Sunday, December 25, 2011

SCORPIO FTU



Written by Gwenda on December 24th 2011
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

This is the last in the Hunter Zodiac series!

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Abaddon, found

Tube of choice. I used Scorpio by The Hunter. These tubes can be purchased through PTE

Scrapkit is called Red By Mago74. It’s a beautiful FTU kit.

DBV Template. I used Scorpio which can be found under templates - Zodiac

Mura Meister Copies plugin

Open Template. Copy, and close original.
Image – canvas size 600 x 600
Open white background and fill bottom & top gaps with white.

Delete top layer (copyright) & Copy (2) of Raster 2 (right scorpion)

In your palette layer, move Copy (3) of Raster 2 (left scorpion) up to the top.

In your palette layer, move Raster 2 (grey glitter circle) to sit above Copy of Raster 2 (white circle).
Click on white circle. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.
Click on grey glitter circle and hit delete.
Deselect. This leaves you with a frame.
You will be using this process again later in this tutorial.

Paper 2 – Resize 15%.
Click on white circle layer. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – modify – expand by 2. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection.
Deselect. Delete template layer.
Effects – edge effects – enhance more.

Paper 11 – Resize 15%.
Click on grey glitter frame layer. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 11 into selection.
Deselect. Delete template layer.
Adjust  - add noise – Gaussian 60 monochrome checked.
Dropshadow

Raster 3 (Scorpio symbols) - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill grey symbols with white, leaving black ones as they are. Only do the ones you can see – 4 at the top and 4 at the bottom.
Deselect.
On template layer, erase the 8 grey symbols. Merge white layer down to black.
Dropshadow.

In layers palette, move left grey glitter circle above left black circle.
Click on black circle. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.
Click on grey glitter circle and hit delete.
Deselect.

Paper 11, still resized 15% - mirror.
Click on left black circle. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 11 into selection.
Deselect. Delete template layer.
Duplicate – mirror. In layers palette, move this copy up to sit above right black circle.
Delete right black circle template layer.

Raster 8 (left glitter frame) – Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Repeat with right glitter frame.

Paper 11, still resized 15%. Mirror again.

In layers palette, move Raster 7 (centre glitter circle) up to sit above Copy of raster 7 (centre black circle)
Click on black circle. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.
Click on grey glitter circle and hit delete.
Deselect.

Click on black circle again. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 11 into selection.
Deselect. Delete template layer.

Raster 7 (glitter frame) – Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Add new raster layer above glitter frame. Fill black.
Resize 90% all layers unchecked.

Click on Promoted selection 1 (words). Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on black square and hit delete.
Deselect. Delete template layer.
Dropshadow

Promoted Selection (black semicircle) – in layers palette, move down to sit under glitter frame.
Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #562801.
Deselect. Delete template layer.
Effects – texture effects – weave with these settings:
1   8   2   both colours white.
Drop opacity to 70. Dropshadow.

Copy (3) of Raster 2 (left Scorpion). – Resize 30% all layers unchecked and position in centre of canvas (easiest way to do this is to cut, and then paste as new layer.)
Sharpen.
Murameister copies – Tiling, on default settings.
Resize this layer 97% all layers unchecked.
In layers palette, move down to sit above right circle layer, under the glitter frame.
Click on right circle. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on tiled scorpion layer and hit delete.
Deselect.
Duplicate – mirror. In layers palette, move this second circle of scorpions down to sit above left circle, under the frame.
I didn’t dropshadow the tiled scorpions.

Element 33 – Resize 40% then 70%. Flip
Paste left as your top layer. Sharpen. Mirror.
Dropshadow both

Tube – Dropshadow

Element 61 – Resize 20% then 95%. Paste above white background layer.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Duplicate left one again. Resize 75% and move left.
Duplicate – mirror.
I didn’t dropshadow this element.

Using Abaddon font, type The Scorpion.

Add any other embellishments if you want to.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.

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