Fallen Angel

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Majestic Midnight Freebie Add On" by Tanya of Scraps by Joe's Wife available from her blog

Tube of choice - I am using the FTU artwork of Melody Blackburn

Fonts of choice - I am using 2Peas Bad Attitude and LD Twylight

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature > Fire

**This is a fairly simple tutorial with animation**

(Can be used with or without a scrap kit)

Let's begin...

Open a new 500 x 250 blank transparent canvas

Paste Paper of choice as new layer (I used Paper4)
Adjust > Blur > Radial Blur with the following settings:

Paste your Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to your liking

Select Text Tool and font of choice
I am using 2Peas Bad Attitude
Foreground - #000000
Background - null
Stroke width - 2.0

Type out Text of choice and position
Convert to raster layer

On same layer select outside Text with your Magic Wand
Selections > Invert

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow with a slight Gradient Glow
Lower opacity of Glow to around 35
Deselect

Paste Spider Web as new layer
Resize by 20%
Position to your liking
Set blend mode to Multiply
Lower opacity to 70

Paste Spider as new layer
Image > Rotate by 25
Resize by 15%
Position in Web or to your liking

Paste Candles as new layer
Resize by around 70%
Position to your liking

Add drop shadows of choice to layers

Add a new raster layer
Flood-fill black
Select All
Selections > Modify > Contract by 10
Delete

KEEP SELECTED!!

Selections > Invert

Apply the following drop shadow:
V - 3
H - 3
O - 30
Blur - 8.00
Colour - #000000

Repeat drop shadow changing the Vertical and Horizontal to -3
Deselect

Select Text Tool and font of choice
I am using LD Twylight
Text colour - Black

Type out your name and position to your liking
Convert to raster layer
Apply same or similar Gradient Glow as above

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark, then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

** IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE NEXT STEPS **

Activate your Candles layer
Duplicate twice and rename Candles1, Candles2 and Candles3

With your Freehand Tool draw out the shape of flames on each candle

Activate Candles1

Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature > Fire with the following settings:

Hide Candles1 and activate Candles2
Repeat Fire effect, adjusting Random Seed

Hide Candles2 and activate Candles3
Repeat Fire effect, adjusting Random Seed once more

Now to animate!

Activate Candles and hide the other two Candle layers
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Candles1 and activate Candles2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Candles2 and activate Candles3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Now save as a GIF and you're done!

Thanks for trying my turorial!

::st!na::

Here is a non-animated version:

© Tutorial written by Stina on 9th August, 2009
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