This tutorial was written by Bhamman on 13th August 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.
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Route 66 (PTU)
Supplies needed:
Tube of choice - I am using Biker Skull Babe by Arthur Crowe which you can get Here
(I used the close up and the regular size tube.)
Do not use this artwork without a licence.
Scrapkit - PTU Route 66 by Kizzed By Kelz Here
(Kit currently available at $1)
Mask of your choice.
(I used Mask 312 by Mizteeque) Here
Font of choice.
Drop Shadow 2,3,55,12 Black.
No Filters.
My eraser brush settings: Default standard round brush:
Size: 50; Hardness: 50; Step: 20; Density: 100; Rotation: 0; Opacity: 25 or 30.
Don’t forget to sharpen or use the unsharp feature when re-sizing/rotating your elements/tube.
Except where noted I am working from back to front for my layering.
I am using PSP x2. Some of the effects may not be available in earlier versions.
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Open blank canvas 600 x 600 px, floodfill white.
Open mask, tubes and minimise for now.
Open paper 3, copy/paste into canvas, resize 80%. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian blur at 10px.
Open the mask, copy/paste into the canvas. Image/Free Rotate left 10 then
Selections/Select All/Float/Defloat/Invert and on your background paper.… delete. Deselect.
Duplicate the layer and merge down for your background. Erase a small portion along the bottom of the canvas
Delete the mask layer.
Open tube close up, copy/paste into canvas, re-size to suit (I used 50% with my tube)
and position to the left side of the canvas.
On your background layer Selections/Select All/Float/Defloat/Invert and on your close up tube layer.… delete. Deselect.
Change blend mode to Luminance (L), opacity 80%.
Open ele 4, copy/paste into canvas, resize 75%, position top left.
Drop shadow.
Open ele 15, copy/paste into canvas, resize 35%, position top right.
Drop shadow.
Open ele 1, copy/paste into canvas, resize 70%, position bottom right.
Erase the chain. Change blend mode to Luminence (L). Drop shadow.
Open full tube, copy/paste into canvas, re-size to suit (I used 55% with my tube
and mirrored it) and position to the right side of the canvas.
Duplicate, Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur at 10 px
change blend mode to soft light and reduce opacity to 50%.
Drop shadow the original layer.
Time to add some more elements, see completed tag above for placement.
I used the following:
Ele 9 copy/paste into canvas, re-size 40%. Drop shadow.
Ele 11 copy/paste into canvas, re-size 40%. Erase the chain. Drop shadow
Ele 2 copy/paste into canvas, re-size 30%. Drop shadow.
Ele 5 copy/paste into canvas, re-size 40%. Drop shadow.
Ele 37 copy/paste into canvas, re-size 45%. Drop shadow.
Ele 50 copy/paste into canvas, re-size 25%. Image/Mirror. Drop shadow.
Ele 17 copy/paste into canvas, re-size 50%. Image/Mirror. Drop shadow.
Check on how it looks and make any final adjustments, add copyright and licence information
then close off white background layer and add names as required.
I used font Weltron Urban with a drop shadow of 2, 2, 55, 4.
Export as png on transparent background.
Thanks for trying this tutorial out.
I also did a male version …..
