (total of 4)

rename them 1,2,3,4 from bottom to top

copy and paste gold rectangles as new layer

magic wand, feather 0, mode add 

click inside the middle rectangle

invert selection

on tube layer 3, delete

invert, deselect

magic wand, 

click outside all the rectangles, inside the outer rectangle, and inside the middle rectangle

on tube layer 2, delete

deselect

tube layer 1 - blend mode - multiply

tube layer 2 - blend mode - normal

tube layer 3 - blend mode - luminance legacy

tube layer 4 hide for now

tube layer 2, apply penta.com, vtr2 default settings

merge visible

(you should now have 2 layers, a merged layer and the hidden tube layer 4)

copy merged

paste as new layer

crop this image down to the gold rectangles

copy and paste onto original canvas, resize by 30

image effects, image offset

H -270, V 0, transparent & custom checked

duplicate,

mirror

unhide tube layer 4

mirror, change blend mode to screen, lower opacity to 30

position tube along left edge

merge all

new raster layer

floodfill with gold texture

select all, contract by 2

delete

deselect

add name, copyright and license information

merge all flatten

save as jpg

Rock Chick

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st April 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

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the awesome artwork of  Arthur Crowe

You can purchase this tube from the store HERE

Scrapkit - Bad Girl Glamour by Pink Paradox Productions

My mask Miz_mask 247

Font of choice

Wordart (save from bottom of post)

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Dont forget to dropshadow as you go along

I use 2,5,50,13, black

Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 39

apply Miz_mask 247

merge group

dupliate, mirror and flip

move down a little

merge masks together

frame 3, resize 40

frame 12, resize 40

adjust, colorize, hue 25, sat 112

element 193, resize 40, mirror, move to top of tag

element 143, resize 40

drag below frames, erase any that is showing outside of the frame

change blend mode to luminance legacy

element 111, resize 40, bring to top

move it down to the bottom of the tag, 

carefully erase the top right end of the keyboard

so it looks like it is disappearing behind the frames

element 64, resize 20, mirror and flip, position so it mostly covers the 

other end of the keyboard

element 60, resize 20, rotate right 90, position behind money

element 17, resize 25, position bottom right

element 39, resize 30, position behind the briefcase to the right a little

element 43, resize 20, position in front of case and bottle

element 53, resize 20, rotate right 32, position bottom middle

element 199, resize 30, rotate right 32, drag down layer palette to just above mask layer

position at bottom of mask

make notes layer active, c/p tube, resize to fit

c/p wordart, resize 50, adjust, sharpness, sharpen more, position at bottom of tag

I added a black gradient glow to mine

add your name, copyright & license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

(click to open and save to your computer)

Gothic Lolita

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 8th March 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

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Very Many

which can be purchased from the store HERE

Scrapkit - Gothic Lolita2 by Pink Paradox Productions

Mask 0031 & 0035 from Dragonflys Psp

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 800 x 800 

floodfill white

c/p paper 48

apply mask 0035

merge group

c/p paper 44

apply mask

merge group

c/p tube, resize 80

duplicate

On mask layer, select all, float, defloat, invert

on original tube layer, delete

deselect

On duplicated tube layer

using your freehand selection tool

select across the top of the legs and round the

bottom half of the tube and delete

deselect

merge tube layers together

dropshadow 

element 240, resize 40, rotate left 90

move down and to the left a little

duplicate, mirror, d/s both

element 235, resize 40, rotate left 90

drag below tube and to the left

duplicate, mirror and move up a bit 

so they are offset from each other

d/s both

back to top of layer palette

element 225, resize 50, image effects, offset, h0, v-120

element 218, resize 60, drag below the black netting

element 200, resize 40, rotate right a little, move to the right

between the netting layers, duplicate, mirror

c/p and resize the following elements and position to

your liking at the bottom of your tag 

element 120, resize 40

element 98, resize 40

element 184, resize 30

element 115, resize 30

element 204, resize 30

element 103, resize 30

element 183, resize 25

element 190, resize 25

element 178, resize 25

element 222, resize 25

element 90, resize 60

element 237, rotate left, adjust sharpness, sharpen more

duplicate, mirror and flip

dont forget to d/s

c/p element 243 on top of layer palette

add your name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

So Grave!

