MINIONE TUT

This tutorial was written by me on April 26th 2020. The results are of my own imagination.  Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental.  

Please DO NOT claim this tutorial as your own.

This was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

I write the tutorial as I am creating it so the layer order is probably wrong, but resize percentages are correct.

Please look at the finished tag when in doubt of order or placement.

Supplies needed

I am using PSP 2018 but this tutorial should work with any version.

PTU Tube:  I am using a beautiful tube by Enys Guerrero.  Please do not use this tubes without a proper license.  

You can purchase this tube at CDO's store HERE. 

FTU Kit:  I am using a beautiful kit called "Mini One" created by Karmalized Scraps.  You can download the kit from her blog HERE.

Mask:  KissingKateMask2.  You can grab it on her blog HERE.  Open and minimize in psp.  

Font of choice for you name.

Plug in: none.

Drop shadow of choice.

Let's get started.

New canvas 850 x 700 transparent image.

Flood fill white.

New layer, select all and paste Paper 2 into selection, deselect.

Apply the mask and merge group. Resize mask 95% and duplicate. Change top layer to Hard Light. (or one you like)and merge down with original mask layer.

Duplicate mask layer and mirror (horizontal) resize 80%. Move over to the left more and up.

Copy Frame 1 to your canvas and rotate 90 left. Resize 55% and move up and to the right a bit. Rotate again 4 left. I recoloured the gold part to match the flowers of the kit.

Click inside Frame with magic wand and expand by 5. New raster layer under the frame and paste Paper 2 into selection. Deselect.

Copy and paste your main tube and resize 40%. Position over the frame. Remove any excess that is outside the frame and unwanted.

Element 23 above mask layer, resize 80%, move over to the right. Duplicate mirror (horizontal) , mirror vertical (flip) and resize 80%, position.

Element 2 resize 20% , position over to the right.

Element 15 resize 20%, mirror (horizontal), position.

Element 28 above duplicated layer. Resize 65% and position over to the left. Duplicate and mirror, move down into position.

Duplicate and resize 50% and move into position.

Element 22 resized 25% and moved into position above the frame but below your main tube.

Element 27 above mask layer, resize 45% and mirror. Position over to the left.

Element 30 resized 15%

Element 24 resize 40% and position under the frame (and frame back) at the top.

Element 28 resize 25% position, duplicate, position.

Element 12 top of layers resize 30% position.

Element 6 resize 20% position.

Element 18 resize 22% position.

Spray 1 just below frame background resize 67% move over to the left and up a bit.

Duplicate Spray 1 and mirror (horizontal) move over more to the right.

Element 1 resize 15% and position.

At this point I duplicated a few of the existing elements :- duplicated Element 24 and rotated left 90% etc

I noticed now that the mask has not a transparent background, so to fix this I merged the mask layers and floated.

Promote selection to layer, then delete the original mask. Now the mask seems to be transparent.

Now is when I drop shadow my elements, because when I mirror elements the shadow would be on the wrong side.

Remember to add your copyright and any other text you wish.

Save as png.

Thanks for looking/ trying my tut.

MASKED CLUSTER

Haven't touched my blog for years, so thought I would do something easy and throw a cluster frame together.

The Cluster was made using Tiny Turtles masked scrapkit which you purchase from HERE

Here is a preview of the kit

and here is the Cluster

Just click on the cluster and save to your computer.

TWISTED FAIRYTALE TUT

Supplies:-

Tube of choice - I am using RomanticFairy by the Hunter and can be purchased at S&Co HERE
Scrap kit by Candys Treats called Twisted Fairytale and can be found HERE
Mask of Choice- I used WSL_Mask363 HERE

