CT tag & wallpaper featuring the fantastic art of Goldwasser using her tube Abigail.Abigail comes with many options so you can dress her up as you wish for your tag.I am also showcasing the oh so wicked scrapJust A Little Witchy by Wicked Princess.The wallpaper is 1920x1080 &is available to download here. As I wasfinishing these up, the song Black Velvetkept popping in my head. So the wordingon the wallpaper is inspired by it.
Plugins:Mura's Meister CopiesVM Natural VM ToolboxDistortion FiltersXero: PorcelainVideoVM Stylize
Open a new image 700x300.Add a new raster layer & fill this layer witha color of choice from your tube.Copy & Paste your tube of choiceas a new layer. I resized my tube by 45% but it may depend on the tube you choose.
Duplicate the tube once & rename the copy as MainHide the Main layer for now.On the original tube layer, apply the plugin Mura's Meister Copies - Wallpaper rotate with default settings.Rename this layer as WP1.Duplicate the layer one more time & rename this copy as WP2.This will help us keep layers straight as we design the tag.
If it helps you, feel free to hide WP2 layer for now while workingon the layer underneath it.Making sure you have WP1 layer selected in your layer palette,Apply the plugin VM Natural - Splash! with default settings.Next while staying in VM Natural, apply the Lightburst effect to the layer.
Let's move the layer WP2 underneath layer WP1.On the WP1 layer, apply the plugin VM Toolbox -Lift The Cover (With Alpha) with changing the Edge Position to 157.Now, apply the plugin Distortion Filters - Cracked with default settings. Change the blend mode to Soft Light or whatever looksbest on your tag.
Select & unhide if needed the layer WP2. Apply the pluginXero: Porcelain with default settings.Next, apply the plugin VM Stylize - Raygun with default settings.Apply the plugin Video - TV Screen with default settings.You should see some of the bottom color layer peek outaround the edges of the layer now.
Unhide your main tube. Position either to the left or rightalong the edge as wanted. Using your selection tool, select alongthe bottom of your tag into or behind your main tube layer. Add a new raster layer & fill with the same color as your color layer. Select none & lower opacity to 40.
Duplicate the WP2 layer. Go to your Effects - Art Media EffectsBrush Stroke with default settings. I chose the color black for minebut feel free to change the color for your tag. Change the blend modeto Screen or whichever works best for your tag.
Add a new raster layer to your tag. Arrange it so its the top layer of your tag.Fill with white or color of choice from your tag. Select your magic wand tool& click this layer on your tag. Selections - Modify - Contract by 4. Press delete on your keyboard. Select none. Add a drop shadow to this layer & the rest of your layers.
Add artist copyright information & a name to your tag.Save as a png. Thanks for trying my tutorial!
New tag & wallpaper by me featuring the beautiful Ib Scrap Sheena PikeSeptember 2023 by Karmalized Scraps.The wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available to download here. "Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile." — John Howard Bryant, Indian Summer "Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale." — Lauren DeStefano, Wither
New tag & wallpaper by me featuring the wonderfullyemotional art of Zindy. I am showcasing her tubesNo More & Just Let Me Break. I am also showcasinga few scraps by Chaos Priestess as well.The wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available to download here. These were inspiredby the band Conquer Divide with their song Paralyzed.While listening to the song, Zindy's art came to mindas a way to illustrate the emotion of the song.One of the band members is a nurse & the song's about how she was affected while working during Covid.Covid took a toll on everyone but the emergency& medical services were some of the heaviestaffected areas of the world.
This tutorial was written on August 31 ,2023Any resemblance to anothertutorial is purely coincidental.I am using the art of Elena Dudinawith her tube 49-1.
Plugins:Mura's Meister CopiesXero IllustratorXero PorcelainXero MistifierGraphics Plus
Mask: AORK Mask 120
Open a 700x700 new image.Open up your tube of choice.
Select your Preset shape & choose Ellipse.Make sure the circle shape is selected & not the oval.Set your width size to 7.00.
On the Materials palette, have a dark color for the Foreground & Stroke Properties.Hide the Background color for now. Draw out a circle shape to a desired size. Before converting to Raster layer, go to ObjectsAlign - Center In Canvas. Then convert to Raster.Rename the layer as Circle.
Copy & Paste your tube as a new layer underneath the circle shape. Resize 70% if needed. Rename the layer as Tube Inside.Duplicate this layer once.On the bottom one, apply the plugin Mura's Meister Copies -Wallpaper Rotate. Repeat if needed. Rename the layer as Tube WP.
Duplicate the bottom layer of the tag. Fill this layer with a color from your tag. I used one of the blues. Rename this layer as Color.
Select your magic wand tool. Click inside the Circle layer.Selections - Expand by 2.Selections - Invert.Select each layer - Tube WP, Tube Inside & Color& press your delete button on each layer. Once done,select none. This should erase the extra of each layer outside of the circle layer.
On the Tube wp layer, apply the plugin Xero Illustrator with the settingsAbstraction 59, Coloration 148 & Definition 138. Next, apply Xero Porcelain with default settings. Lastly, use Xero Mistifier with defaultsettings as well.
On the same layer, change the blend mode to Soft Light in your layers palette.Go to Adjust, Blur - Gauassian Blur 2.00 to the layer.Go to your Effects Menu - Distortion Effects - Wind.Use the settings - From Right and Strength of 50.Add drop shadows of choice to the layers of your tag.
Duplicate the Tube WP layer once. On the Copy layer, apply the pluginGraphics Plus - Peacock with default settings. Then, in your layer palette,lower the opacity of the layer to about 48 or desired number for your tag.
Choose your font tool Select a font of choice to use. I set my font size to 28but feel free to use a size you like. I chose White for my text color &unhid it in my Materials Palette color option. Type out a single word or twothat fits your tag. For mine, I used Dreaming...Convert text to raster layer & add a drop shadow of choice.
Add a new raster layer above the bottom layer of your tag.Fill with same color as the Color Layer. Go to Layers menu- Load/Save Mask. Choose the mask AoRK Mask 120. Make sureinvert is not checked. Merge group. Resize 97%.
Add artist Copyright & a name to your tag.Save as png. Thanks for trying my tutorial!
CT tag & wallpaper featuring the fantasticart of Elias Chatzoudis using his tube 205-1.I am also showcasing the oh so wickedscrap Wizard of Wonder by Wicked Princess Scrap.The wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available to download here.“Tis the night—the nightOf the grave's delight,And the warlocks are at their play;Ye think that without,The wild winds shout,But no, it is they—it is they!”― Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Halloween: A Romaunt
New tag & wallpaper by me featuring the wonderfulart of Anna Marine with her tube 86-4.I am also showcasing the oh so spooky IB Scrap Anna Marine 86-4 by Wicked Diabla.The wallpaper is 1920x1080 &available to download here.“You really shouldn’t drink potions if you don’t know what they do. - Aunt Polly”― Michelle M. Pillow, Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes
