Lace Face Tag!!

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This tutorial is my own creation, any similarity to any other tutorial is strictly unintentional.
Things you will need for this tutorial
JASC Paint Shop Pro
The preset shape from Jan's Design.  I'm using the preset  from Misc. Page 2, Flakes 2.  
A gradient of your choice, or use the one I'm using.
A tube of your choice, or the one I'm using.
Font


Let's get started.  Remember to save often.
I am doing this tutorial in PSP 8, but it should be easily adaptable to other versions.
1.  Open an image 400 x 400 transparent.  Get your preset shape , I'm using JD-Flake 17.  Set your background to a color of your choice, or a gradient of your choice.  I'm using the one provided in this tutorial. These are my settings.  93, 33

2.  Draw a large flake on your transparent image.  I used JD-Flake 17 in this example.   At this point you may add noise, 75% Uniform; or you may use Greg's Factory Pool Shadow with these settings.  50, 129, 50, 50, 50, 50, 158, 82.  Or you may use both as I did.

33.  Duplicate layer two,  hide layer 1 , then reduce layer 2 by 75%.  Leave layer two hid and take the copy of layer 2 into colorization.  These are the settings I used, but please use a setting that is pleasing to you.  When you are done coloring, rotate just this image by 30 degrees, left or right.

4.  Turn layer 2 back on, and this is what you will have to this point.

5.  On the reduced layer, apply a drop shadow V & H 2, opacity 100%, 0 blur.  Duplicate this layer, this gives it added definition.  Sometimes I will do it 3 or 4 times.   Merge layers visible.  

6.  Open your tube, and copy paste as a new layer on top of the flake. Reduce it twice by 90% or whatever looks good to you.  You may mirror the image to make her look the other way if you choose.  Make sure you are on the tube layer and give it a drop shadow of  H & V 0, 100, blur 22.
**** I did not give the original flake a drop shadow just in case I want to make a gif out of it.  Layers, merge visible.  Reduce this image only by 90% two times, sharpen and move to the top.
7.  Apply text of your choice.  I used the fancy one provided in this lesson for the tube above, and for this example I used Balmoral D at 72 pt.  I picked two colors from my flake as the colors for my text.  I always make my text as a vector until I get the look I want, then I convert to a raster layer.  Just make sure it's on it's own layer so you can add the drop shadow.  I added a drop shadow of H & V 2, opacity 100%, 0 blur, black.  Then the same settings again with a color of #B81863.  Then the same settings again with a color of black.
8.  Merge visible, then reduce it appropriately.  I reduced it 2 times by 90%, sharpened, then exported as a gif.  Love it being transparent and compressed.  So will your list owners.  lol

Here are my results from this tutorial. You won't be able to see the last black drop shadow because of this background, but it really looks cool and 3 D "ish"  Hope you liked this tutorial and that you might have learned something from it.  Email me with questions.

This site is designed, created and maintained by Suzy-Q. All page background and images are created exclusively for İSunshine Suzy-Q formerly İTexas Patches Art Studio, and they may NOT be downloaded or used elsewhere.   İSunshine Suzy-Q, 2000 All rights are reserved.


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