Flowers In Her Hair

This tutorial was written
by Sarah Fiack on
June 1,2012
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
I am using a tube by Zindy S.D. Nielsen.
The tube is available at her
store.

Supplies:
Tube of choice
Mask SpawnsFSMask59 by Spawn
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Plugin: Xero Porcelain

Open a 600x250 new image.
Open up your tube of choice.

Fill the new image with a darker
color of choice.
Add a new raster layer.
Fill this layer with a lighter color
of your original fill color.

On the 2nd fill layer, apply the mask
SpawnsFSMask59.
Merge group.

On your main tube, resize 75%.
Copy & paste on the side of your tag.
Add a drop shadow to the tube.
2,2,50,5 black.

Image Canvas Size 650x550.
Select your freehand selection tool.
Make sure in your layer palette,
the 2nd fill layer is selected.
Point to point.
Add(Shift) Feather 0

On the side of your tube, draw out
a slanted vertical rectangle using your selection

tool.
Right click on your layer palette,
promote selection to layer.

Paste your tube a 2nd time in the
selection.
Press delete.
Select none.

Select your regular selection tool.
If needed, select excess of your main tube
to remove it.
Press delete.
Select none.
Do the canvas size again this time with the

original size of your image 600x250.

Okay now back on the two rectangle layers.
On the tube layer, in your layer palette,
change the blend mode to Overlay.

Merge the tube & the color layer under it
together. Apply Xero Porcelain plugin.
Softness 109
Strength & Brightness 128.
Apply.

Duplicate the rectangle layer once..
Move to the right of the original rectangle.
This should give you two slanted rectangle
layers side by side.

Add a new raster layer to the top of
the layer palette.
Fill with the darker color.
Select with your magic wand.
Selections modify contract by 4.
Press delete.
Select none.
Adjust add noise uniform 25.
Add the earlier drop shadow to the frame layer.

Merge layers together.
Add artist copyright info & name.
Save as png.
Thanks for trying my tutorial.