Lets Begin:-

~New Canvas 650 x 650
~Flood fill with white (makes it easier to see and we can close or delete at the end)
~Copy and paste Romantic Fairy (sitting on the toadstool) and resize 60% and move just a fraction to the left.
~Open Twisted Toadstools and paste as new layer. Move down to cover the branches etc at the bottom (see my tag for reference)
~Duplicate the Twisted Toadstools and mirror and move this layer under the Romantic Fairy layer. Resize 90% and move up a bit.
~Open Twisted Green Cluster2 and paste above background layer, resize 85% and move down.
~Open Twisted Fairy Tale Flowers and paste as new layer above background layer. Resize 50% and move over to the left and down. Duplicate and mirror and move to where you think it looks good. (Remember you can always look at mine for reference) lol
~Open Twisted Leaf1 and paste as new layer. Resize 25%, mirror and flip, and move to lower left (to cover the gap there). Duplicate and mirror image.(see placement on my tag)
~Open Twisted Flower3 and paste. Resize 25% and mirror. Move down next to the Twisted Leaf1 layer (bottom left of tag) Duplicate and mirror.
~At this point I thought I'd do my mask.
~New layer above bottom layer. Selections, select All and c/p Paper16 into selection. Deselect. Apply the mask. Merge group. My mask stuck out the bottom a bit so I used my Pick Tool to move the bottom edge up a bit.
~Above the mask layer Copy and Paste Twisted Lightburst and move up into position behind the Fairy.
~Back to the top layer.
~Copy and paste Twistedfold Ribbon2 resize 85% and move below Twisted Leaf1 and Twisted Flower3 layer and ove to the right a bit (this is to cover the edge at the bottom)
~Open Wordart of choice. I resized my choice by 75% and moved into position.
~Copy and paste Twisted Sparklydust and resize 80%.Gently erase any sparkles that are covering the fairy's face.
~Close off the white background layer and the mask layer. Selections, select all, edit, copy special, copy merged, new Raster layer on top, edit, paste into selection. Close this for now and reopen the white background and mask layers. Deselect.
~Drop shadow to your liking. I used 2, 2, 40, 8, black. Don't drop shadow the Sparklydust, Lightburst, mask or the wordart.
~Now re-open the duplicated layer and duplicate again (I duplicate again to be safe). Close of the 2nd duplicate. Working on the duplicate, adjust blur gaussian blur 4. Set this layer to soft light, duplicate and change that to screen but lower the opacity to 25.
~Add your name and the copyright. For the name I used Elven Common Speak Font.
~Close off the white background and crop to merged opaque.
`Save as a png.

GOTH PRINCESS

Supplies :-
A tube of choice - I am using a tube by The Hunter available HERE Please do not use without the appropriate licence.
Scrap kit called Gothic Princess from Gimptastic Scraps HERE
Mask of choice - I used Becky_Mask 23 which you can get HERE

Let's begin:-
~Open a new canvas 650 x 650 and flood fill white.
~New raster layers, select all and copy Paper 6 into selection. Deselect. Duplicate mask and merge the 2 mask layers together. Using your pick tool move the bottom of the mask layer up a bit.
~Open doors and paste as new layer. Resize 90% and move up a bit.
~Paste Precious or what tube your using and resize 60%. Move down to be sitting at the bottom of the doors (you can always look at mine for an example of placement)
~Copy tree and paste behind the door, move left and up. Duplicate and mirror, merge the tree layers.
~Copy moon paste under tree layer, move left and up.
~Copy Black Cat and paste resize 50% and move to just under the Precious tube. Mirror and place to the right sticking out from behind the girl.
~Copy books, resize 60%, mirror and position to the left behind tube.
~Copy Box, Adjust Hue & Saturation, Colourize, Hue 0 Saturation 0. Resize 65% and position behind books and Precious tube.
~Copy Bottles, Adjust H&S again , resize 65% and position behind books to the left.
~Copy Owl, resize 50% and move to over the Moon on the left top.
~Copy Column, Adjust H&S again, resize 60% move layer to below Cat layer and move to behind the Cat.
~Copy the Rats above Precious tube layer and resize 50%, then resize 80%. Sharpen. Move into position in front.
~Copy Sparkle, resize 80% . Move down to below Precious tube layer.
~Close off the white background and the mask layer. Selections, select all, Edit, copy special, copy merged, new raster layer on top of all layers and paste into selection. Deselect.
~Close this merged copy layer for now and reopen your white background and mask layer.
~Drop shadow all layers, except the now closed merged copy, the sparkles layer and the mask layer. I used 2 2 50 5 black.
~Now open your merged copy and duplicate and close the top one (the duplicate). On the original merged copy do:- Xero Radiance default settings, set to Soft Light, lower opacity to 44. Open the copy of the merged copy and do :- Gaussian Blur 4, set to Soft light, opacity 44.
~Time to add your name and the all important copyright.
~For the name I used Knights Quest size 72 then applied Lokias Aqua filter.
Close off the white background layer and save as a png.

IT'S BOO TIME

Supplies:
A tube of choice- I am using a tube from Elias Chatzoudis available HERE
Mura Meisters Copies
Possum Saltare font available HERE

Lets Start.....
Open new image 600 x 250 and flood fill white
C/P tube as new layer and apply Mura Meisters Copies wallpaper shrink at default. The Mura's again  wallpaper rotate at default.
Crop layer to 600 x 250 (merged opaque) and duplicate.
Hide the duplicate for now.
Adjust, Blur, Motion Blur, Angle 55 Strength 100.
Effects, edge effects, enhance more.
Effects, edge effects, erode.
Unhide your duplicate and duplicate this layer 2 times. (3 duplicate layers)
Name them pixel1, pixel2 and pixel3.
Hide pixel2 and pixel3 for now.
Working on pixel1 apply effects, distortion effects, pixelate - 10 Symmetic checked. Blend mode to Overlay.
Hide pixel1 layer and unhide pixel2 layer. Apply pixelate again but change to 12. Blend mode to Overlay.
Hide pixel2 layer and unhide pixel3 layer. Apply pixelate again but change to 14. Blend mode to Overlay.
New layer and custon selection- Top 110, Right 600, Bottom 140, Left 0. Flood fill with a colour from your tube.Deselect.
Edge effects, erode.
Using font of choice, I used Possum Saltare font size 26 and I typed out It's boo time 3 times and centered in canvas then converted to raster.
Add a drop shadow to your text I used V&H 2 O50 B2 Colour black
C/P your tube as new layer and position on the right of the tag. Add drop shadow of choice. I used EC 500 Perspective Shadow Blurry
Crop your tag to 600 x 250 (merged opaque)
Layers, new raster layer, selections, select all, flood fill with the same colour as your custom selection fill. Contract by 2 and press delete.Do not deselect. New raster and floodfill with the same colour as your wording, contract by 2 and press delete. Do not deselect. GO back down one layer and floodfill with your 1st colour, contract by 2 and press delete. Now deselect.
Add a drop shadow to the lower layer of your border I cheat and use my magic wand and then use cutout at V&H0 O75 Blur25 Shadow colour black
Now add your name and the © copyright
I added my name in Possum Saltare font size 26 above the middle line and added the same drop shadow as the previous text.
If you are animating make sure the copyright has a good gradient glow so it will be legible.
Open animation shop hide pixel2 and pixel3 layers.
Copy merged and paste as new animation.
Back to PSP, hide pixel1 layer and unhide pixel2 layer.
Copy merged and paste after current frame in animation shop.
Back to PSP, hide pixel2 layer and unhide pixel3 layer.
Copy merged and paste after current frame in animation shop.
Select All in animation shop and change frame properties to 13
Save as a gif.

In one of the forums I go to they have a brush/wordart/mask challenge. Someone was having trouble using ABR brushes in PSP so I tested them out and threw this tag together. Seeing as though I haven't posted for awhile I thought I would post it. No tutorial for it cause it's very simple.... but effective I think.

AMAZING MONSTER FORUM SET TUT

Supplies :-

Tube of Choice. I am using a tube from Danny Lee. You can purchase his tubes at SATC HERE

Filters :-

Mura Meisters Copies
Mura Meisters Pole Transform
Eyecandy 4 Gradient Glow
Xero Radiance (Optional)

Lets begin....
Open 600 x 250 canvas.
Open your tube and select 2 contrasting colours.
Gradient foreground/background Linear Angle 90 Repeats 2.
Flood fill your canvas.
New raster layer, select all.
C/P your tube into selection.
Deselect.
Mura Meisters Copies Wave (horizontal) default settings.
Art Media Effects, Brush strokes at the settings below.

Blend mode overlay.
C/P the large tube and position how you wish.
I resized mine 80% moved to the left and set the blend to soft light. Mirror and move how you wish.
Using your rectangle preset shape background colour only (I used white) make a long thin rectangle across your canvas (see my example).Objects, Align, Centre in Canvas. Convert to raster layer.
Write inside the white rectangle whatever you wish. For font I used FFF Urban size 8 in capital letters.
Merge the text with the rectangle. Crop to merged opaque (600 x 250)
Apply Mura Meisters Pole Transform as shown to the merged rectangle/text layer.

Drop shadow this layer H0, V0, O45, B10, colour black.
Change the blend mode of this layer to Luminance (L)
C/P your main tube and position or do as I did and paste the large tube and resize to your preference.
Duplicate your tube and apply Xero Radiance at default settings. Change the blend to soft light.
Drop shadow your tube H0, V0, O75, B10, colour black
Crop to merged opaque or crop to 600 x 250.
New raster layer at the top.
Select all and flood fill with white.
Selections, modify, contract by 3 and press delete.
Deselect.
On the border apply Eyecandy 4 Gradient Glow, Settings Neon Outline and change the Glow Width to 5.
Apply the same drop shadow as we did to our tube just change the blur to 5.
Add your name and copyright.
For my font I used Cure-Wild Mood Swing size 48
On to the avatar.
Duplicate (shift D) your banner and save the original as a png as well as a PSP file (so u can add other peoples names)
Delete the border, your name and the copyright.
Resize to Width 160 Height 150, resize all layers checked.
Crop to 150 x 150.
Add border like we did before and your initial.
Remember the copyright and save as a png.

Here is another example using a darker coloured tube.