No Scraps - Swirling Stars

Swirling Stars

This tutorial was written by me on February 26, 2013, using my own ideas. Any resemblance to others is coincidental and accidental. This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of psp and is written in PSPX.

Please leave some love when downloading supplies. The artists/creators work hard to make/share their work with us, so let's be appreciative. Please use all correct copyright information and follow all TOU’s. Let’s give credit where credit is due.

As always, tutorials are only a guideline. If you don't have the exact supplies, use ones you have or ones you choose.

Supplies:

“Red Corset” tube by Wassim Jelassi available at ADI

Template 24 by Babe’s Designz - unfortantely, she has removed her blog so I cannot link to it

Mask 8 by Gem's Taggin' Scraps

Dragonfly_Sinedots II

Xero_Radiance, Fritillary, Titanium

Smudge Brush of choice

Font_ Cosmonautica

Abbreviations:

EC = Eye Candy

GG = Gradient Glow

DS = Drop Shadow

C/P = Copy and Paste

FF = Flood Fill

ANL = Add New Layer

AS = Animation Shop

Found my Sinedots while digging thru my filter folder so thought I would have a play with it. There are so many possibilities with this filter, so please play around sometime with the settings and see what you create!!

This is kind of a long tut, so get comfy and bare with me while I try not to skip anything, LOL.

Open template_Shift+D_close original

Close/delete these layers: Credits and Frame

Select Bars_ANL_FF #00a8e5_Select None_

Xero_Titatium_Default settings

Duplicate_Blur_5

Effects_Texture Effects_Blinds:

Close/delete original bars

Select Circles layer_Modify_Smooth_21_1_ANL_FF #73011a

Xero_Fritillary:

Effects_Edge Effects_Enhance_Twice

Choose 2 shades of blue from your tube_Set Foreground to Foreground/Background Gradient_45_1_have dark color in middle

Highlight “Masked Layer”_ANL_FF with your gradient

Masked Layer_Select All_Float_De-float

Highlight gradient layer_Promote Selection To Layer_Select none

Close/delete masked layer

Change colors to a dark red and darker blue_Same Gradient settings

ANL above promoted layer we just did

Using a grunge brush of choice, hold down left mouse and drag in a circle covering the dots

ANL_Dragonfly_Sinedots II_Settings as shown:

Duplicate_Flip_Mirror_Place as shown below_Merge

Select areas as shown and delete:

Resize_85

Move just below circles layer

Duplicate

ANL_Repeat Sinedots changing the color to #00a8e5

Duplicate_Flip_Mirror_Place as shown below_Merge

Select areas as shown and delete:

Resize_85 until it is slightly smaller than the red Sinedot layer

Merge with duplicate red Sinedot layer_Blur 5

Should look like this:

ANL_Sinedots II_Settings as shown:

Resize_85_Lower opacity to 53

Move below blue bars

ANL_Move to bottom_FF #ccbeba

Duplicate

On original layer_Apply mask

Highlight copy of FF layer

C/P tube_Mirror_Move off center to the left like this:

Change Blend mode to Soft Light

Merge with FF layer

Apply mask

Now, move this mask layer up and to the left slightly so face is positioned as shown in sample tag

Erase parts of this mask layer until only the face area is left making sure to keep the edges softened so they blend with bottom mask

NL_SinedotsII:

Duplicate_Flip_Merge_Resize 85

Move right above the blue bars_Change blend mode to Darken

Highlight top blue bars_select all_float_de-float_Invert_Highlight Sinedot we just made_Delete_Select none (should have dark lines in the blue bars)

C/P tube_Re-size_Place as shown in sample tag_Duplicate

On duplicate_Blur_3

Xero_Radiance_Default

Change blend mode to Soft Light

Opacity at 71

Make sure your layers are arranged as shown in the palette:

Add all correct copyright/license information

Add name_Cosmonautica_72_stroke 1 #19bdfb_fill Black

Let’s add some drop shadows:

Original Tube: 0_0_50_30_Black

Circles_0_0_100_10

Name_2_-5_50_5_Black

Close/delete white background layer

Save as png and enjoy!!