ZEN FTU

Written by Gwenda on June 2^nd 2014

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Terminator, found

HERE

Scrapkit is Mini Zen Attitude, a FTU kit from Le Monde de Neferwene.

You can download this kit

HERE

Tube of choice. I used one by Camilla Drakenborg called A Magic Stare. You can purchase these fantastic tubes from Up Your Art

HERE

Mask of choice – I used 0Mask 046

I’m not sure where I got this mask, so if it is yours, please let me know and I will either remove it, or give credit.

You can download this mask.

HERE

Open a new raster 700 x 700 and fill white.

Layers – new raster layer.

Selections – Select All. Paste PP2 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply mask 0Mask 046

In layers palette, merge group.

Duplicate mask – mirror. Merge both mask layers together

Element 55 (Frame) – Resize 65% then 90%. Paste above the mask layer.  

Slide up a little.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Tube – If using the same one as me, resize 110%. Paste below frame. Slide to the desired position.

Dropshadow.

Using selection tool, with feather set on 1, carefully draw around the iris on each the eyes (that’s the colored part of the eye).

Adjust – Hue & Saturation – Colorize. H=60  S=227
Deselect.

Element 15 (flower) – Resize 40% twice. Paste above frame layer.

Slide to right and down slightly. Sharpen. Duplicate. Slide to bottom centre.

Dropshadow both.

Element 3 (rock stck) – Resize 40% Paste between two flower layers. Slide down and right. Duplicate – mirror. Slide this copy to bottom left corner.

Dropshadow both.

Element 4 (cluster) – Resize 45% then 75%. Paste above top element 15 layer.

Free rotate left 90 and slide to the bottom left corner.

Sharpen. Dropshadow

Element 21 (leaves with white flowers) – Mirror. Resize 30% then 65%. Paste above cluster layer. Slide to bottom right corner.

Duplicate and slide this copy left.

Dropshadow both.

Element 18 (ink and quill) –Resize 30% then 75%. Paste above layer 21 and slide to bottom right corner.

Dropshadow.

Element 8 (Bird) – Resize 20% Paste above element 18 layer and slide to bottom left corner.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Erase the bottom part of your tube if it shows below the elements.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.