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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Victorian Gothling

 
Supplies
 
Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Victorian Goth" by Melisa's Scraps which can be purchased from Creative Scraps and Cotton Candy Kreations
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Jasmine Becket Griffith which can be purchased from CILM
**PLEASE DO NOT USE HER ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**
WSL_Mask214 by Chelle available from her blog
Fonts of choice - I am using Blackletter686 BT, LiorahBT and Be Safe
 
 
~ Step 1 ~
 
Open a new 600 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white
 
Paste Camo_1 as new layer
Resize by 70%
 
LEAVE IN POSITION
 
Duplicate
Image / Rotate by 15 to the left
Position to the left
Duplicate
Image / Mirror
 
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Rename this layer to Small Cameos and the other layer to Cameo
 
You should now have something like this:
 
 
 
~ Step 2 ~
 
Paste Necklace as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position as if it secured to one of the Cameos
 

Paste Butterfly as new layer
Resize by 15%
Position between the left and centre Cameos
 
Paste RibbonWCharms as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position along the bottom
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom
 
Paste LaceRibbon as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position along length of the ribbon
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom
 

Paste Pen as new layer
Image / Rotate by 25 to the left
Resize by 20%
Position along the bottom of left Cameo
 
Paste Rose as new layer
Resize by 8%
Position in top centre of small Cameo to the left
 
 
Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
 
Paste Rose as new layer again
Resize by 12%
Position in top centre cameo
 
Paste MetalFlower as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position where you want it to go
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom
 
Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Place in position on opposite side
 
Paste Flower as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position to the left between the left and centre Cameos
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom
Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
 
Activate Background layer
Paste Paper7 as new layer
Resize by 70%
 
Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load mask from Disk
WSL_Mask214
Fit to Layer CHECKED
OK
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
 
Crop and resize
 

~ Step 3 ~
 
Paste tube as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position in the centre cameo
 
With your Selection Tool set to Ellipse
From the centre of the Cameo draw out an oval along the edge of inner frame
Activate your tube
With your Eraser Tool the excess from the bottom
Deselect
 
 
Duplicate
Image / Rotate by 15 to the left
Resize by 55%
Position within the left cameo frame
Set blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)
Duplicate again
Image / Mirror
 
Back to your Top Layer
 
Select your Text Tool
Choose two colours from your tube
Foreground - #000000
Background - #a92124
 
Stroke width - 1.0
 
Select your font of choice - I am using Blackletter686 BT
Type out "Victorian Gothling"
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
 
Toggle the colours in your Materials Palette and turn the visiblity off the Foreground so that you now have the following:
Foreground - null
Background - #000000
 
Select a script font - I am using LiorahBT
Add the same text as previous
Position slightly lower
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
 
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Lower the opacity to 25
 
Select another font of choice - I am using Be Safe
Toggle the colours back to those we used first
Foreground - #000000
Background - #a92124
 
Stroke width - 1.5
 
Type out your name
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Add some noise of 15
Apply a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #000000
 
Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark
 
Then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!
 
Thank you for trying my tutorial!
 
::st!na::
 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 21st March 2009
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