Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Gothic Beauty

This tutorial was written by me on June 26, 2013 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.
 
PSP Version used: PSP X5, but should work in other versions.
 
This tutorial assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP.
 
Supplies:
 
Tube of choice. I am using the beautiful work of Amy Matthews. You can purchase her tubes here.
 
PTU kit called Gothic Beauty by Kandii Popz Dezignz. You can purchase this kit here.
 
Template 183 by Toxic Desirez. You can find it here.
 
Mask 394 from Insatiable Dreams. You can find it here in the Masks 10 set.
 
Font of choice. I am using Vanessa Loves You
 
Filters: Mura Meister Copies
 
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Open your template & mask. Minimize your mask for now.
 
On your template, set the canvas size to 850 x 737. Resize all layers by 71%. Delete the credits layer.
 
Open KPD-GB-P1. Copy and paste as a new layer above your background layer. Apply your mask, merge group.
 
Merge the Black Bottom Rectangle & Black Top Rectangle layers together. Select all, float, defloat. Open KPD-GB-P9. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert, and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.
 
Merge together the White Bottom Rectangle & White Top Rectangle layers. Select all, float, defloat. Open KPD-GB-P13. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert, and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.
 
Open KPD-GB-LACE2. Resize by 69%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place along the top edge of the top black paper that we just added. On the black paper layer, select all, float, defloat. On the lace layer, selections, invert and press delete. Deselect.
 
Merge together the Grey Bottom Rectangle & Grey Top Rectangle layers. Select all, float, defloat. Open KPD-GB-P5. Copy and paste as a new raster layer. Selections, invert and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.
 
Merge together the Grey Bottom Square & Grey Top Square layers. Select all, float, defloat. Open KPD-GB-P10. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.
 
Merge together the Dark Grey Bottom Rectangle & Dark Greay Top Rectangle layers. Select all, float, defloat. Open KPD-GB-P7. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.
 
Open your tube. Copy and paste as a new layer above your Circle layer.
 
Mura Meister Copies, Wallpaper rotate using the default settings. Duplicate, flip horizontal. Set the blend mode for the top layer to soft light. Merge the two meister layers together. Adjust, Blur, Motion Blur, angle 0, strength 100. Repeat the motion blur twice.
 
On the Circle layer, select all, float, defloat. On the meister layer, selections, invert and press delete. Delete the original layer, selections invert.
 
Selections, modify, select selection borders, both sides checked, anti-alias checked, border width 3.
Pick two colors from your tube. I chose #ffffff and #191919. Create a linear gradient, angle 45, repeats 3.
 
Add a new raster layer and floodfill with your gradient. Deselect. Add noise, Gaussian, 100, monochrome checked.
 
3D effects, Inner Bevel using the following settings:
 
 
 
Copy and paste your tube again, over the meister layer, resize if necessary. Place over the right side of the circle layer. Duplicate, flip horizontal and place to the left side of the circle. Merge the tube layers together. On the meister layer, select all, float, defloat. On the tubes layer, selections, invert and press delete.
 
Duplicate the tubes layer, gaussian blur 3.00. Set the blend mode to screen. On the original tubes layer, set the blend mode to screen.
 
Open KPD-GB-GLITTER. Resize by 85%. Copy and paste as a new layer above the frame layer.
Open KPD-GB-FAN. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom.
 
Open KPD-GB-KEY. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place slightly up and to the right side.
 
Open KPD-GB-RIBBONFLOWER2. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the upper right. Move the key so it appears like it's hanging from the ribbonflower. Duplicate the ribbonflower, place to the upper left corner of the left pink dotted square. See my tag for reference.
 
Open KPD-GB-DRINK. Resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom left.
 
Open KPD-GB-RIBBON1. Resize by 69%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom. Make sure that the bottom of the fan doesn't extend below the bottom of the ribbon.
 
Open KPD-GB-STREAKOFLIGHT. Resize by 77%. Copy and paste as a new layer and place to your liking.
 
Open your tube and resize as necessary. Copy and paste as a new layer and place so over the frame so you can see both tubes on the frameback behind her.
 
Duplicate your tube, gaussian blur using the same settings as before. Set the blend mode to Screen, opacity 70.
 
Open KPD-GB-CHARM. Resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom of the drink.
 
Open KPD-GB-NAILPOLISH. Resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom right, below the key.
 
Open KPD-GB-LIPSTICK. Resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the right side of the nail polish.
 
Open KPD-GB-SPARKLES1. Resize by 92%. Copy and paste as a new layer.
 
Add your name, copyright, and license info. Apply a drop shadow of choice. Merge visible and save as a PNG.
 
Thanks for checking out my tutorials.


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