Sunday, 30 October 2011

"Spooktacular October Kiss" - PTU Tutorial

One last Halloween tut for peeps, just in time....lol

(Please click the above tag to bring up the full size image, thanks!)


This tutorial was written on Sunday, October 30th 2011 by Mystery Designs. It was written in PSP X2 and assumes a good, working knowledge of the program. Any similarity to other tutorials is purely coincidental and not done intentionally.   Please do not copy or claim the tutorial as your own. If you wish to do so, please link to my blog should groups or forums use it in challenges, and please leave me a comment with a link to where it is being used. I'd love to see any results of the tutorial, so please feel free to mail me here with your tags and I would be delighted to display them here on my blog for others to see :)

**Supplies Needed**

Tube of choice.   I am using the beautiful art of ©Molly Harrison.  She is a PTU artist, and you can find her work over at the CDO store here

Scrapkit of choice.  I am using the awesomely super-spooky kit called “Spooktacular”  by Creationz by Witchys Heart and you can purchase it here  Thankyou ever so much Terri!!!

A mask of choice - I am using “HalloweenBatsMask”  by Tonya , which you can find over here on the Creative Misfits Blog, thanks girls!!

Font of choice

**Plugins**

None

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Ready? Lets begin.....

Open up  a new image 650 x 650 pixels
Floodfill with white and rename this layer “background

Open up your tube and press shift + d to duplicate it
Close the original

Open up  “WH-Pumpkin #5” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer onto your canvas
Rename this layer “pumpkins

Image – resize -  35%  and move it to the bottom right of your tag
Effects – 3D effects – drop shadow.   I used the following :

Offset :  Vertical = 0,  Horizontal = 0
Attributes : Opacity = 50, Blur = 5
Colour : #000000
Shadow on new layer  : un-checked


Grab your tube
Copy – paste  - as a new layer
Rename this layer “tube

Image – resize – 90% and position her so she is sat on the pumpkins
Effects – 3D effects – drop shadow.  I used the following :

Offset :  Vertical = 4,  Horizontal = 3
Attributes : Opacity = 50, Blur = 5
Colour : #000000
Shadow on new layer  : un-checked


Highlight your “background” layer
Open up  “WH-Tree #1” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer onto your canvas
Rename this layer “tree

Image – resize -  75% and move the tree so it looks like she is sitting underneath it
Effects – 3D effects – drop shadow.   I used the following :

Offset :  Vertical = 0,  Horizontal = 0
Attributes : Opacity = 50, Blur = 5
Colour : #000000
Shadow on new layer  : un-checked

Open up “WH-Tombstone-w-Ghosts” from the kit
Copy – paste as new layer and rename this layer “grave

Image – resize – 20%
Image – free rotate – Left, Free, 15.00 All layers un-checked


Position the grave on the top edge of the grass (see my tag for guidance)
Repeat the drop shadow

Highlight your “tube” layer
Open up  “WH-Black Cat” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer onto your canvas
Rename this layer “cat

Image – resize -  20% and move to the bottom of your tag (see my tag for guidance)
Repeat the drop shadow

Open up “”WH-Cloud #1” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “cloud 1
Image – resize – 67%

Move the layer below the “cat” and “tube” layers (see my tag for guidance)
Lower the opacity of the layer to around 65

Open up “WH-Moon-w-Bats” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename this “moon

Image – resize – 26% and move it to the top left of the tree (see my tag for guidance)
Move this layer down so it is behind the “tree” layer

Highlight the “cat” layer
Open up “WH-Cloud #1” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “clouds”

Move it so that it partially covers the moon and top section of the tree
Once you are happy, move the layer so that it is below the “tree” layer and above the “moon” layer

Highlight your “backgound layer
Open up ”WH-Pentacle #3” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename this “pentacle

Image – resize – 70% and move it so it sits nicely behind your tree and witch etc (see my tag for reference)
Repeat the drop shadow

Highlight your “background layer
Open up “WH-Paper #5” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename this “fill

Using your  freehand selection tool (the one that looks like a lassoo)  set on “point to point” and “add-shift”, anti-alias checked, draw around the circumference of the pentacle

Selections – invert – hit delete
Selections -  none

Layers – new raster layer – rename this “mask
Using your floodfill tool, fill this layer with #000000
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load mask from disk

Select “HalloweenBatsMaskbyTonya” with the following settings :


Change the blend mode of this layer to “darken

**If you would prefer a smaller tag, now is the time to resize**

Add your name and all copyrights.
Save your tag and you’re done!

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