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 8th August 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 Kurama Phoenix

which can be purchased from CDO

Mask1 from set 90 by Rachel Designs

Supplies HERE

Font of choice

Eye candy 4000 - Corona

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

copy and paste background image as new layer

apply mask 1

merge group

resize 90

copy and paste moon as new layer

adjust, brightness/contrast

brightness 95, contrast 20

image, flip

position over the moon in the mask

copy and paste flock as new layer

resize by 40

position so some birds are across the moon

copy and paste cloud 1,2 & 3 as new layers

position at the top of tag, so some cover the 

bottom of the moon.

copy and paste cobbles as new layer

position at bottom of tag

copy and paste tower as new layer

resize 24

copy and paste tree as new layer

reseize 35

position to the left of tower

duplicate

image, mirror

resize 70

drag below the tower and position to the right

copy and paste roses as new layer

resize 50

position just in front of tree

copy and paste tombstones as new layer

resize 50

position to the right of the tower

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize to fit

copy and paste skulls as new layer

resize 15

position bottom left

copy and paste skull as new layer

resize 25

position in front of other skulls

open birds and select around just one of them

copy and paste it as a new layer

eye candy 4000, corona

change color to a grey/blue color from the clouds

glow width 16, overall opacity 70, all other settings default

dropshadow all elements except clouds

2,5,50,8, black

add name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

Here are some more examples made by my members over at Taggers Inn

Wild Stranger

Tube of choice - I am using the stunning artwork of Enys Guerrero

you can purchase this tube from CDO

FTU Sampler kit from Gothic Inspirations

Font HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 17th Oct 2016 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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Note: c/p = copy & paste as new layer

d/s= dropshadow

Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p Mask-GI_WildStranger

resize by 80

c/p frame 3

resize by 65

c/p Moss

resize by 80

position top left of mask

c/p mesh

resize by 70

position to the left slightly

duplicate

image, mirror & flip

c/p leaves

resize by 50

rotate left 25

position along left hand side

c/p heart 1

resize by 50

position top right

c/p ribbon3

resize by 50

image, mirror & flip

position top right corner

c/p tube

resize if necessary

c/p Smudged

resize by 80

position at bottom

c/p flowers

resize by 50

position bottom left

duplicate

image, mirror

c/p bling spray

position at top of tag

c/p ShimmerBling

resize by 80

using a soft brush or your freehand selection 

tool set, feather set to around 40, erase any 

that is covering your tube

d/s 2,5,50,8, black

moss, leaves, ribbon, heart, flowers & tube

Text tool, Plague Death font, size 72, colour Black

add your name

Add a light gradient glow

dropshadow

Add copyright & license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Diamond Beauty

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful Skull & Rose tube from Arthur Crowe

You can purchase a license to use his tubes from his Store Here

My scrapkit - A Hint of Goth HERE

mask(click to open full size)

Filters - Eye candy, Gradient Glow 

Tramage, Moving screen

Font - Times New Roman

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OK lets begin!!

Note: c/p = copy and paste as new layer

d/s = dropshadow

Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

preset shape tool - Diamond

choose 2 colours from your tube (I used red & black)

and make a fore/back gradient

linear, angle 45, repeats 3

draw out a large diamond in the middle of your canvas

convert to raster

select all, float, defloat, invert

c/p tube

position inside selection

hit delete on your keyboard

new raster layer

selections expand by 4

floodfill with one of your gradient colours

add noise, 54, gaussian, monochrome

deselect

drag this layer down below your original diamond

close off white background

merge visible

Add a fat white gradient glow

d/s 0,0,50,8,black

duplicate

resize by 70

rotate left 13

move up to top left of tag

duplicate 

image, mirror

merge down

drag this layer below original diamond

Tramage - moving screen 

frequency - 16

highlights - 18

amount - 131

mode - 64

addative 1 - 133

addative 2 - 24

lightener - 13

transparency - 0

repeat

c/p element 4

resize by 60

position left from bottom point of diamond

along left edge

duplicate

image mirror

c/p element 16

resize by 30

postion on bottom point of diamond, very slightly to the right

duplicate

image mirror

c/p element 15

resize by 30

rotate right 90

position on top of two red roses

c/p element 18

resize by 60

rotate right 8

drag down below diamond and to the right so it pokes 

out from behind it

duplicate

image mirror

drop shadow all elements 

2,5,50,8, black

make white background active

c/p paper 9

apply mask 

merge group

Add name

I used Times new roman, size 28, black

add a white gradient glow

d/s

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop & save as png.

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 2nd March 2015

Written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarity to other works is purely coincidental and unintentional