Dark Fairy PTU Tutorial

This tutorial was written by me, any resemblance to any other tutorial is completely unintentional. PSP version used: PSP X2

Supplies:

Tube- 

I'm using an awesome work of Heidi M Drake.This tube and others like it can be purchased at Artistically Inclined Licensing

Scrap Kit-

 I used the scrap kit Vamp Glamour by Addictive Pleasures

Font- 

HFF Pessoas Lindas

Filters-

 VanDerLee- Interlace

dsb flux> Bright Noise

Eye Candy 4000> Gradient Glow

xero> Radiance

Okay, let's get started! 

Open new canvas 600 x 250

Open full layer of your tube, c&p into canvas.

duplicate 2 times. Arrange as so: 

Merge visible. 

New raster layer.

Use your dropper tool to get 2 colors and make a gradient with them-

Angle 51, repeats 4. 

Duplicate your merged layer.

 Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur- 

Radius- 4. 

Top Duplicate layer-Blend mode, Screen.
Drop opacity to 65. 

Second merged layer- 

Soft light, drop opacity to 85. 

Now open up your tube again, resize 75%, c & p. 

Plugins>xero>Radiance: 

Now back to your top merged layer. 

Plugins> VanDerLee> Interlace with these settings: 

Now crop your banner. 

Selections>Select All

Selections>Modify> Select Selection Border>

Make sure anti-alias is checked, inside, border width 5. 

New Raster layer above all other layers. 

Fill with your gradient from before. 

Plugins>dsb flux>Bright Noise, Intensity 35, Mix. 

repeat. 

Plugins>Eye Candy 4000> Gradient Glow>

Glow Width-3.00

Soft Corners- 25%

Overall Opacity-100%

with these settings: 

Now for the elements: 

Skulls- 50%, duplicate, mirror. 

Fan- 30%, duplicate, mirror. 

Swag- 50%, duplicate, mirror. 

Roses2- 40%, duplicate, mirror. 

Add your drop shadow as you please. 

Now for the name. 

I used HFF Pessoas Lindas at 75 px. in black.

Convert to raster layer. 

Plugins>Eye Candy 4000>Gradient Glow, same settings as before. 

Add your drop shadow. 

Now do your copyright and watermark how ever you like. 

Now on to the avatar: 

Open new canvas at 175 x 175. 

Back to the banner. visibility toggle the boarder, name and copyright. 

Copy Merged. 

Paste into your avatar. 

Resize 80%, and crop. 

Selections> Select All 

Selections> Modify> Select Selection Borders- same settings as before. 

Fill with your gradient. 

dsb flux, same settings as before. repeat once. 

Plugins>Eye Candy 4000> Gradient Glow- same as before. 

Now add your name and copyright and you are finally finished!!! 

YAY!!! 

Thanks for checking out my tutorial and I hope you enjoyed it!