Sweet Sexy Witch

 

 

I wrote this tutorial on August 8, 2010 and it comes from my own creativity. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence and certainly unintended.   I claim the copyright to my tutorial. You are free to do whatever you please with what you make, but please do not take my tutorial without my permission. Do not send the tutorial through email or groups. Only share my link.

This tutorial was written for those who have a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro, meaning a basic knowledge of where the tools and palettes are located and how to use them with direction. It is meant to be used as a guide and changes can be made by you as desired.

To do this tutorial you will need Paint Shop Pro. I wrote this with Paint Shop Pro IX, but the steps can be done in any version. You may download a free trial at Corel.  This is an easy to make tag
Remember to save as a psp file often!


You will need:

One tube of  choice.  I am using a sweet tube by Gary Rudisill.  It may be purchased at Dreamscape Imaging here
and you must have a license to use it

Adorable FTU scrap kit "Halloween Fun" by Jan at Jan's Island Treasures

Font of Choice (I used Tahoma for the circle text and Schlop for the name.  Schlop is a free Ray Larabie font that you can get here)

 

1.  Open a new image 600 X 600 pixels.  Flood fill with white

2.  Add a new layer.  In the color palette set the background color at #8820c4 and the foreground color at #000000.
Change the background color to gradient, settings as shown

Set the paint brush to the following settings

then paint in the center of your canvas similar to mine

Move with the move tool to center.

Adjust blur, gaussian blur at 38

3.  Effects, texture effects, mosaic antique

 


 

4.  Using the preset tool shape set on preset circle, make a circle in the center of the canvas, with background color set at 1 pixel width, stroke #8820c4, fill NULL.  Make the circle in the center of the canvas using coordinates 100 X 100 and 500, 500  Using coordinates is easy.  Choose View, Rulers.  Begin your circle when the coordinates read 100 across the top and 100 down from the top.  Drag across and down till coordinates read 500 across and 500 down.

5.  Close the stroke color and change the fill color to black.   Using Tahoma text at 18 pixels stroke 1 and B click on the A (text tool)  Run over the circle till you see an A with a curved line below it.  Type your message (I used "sweet sexy witch" till it fits all around the circle.  Click on kerning as needed to space the message properly.  Click on the add symbol in the layer palette and X out the circle layer.  R click on Vector layer and change to raster. 

6.  R click on the image below and save it as a png to your file.  Or download it here 

This image was made by me for this tutorial only

Open it in PSP  then copy, paste as a new layer.  With the move tool move to the top left corner (3 squares in from left edge and top edge).  Layer Duplicate, Image, Mirror.  Duplicate this layer then Image and Image, Flip.  Duplicate layer, Image, Mirror.  The small squares will be in all 4 corners of your image.  Now X out all the layers except these 4 layers and Layers, Merge. Merge Visible.

7.  View, Zoom In till the small squares are easily seen, then use the magic wand tool at these settings

and click inside of each small square to select.  Selections, Modify, Expand by 2

8.  R click on merged layer in the layer palette, duplicate

9.  Set stroke at #8820c4 and fill at #000000.  Set paint brush to the following settings,

X out copy of merged and working on merged fill each of the small squares as shown below.  Tip:  fill all purple then change colors to fill all black.  Close merged layer

Select copy of merged layer.  Fill the small squares opposite to last row eg each corner will be black instead of purple  as shown below

10.  Select Raster Layer 1 in the layer palette (white background), Selections, Select all, Selections, Modify, Contract by 18, selections invert.  In the paint palette choose stroke at #8820c4 and fill at #000000.  Set gradient the same as in row 2.  Flood fill frame area.

Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel at these settings

Select none

11.  From Jan's Holiday Fun Kit open these files in PSP - JIT_flairbutton 7, JIT_button7, JIT_gravestone, JIT_bowcharm2.

Resize the gravestone by 80 percent, then by 80 percent again.  Select background layer in layer palette.  Copy gravestone, paste as a new layer.  Layer Duplicate.  Move into place with the move tool (see my tag).  Hide (X out) all layers except the 2 gravestone layers, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.  Move the slider over to 36 percent opacity

12.  Copy main tube, paste as a new layer.  Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow, as below

13.  Open bowcharm 2, Resize by 70 percent, then by 70 percent again.  Copy, paste to left side (see my tag).  Drop shadow as before

14.  Open JIT_flairbutton7.  Image resize by 50 percent, then again by 80 percent.  Copy, paste as a new layer.  Drag below main tube layer.  Image, Rotate, Free Rotate, this layer only right by 20 percent.  See my tag for placement.  Drop shadow as before.

15.  Open JIT_button 7, resize by 50 percent, then by 80 percent, copy, paste as a new layer.  See my tag.  Drop shadow as before.

16, With the color palette set the stroke color at #000000 and the foreground color at #8820c4,  Add your name to bottom of tag using shlop font at 72.  Drop shadow as before.

17.  Resize tag as desired.  Mine is 550 X 550 pixels

18.  Add copyright information.

19.  Open Animation Shop.  X  out (hide) copy of merged layer.  Edit, Copy Merged, over to animation shop and paste as a new animation.

Back in paint shop.  Uncover copy of merged layer, and x out (hide) merged layer Edit, Copy Merged, over to animation shop and paste after current frame

20.  Check your animation and if all is working okay, file save as a gif.