In The Red
Supplies Needed
Paint Shop Pro
Tubes/Image of choices [by the same artist]
Doodles and/or embellishments of choice
Masks 2 and 48 by Weescotslass [Thanks Chelle!]
VM Extravaganza – Transmission [or scrap paper of choice
Eye Candy Gradient Glow
Artwork © Scott Tolleson.
You need to purchase a licence to use the gorgeous artwork of Scott’s.
Visit CILM to get yours!
Lets begin!
1. Open a new canvas 600×600. Floodfill with white.
Choose two colours from one of your tubes.
The colours you choose will be the overall colours of your tag.
2. Using your circle preset shape tool, line width 10, foreground one of your colours, background null, draw out a circle roughly around 225×225.
Objects – Align – Center in canvas.
Convert to Raster Layer.
Preset shapes again and select the heart shape.
Same settings as your circle [line width 10, background null]
Mine was around 270×390.
Convert to Raster Layer.
Place it at the side of your circle.
Duplicate the heart layer. Image – Mirror.
You should now have something like this:
3. Merge your two heart layers.
Make your circle layer the active layer.
Using your magic wand click inside the circle.
Selections – Modify – Expand – 3.
Make your heart layer the active layer and hit the delete key on your keyboard.
Selections – Select None.
Merge your hearts and circle layers.
4. With your magic wand click inside the hearts and circle.
Selections – Modify – Expand – 3.
Layer – New Raster Layer.
Floodfill with a different colour.
I applied VM Extravaganza – Transmission to this layer.
[you could add a scrap paper if you preferred]
Selections – Select None.
Layers – Arrange – Move Down.
5. Make your Frame Layer active again.
Click inside one of the hearts with your magic wand.
Selections – Modify – Expand – 3.
Copy and Paste one of your tubes as a new layer.
Selections – Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard.
Selections – None.
Give it a drop shadow. Layers – Arrange – Move Down.
Do this to the remaining heart and your circle.
Hide your frame layer and your background layer and merge visible.
6. Make your frame layer active.
Effects – Eye Candy4000 – Gradient Glow with the following settings:
Apply a drop shadow of V & H [0] Opacity [50] Blur [5] Colour [Black].
Hide your background layer and merge visible.
7. Make your background layer active.
Layers – New Raster Layer.
Floodfill with the colour you used for the frame.
Apply Chelle’s mask WSL_Mask2.
Resize by 85% bicubic. [all layers unchecked]
Layers – New Raster Layer.
Floodfill with a different colour.
Apply Chelle’s mask WSL_Mask48.
Resize by 75% bicubic. [all layers unchecked]
8. Copy and paste your doodle of choice.
Place it at the top of your frame.
Add any other embellishments.
9. Using a fat/block font, write out your name in block capitals.
I used Impact size 72.
Adjust – Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise:
Then I added a medium gradient glow and a drop shadow.
I used Eye Candy 5 Impact – Perspective Shadow – Reflect In Front Short for the effect on this text.
Add your name again in the colour you used for your frame with a handwriting font.
I used Secret Recipe.
10. Add the artist copyrights and your taggers info and you’re done!
Thank you for trying out my tutorial.
Here’s another example!
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