Wolf Legends

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Full Moon" by Polka Dot Scraps available from Paradise 4 Scrappers and Stargazer Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Beatriz Gonzalez which is free to use as per her TOU

WSL_Mask by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using AgencyFB and Almagro (Jacob Black's handwriting)

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow and Greg's Factory Output 2 Pool Shadow

Let's begin....

Open a new 700 x 500 blank canvas flood-filled white

Open a couple of papers of choice and minimise

Select your Preset Shapes Tool and set to rectangle
Activate your Background in the Materials palette and click on Patterns tab
Select one of your papers of choice
Foreground is null

On your working canvas draw out a rectangle

Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Change your paper in your Materials Palette to another paper of choice
Keep the settings the same

On your canvas inside the first rectangle draw out another rectangle a little smaller than the first
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Change your Pattern to another paper of choice

Draw a thin rectangle towards the top Position slightly off centre to the left
Convert to raster layer

Duplicate thin rectangle
Image > Flip, then Image > Mirror

Layers > Merge > Merge Down, then
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

Now still on bottom layer, select your Pen Tool
Set Line Style to Diamond and Width to 5.00
Set the Mode to Lines and PolyLines with the following:

Draw out a line between the two thin rectangles to your liking
Apply and convert to raster layer
Duplicate
Image > Flip, then Image > Mirror
Position below botton thin rectangle

Layers > Merge > Merge Down

You should now have something like this:

Paste Element37 (Moon) as new layer
Resize by 28%
Position in the upper left

Paste Tube as new layer
Resize as necessary and position
Use your Selection Tool to make a selection around the lower part overhanging the bottom
Press delete then deselect

Apply a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 40
Blur - 20.00
Colour - #000000

Paste Element17 (Tied Knot) as new layer
Resize by 70%
Position along lower section of canvas

Select the area outside this element with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Feather by 2
Press delete a couple of times
Deselect

Duplicate then set blend mode to Multiply
Lower opacity to 70
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

Paste Element13, 14 or 15 as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position over knot on Tied Knot

Paste Element5 (Green Leaves) as new layer
Image > Mirror
Image > Rotate by 75 the left
Resize by 40%
Position to the right and move down below top rectangle layer

Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Position slightly down above Tied Knot

Duplicate again
Image > Rotate by 35 to the right
Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen
Move to the right

Paste Element26 (Brown Leaves) as new layer
Image > Flip
Image > Rotate by 90 to the left
Resize by 50%
Position to the right
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror

Paste Element32 (Green Ivy)
Resize by 40%
Position to the right
Duplicate and move to the left
Image > Rotate by 90 to the left and position
Duplicate again
Image > Mirror
Position in the upper right

Merge each of the greenery on the left into one layer, then
Move UP above your Tube

Paste Element38 (Flower) as new layer
Resize by 25%
Duplicate and set blend mode to Multiply

Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Resize by 80%
Position flowers in upper right

Paste Element31 (Wolf Silhouette) as new layer
Image > Mirror and resize by 30%
Duplicate and set blend mode to Multiply
Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Position in lower right

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow with the following settings:

Paste any other elements to your liking

Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask84
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 50

Crop and resize

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using AgencyFB
Text colour to match your tag
I am using #5b4343

Type out your text or quote and position to your liking
Convert to raster layer
Apply a slight drop shadow of choice

Select another font of choice
I am using Almagro (Jacob Black's handwriting)
Same Text colour

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply the same Gradient Glow as used on the Wolf Silhouette

** IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE NEXT STEPS **

Activate your Small Rectangle layer

Selections > Select All

Selections > Float, then Defloat

Add three new raster layers and name them

Cloud1, Cloud2 and Cloud3

Activate Cloud1 and hide the other two

Effects > Plugins > Mura Meister > Cloud with the following settings:

Hide Cloud1 and activate Cloud2
Repeat the Cloud effect clicking the box above Blend Mode once

Hide Cloud2 and activate Cloud3
Repeat the Cloud effect clicking the box above Blend Mode once more

Now for the animation!

Hide Cloud2 and Cloud3 activating Cloud1
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Cloud1 and activate Cloud2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Cloud2 and activate Cloud3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Select All, and adjust Frame Properties to 20
Save as a GIF and you're done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

::st!na::

Here is a non-animated version:

© Tutorial written by Stina on 28th June 2009
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