vixpsp

I made this tag for a weekly challenge in one of the Groups I'm in ('ello Misfits lol!! xx)

Well, a couple of people said I should tut here - so here it is...

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Tube plus Large tube close up of your Choice - I'm using a fantastic one by so talented it

must hurt hehe Ismael Rac

It's part of the Zodiac tube pack @ AMI

But of course, feel free to use a tube/image/close up of your own choosing

Note:  Make sure you're allowed to monotone the tube/tag if using PTU artwork

AND the

reason I've got coloured lips on the ones I'm using is that Ismael Rac has very generous TOU's with his tubes.

"Monotone or colorizing sections of a tube is acceptable"

Bless you Ismael!!

Template 265 - by the lovely Missy which you can

download from her blog HERE (Thanks hunny xx)

Xero Graphics Greyscaler (optional)

Grungy Brushes of your Choice

Mask of your Choice (optional)

I used my own mask Vix_Mask147 in my 2nd example

which is one of my older masks but still proving v.popular with my fellow taggers xx

And you'll need to know how to change the Blend Mode in your Layer Palette and

have reasonable confidence in your erasing skills too xx

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Firstly - open the Template 265 which you've downloaded from Missy's blog

Shift + D to duplicate it and close the Original

Now then, on this, we want to make the canvas size bigger for working on

Image, Canvas Size

and change it to 650 wide by 600 high with a central placement

Once you've done this, go to Background - and floodfill again with White

So then, first things first

On Glittered Circle layer - Selections All, Selections Float, Selections Defloat

then go to the

Pink Circle Layer and Hit Delete on that one

You'll see in the little preview window in the Layers Palette, that this is now a Circle Frame :)

Selections None

OK

So on - the Pink Circle Frame

Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colourize and change both sliders to 0

then

Adjust, Brightness and Contrast and change the Brightness to (minus) 255

and the Contrast to 0

So we now have a Black Circle Frame

OK

Duplicate this Black Circle Frame and move one of the Circle Layers right up to the top

of the Layer Palette

and Hide this top one for now.  We won't need it 'til later

Right then, leave that for the moment, let's prepare the rest of the tag...

Thin Rectangle - Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colourize as before (this is the thin rectangle on the left)

Same for Thin Rectangle 2

Same for both the Dotted Lines Layers

OK, looking good :)

Now, back to the Black Rectangle Layer

and Selections All, Selections Float, Selections Defloat and KEEP Selected for quite a bit :)

Open your main face tube/close up, copy and paste as a New layer over to the right of the rectangle as liked

and then, Selections, Invert and Hit Delete (Keep Selected)

Duplicate the tube layer - hide the top one for now

and on the lower one, change the Hue/Saturation as before so it's now monotone.

Tip: OR use Xero Graphics Greyscaler - a nice little filter effect :)

Now, change the Blend Mode of your Close up Tube layer in the Layer Palette to Burn

The tube has vanished!! Ah yes, but it's about to magically re-appear lol!

then Add a New Raster Layer just below the tube layer - v.important, must be on a new layer of it's own

So, taking our AIR Brush tool (not Paintbrush)

change the Materials Foreground Colour box to White

and have your Airbrush on these settings...

Now, going steadily, apply the Airbrush to the new Raster layer

Hold down left click for quicker application or just dab at it patiently hehe

But, you'll eventually see it apply and

voila! There's the tube coming through

so do it gradually (undo a couple of times if you overdo it and start again)

You want a nice blob of white shading over to the right of the rectangle

so the tube large close up shows through as spookily or as dreamily as you'd like!

Once your happy with your application - SELECTION NONE

Now then, unhide your top copy of the close up

which is not monotone

And now? Basically, erase all the face except the lips :D

I used my normal Brush tool on these settings...

and just went in from the outside, erasing as I went , zooming in to see better and resizing the brush as needed when

I got to face and delicate bits around the lips until

I got just the lips left and then changed the Blend Mode of the top tube copy - what was left of it - to Burn as before :)

But...

If you can't do this or would rather not, then leave as it is and delete this top tube copy

as it's not needed unless you're doing this bit.

Right then, now take the main tube (the full body version)

And copy and Paste as a New Layer

Position it to compliment all your hard work on the back :)

then

Move to just below the top Circle layer

Once placed, Monotone it as before using either Xero Greyscaler or PSP's own Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colourize

and Apply a favourite dropshadow for tubes - I used 1, 1, 50, 11 Black

Now, those familiar with my tutorials that include a tube coming "out" of something may be

thinking, eh?! What are you doing ya madwoman...

But you'll remember we have 2 Black Circles - sooooo

un-hide the top Circle Layer

Now, use Magic Wand Delete by clicking inside the Circle

Selections, Modify, Expand by 4

Selections, Invert

and then Back to the tube Layer

and don't just hit Delete this time.

Instead, take your eraser on a hard setting

and get rid of any of the tube you don't want sticking out at the bottom

Once you've done this - Selections None

Then, take your eraser again on the top Circle layer

and erase any of that you don't need :) Take care not to erase

near the cut off point of your tube

Now back to the bottom Circle Layer

and apply a Dropshadow of choice to this one

Now on the Glittered Circle

Add the same shadow used for the Circle layer

and also add to

the other small thin rectangles - or use a subtle shadow of your choice

It's up to you...

Nearly done :)

OK

Add a New layer above the White Background

and apply either a favourite mask to a Black/White Gradient floodfilled background

(I did this for my second example, I've used my Mask 147 - which is I think by far and away the

most downloaded and most popular of all my masks, so thanks for enjoying it peeps xx)

or

use some Grungy brushes of choice

And then finally - add some wording

I used "See you in your NIGHTMARES" for the 1st example

and

"See you in your DREAMS" for the 2nd one

Colourpick the colour of the lips and use this for the main word colour

There's tons of fab fonts about, so have a play and find the ones you like to

go with your tag theme

And then

Add your name as liked

and

finally, your Artist info/copyright info

Then

Crop to size required for your tag and save as a Transparent backed PNG (so delete the white background)

Ta-daaaaa - all done and I hope you like xx