I'm Your Venus Tutorial

This is a Scrap Kit free tutorial
There will be a fair few screen shots with this tutorial

You will need:

My supplies - DoodleFlower Brush
HERE
A tube - I used one of Ismael Rac's lovely lady tubes.
You need to be a registered member of his site
HERE
to purchase his tubes, but any tube will do.
Mask 12 from BabesDesignz
HERE
Wordart from WeeScotsLass - I'm Your Venus
HERE
Scroll down the page a little to see the Wordart I used & the
link to it.
Template 197 from Designs By Ali
HERE
Font I used is called 'Williamette'
HERE
Plugin Filters-Eyecandy4000 - Bevel Boss & Gradient Glow

Open up Template 197 - click Shift D to copy it. Delete the original template.
Make the very bottom layer active - go to Image-Canvas Size with these settings



The image seems large but we will resize it at the end.
Flood fill that layer with white so we can see what we are doing.

Make Raster 4 layer on the template active - Select All-Float-Defloat - new Raster layer
Flood Fill with a nice gradient with colours from your tube with these settings

Keep it selected - go to Effects-Plugins-Eyecandy4000-Bevel Boss with these settings




Selections-None. Plugin Filters-Eyecandy400-Gradient Glow with these settings




Do the same as above with with Copy of Raster 4 layer with the lighter colour from your tube.
Same Plugin effects with Eyecandy4000.

Make raster 8 layer active on the template - Select All-Float-Defloat - new Raster layer,
flood fill with your gradient. Selections-None. Image-Texture Effects-Blinds with these settings



Make Raster layer 3 on the template active - Select All-Float-Defloat - nw Raster layer, flood
fill with darker colour from your tube. Selections-None.
Plugin Filters-Eyecandy4000-Bevel Boss, same settings as before.Then give it the same Eyecandy4000,
Gradient Glow as before.

Make Copy of Raster 5 layer active on the template - MERGE DOWN to Raster 5 on the template. Select All
Float-Defloat - new raster layer, flood fill with your gradient. Selections-None. Give same Blinds effects
as before but untick the Light from left/top & tick the Horizontal box instead.

Do the same with Copy of Raster 6 on the template - MERGE DOWN  to Raster 6 layer. Select All-Float-Defloat,
New raster layer, flood fill with darker colour. Give the Eyecandy4000-Bevel Boss as before. Then the Eyecandy4000,
Gradient Glow.

Make bottom layer (white) active - new raster layer - flood fill with your gradient. Open up Mask 12 & minimize it.
New Mask Layer-From Image with these settings



Merge Group - resize the mask layer 85% Bicubic-all layers unchecked. I then gave my mask layer a Texture Effect.
That is up to you.

Copy & paste my DoodleFlower Brush as a new layer just above the mask layer - resize the DoodleFlow 110% Bicubic-
all layers unchecked. Select All-Float-Defloat - new raster layer, flood fill with dark colour from your tube.
Give the coloured DoodleFlower the same Eyecandy4000-Bevel Boss effect as before. Selections-None. Same Eyecandy4000-
Gradient Glow as before. Move across & up to your right a little bit - Duplicate-Image-Mirror-Flip.
Your template should resemble this



Now we can add your tube. Make the very top layer of your template active - copy & paste the tube as a new layer.
Carefully erase any of the tube that may be protruding below the circle of the template. Give your tube this drop shadow



Open up the Wordart - copy the wording layer you want & paste it as a new layer, moving to where it will look nice.
Select All-Float-Defloat - new Raster layer, flood fill with the dark colour from your tube. Selections-None.
Give the same Eyecandy4000 Bevel Boss effect & Gradient Glow as before.

Add your name & correct copyright. When you have done all that - Crop Tool-crop excess white background. Cross out eyes
on bottom layer (white) MERGE VISIBLE all other layers. Click Copy on top bar & paste as a New Image on your workspace.
You image should now have a transparent background. Resize about 85% Bicubic-all layers CHECKED. Save as a *Png


This tutorial was written by ©Kate on 7th January 2011.
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