Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Tutorial: Butterfly Charm


A working knowledge of psp is assumed.


SUPPLIES NEEDED

Tube of choice. One with a close up is preferred.
I am using the art of Anna Liwanag, which can be found at CDO.

SE_template80 HERE

My Supplies HERE

Font used is Scrypticali HERE


NOTE: This tutorial is written for the materials I used. If you are using something different, you may need to adjust some settings.

IPL = In Palette Layers

I used the same drop shadow through out. H & V = 1. Opacity = 60. Blur = 8. Color = black.


LET'S BEGIN

Open supplies in PSP.

Duplicate template and delete original. IPL, delete the credit layer.

Ok, now we need to move a few things around.

 Click on the floral brush. Mirror. Move it up at bit. See my tag. IPL, move the brush layer down below the square bg layer.`Go ahead and give it a drop shadow.

Move all the R frame layers further to the right side. Be sure to keep it over lapping the L frame just a bit. Again, see my tag.

Click on the circle and increase it's size up to 110%. Do the same with the circle bg.

Now move the pattern and pattern bg up, just a bit. So the center of the Xs are just half over the edge of the circle. (see my tag)

We can now start filling in the layers.

I decided to keep all the bg layers black and gave them a drop shadow.

Make a gradient color using two shades of the same color from your tube. I used, foreground color, e3ccd3, background color, b58695.  In foreground color, click the gradient tab. Settings: Style = Linear. Angle = 45. Repeats = 5.
Click on rectangle 2. Select All - Float - Defloat. New Raster Layer. Fill with pink gradient color. Select none.

New gradient color. Use same settings for pink gradient, only this time colors are foreground, edd4a2. background, cfa24a.
Click on the square layer. Select All - Float - Defloat. New Raster Layer. Fill with gold gradient color. Select none.

One more gradient color. Foreground is  a2b6ca, background is 647c98. Click the gradient tab in foreground color. Style is Sunburst. Repeats = 3. Center Point is Horizontal = 50 and Vertical = 100.

Click on the circle layer. Select All - Float - Defloat. New Raster Layer. Fill with blue gradient color. Select none.

Click on rectangle 1.  Select All - Float - Defloat. Paste, as a new layer, the denim paper from my supplies. Line up the left side seam with the edge of the left side of the rectangle. Selections - Invert. Delete. Select None.

Click on the pattern layer. I left mine white. Go to Effects - Textures - Weave. Settings: Gap size = 10. Width = 4. Opacity = 1. Weave color is white. Gap color is, 647c98. Ok.

Click on the stripe paper from my supplies. Rotate to the right by 8 degrees. Copy.
Click on the right frame fill layer. Select all - Float - Defloat. Paste, as a new layer, the stripe paper. Center it to your liking. Selections - Invert. Delete. Keep selected.

Paste, as a new layer, the full tube. Resize down to 55%. Resize down again to 55%. Center the tube into the R frame. IPL, right click the tube layer and duplicate. Hide the duplicate. Click the first tube. Delete. Select none.
Unhide the duplicate tube. Use the freehand selection tool.(lasso) Encircle the computer and the arms area. Be sure to trim around the right side elbow. Go to Selections - invert. Delete. Select None.

Click on the L frame fill layer. Select All - Float - Defloat. Paste, as a new layer, your tube. Increase the size up to 125%. Center the face into the frame as you like. Selections - Invert. Delete. Select None. 
IPL, right click the tube layer and duplicate. Click on the duplicate and go to Adjust - Automatic Saturation Enhancement. Settings: Bias and Strength, check normal. Check, Skin Tones present.
Change the blend mode to Screen and reduce the opicity to 50%.

Click on the L frame. I kept mine white. Go to Effects - 3D effects - Inner Bevel. Settings: Bevel #2. Width = 2. Smoothness = 12. Depth = 1. Ambience and Shininess = 0. OK.
Repeat these steps for the R frame. 

Paste, as a new layer, the yellow flower. Place it in the corner of the pattern layer. IPL, move the flower layer to just above the pattern. Give drop shadow to flower. 

Paste, as a new layer, the loafers. Place to the lower right of R frame. Give drop shadow.

Paste, as a new layer, the button. Place it just above the upper left of the L frame. Give a drop shadow.
Paste, as a new layer, the butterfly. Put it with the button. Give drop shadow.

Add a name and copyrights. Save

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow.

This tutorial was created September 19, 2018.
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