Written by Gwenda on December 13th 2011
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental
You will need:
Tramages pool shadow filter, FTU found
Font of choice – I used Anastasia, found
Tube of choice. I used Cancer by The Hunter. These tubes can be purchased through PTE
Scrapkit is called 2Tix2Paradyce by Digicats. It’s a FTU kit with awesome colours!! Find it
Mask of choice –I used WSL119 by Wee Scots Lass.
DBV Template. I used Cancer which can be found under templates - Zodiac
Unzip filters, copy (or drag) the file into the Plug-Ins sub-folder of the Photoshop folder.
Open Cancer Template. Copy, and close original.
Resize 110% all layers checked.
Image – canvas size 700 x 700
Click on white layer at the bottom and floodfill white ( make sure you click on the little eye to open the layer)
Delete top layer (copyright). And Raster 5 (circle frame)
Merge together the following pairs of layers:
Promoted selection and Promoted selection 2. These will be the 2 top lines of symbols
Copy of Promoted selection 2 and Promoted selection 1. These will be the 2 bottom lines of symbols
Add new raster layer on top of white background. Selections – select all. Paste Paper 7 into selection. Deselect
Layers – load/save mask WSL 119
Merge group. Stretch to edges
Set foreground colour to #4e3a56 and Background to # ecc8b0
Make background gradient 0 degrees with 1 repeat.
Raster 2 (bottom stripes) – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with White.
Deselect
Delete template layer. Rename gradient layer BOTTOM STRIPES.
In layers palette, move white layer to sit above Promoted selection 1.
Promoted Selection 1 (bottom symbols) - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on white layer and hit delete.
Deselect.
Delete template layer. Rename BOTTOM SYMBOLS. Give inner bevel, and dropshadow
Raster 3 (frames) - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 20 into selection.
Deselect. Delete template layer.
Rename BOTTOM FRAMES.
Adjust – add noise Gaussian 60, with monochrome checked. Dropshadow.
Copy of Raster 2 (top stripes) – Repeat same steps as for Bottom stripes.
Rename TOP STRIPES
Promoted Selection 2 (top symbols) - Repeat same steps as for bottom symbols.
Rename TOP SYMBOLS
Copy of Raster 3 (Top frame) - Repeat same steps as for Bottom Frames
Rename TOP FRAMES
Paper 17 – mirror.
Copy of Raster 4 (Black oval) - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste mirrored Paper 17 into selection.
Deselect. Sharpen. Delete template layer.
Rename OVAL.
Effects – tramages – pool shadow on default settings.
From scrapkit open Chained – resize 75% and place to the left of the oval. Duplicate twice and move into position with equal spacing between the three.
Merge all 3 chained layers together. Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Rename CHAIN.
Click on Oval. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on CHAIN and hit delete.
Deselect.
Untitled (Oval frame) - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 9 into selection.
Deselect. Sharpen. Delete template layer.
Give inner bevel and dropshadow.
Rename OVAL FRAME.
Raster 9 (crab) - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with Black.
Deselect. Delete template layer.
Resize crab 90% all layers unchecked.
Image – free rotate left 45
Sharpen, inner bevel. Dropshadow.
In layers palette, right click to bring up menu – Arrange – bring to top.
Raster 4 (circle) - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 18 into selection.
Deselect. Delete template layer.**
Rename CIRCLE 1
Effects – tramages – pool shadow on default settings.
Paper 9 – resize 50%
Raster 8 (frame) - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste resized Paper 9 into selection.
Deselect. Delete template layer.
Sharpen. Dropshadow
Rename FRAME 1
Paper 18 – Image – rotate right
Paper 9 ( still resized ) - Image – rotate right
(Doing this will give a variation to the circle fills and frames.)
Copy of Raster 4 (circle) – Repeat steps for Circle 1 as far as **
Rename CIRCLE 2
Effects – tramages – pool shadow as above, but change Intensity to 67 and lightness to 50
Paper 18 – Image – rotate right again
Paper 9 ( still resized ) - Image – rotate right again
Raster 7 (frame) – Repeat steps for Frame 1 as above.
Rename FRAME 2
Copy (2) of Raster 4 (circle) – Repeat steps for Circles 1 & 2 as far as **
Rename CIRCLE 3
Effects – tramages – pool shadow as above, but change both Intensity and Lightness back to 128
Paper 18 – Image – rotate right yet again
Paper 9 ( still resized ) - Image – rotate right yet again
Raster 6 (frame) - Repeat steps for Frames 1 & 2 as above
Rename FRAME 3
Copy (3) of Raster 4 (circle) – Go back to gradient you made previously. Change angle to 45 and repeats to 1.
Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient, then New raster layer and fill with black.
Deselect and delete template layer.
Rename gradient CIRCLE 4
In layers palette, move black circle to sit above the Promoted Selection 3 ( words).
Click on Promoted Selection 3 layer. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on black circle and hit delete.
Deselect.
Rename WORDS. Reduce opacity to 70
From scrapkit open Frame 07 – Resize 30% and position above Words layer.
Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Pace tube as top layer. Duplicate, and move one copy to sit above CHAIN.
On Oval layer. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on bottom tube and hit delete.
Deselect.
On top tube, erase the bit sticking out of the oval at the bottom. Dropshadow top tube only.
Splatter 1 – Paste over mask layer, and move to bottom right. Duplicate – mirror – flip.
Merge together and dropshadow.
Glitter trail 01 – Paste over splatter layer and position under bottom stripes.
Duplicate – flip.
Merge together and dropshadow.
Heart Deco – resize 60% and position above top tube.
Duplicate – mirror –flip.
Merge together and dropshadow.
Tag 03 – Resize 50%. Free rotate right 25. Sharpen. Dropshadow
I merged each circle frame down to it’s circle and moved them around a bit to give the tag a bit more shape.
Using Anastasia font, type The Crab.
Add any other embellishments if you want to.
Crop & resize if desired.
Add copyrights and name.
