This tutorial was written on January 8, 2022

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the art of Beth Wilson

using her tube 6-3. 

Artist is currently selling at DAH

Plugins:

Mura's Meister Copies

Toadies Blast & Blur

 Xero Porcelain

EyeCandy4000 -Water Drops

VM Natural -Splash!

Open a blank 700x300 new image.

Open tube of choice.

Add a new raster layer to your image.

Fill with a color of choice from your tube.

I used light blue from the cup.

Select your Ellipse shape tool.

On your Materials palette, hide the 

Foreground/Stroke color.

Select a color of choice for the Background color.

Now back to your image & shape tool.

Draw out a small circle. Convert to raster.

Go to Effects - Mura's Meister Copies.

I used Tiling. Be sure to change the Tile Gap to 2.00.

Copy & paste your tube as a new layer above the 

circles layer. Duplicate it once.

Hide the top tube layer for now.

Let's rename the layers - from top to bottom.

Tube2

OG (original tube layer)

Dots

BG (fill layer)

This will help us keep layers straight as we design.

Make sure you have the OG layer selected in your layer palette.

Apply the plugin Mura's Meister Copies - Line.

Change the number to 4.

Duplicate this layer.

On the OG Copy layer, 

Apply Toadies Blast & Blur default settings.

Apply VM Natural -Splash! with default settings.

Change the blend mode to Screen.

Select the OG layer.

Apply the plugin Xero Porcelain. 

Apply EyeCandy4000 -Water Drops.

Change the liquid color to white or one that compliments your tag.

Click Ok. Lower the opacity on this layer to 46.

Select your Tube2 layer.

On your Materials palette, make your Background color is the same 

color as your BG layer. Keep your Foreground color hidden for now.

Select your Rectangle shape tool.

Draw out a horizontal rectangle to go across your tag.

Once happy with it, convert to raster. Position it behind

or underneath the Tube2 layer.

Move the Dots layer to above the Blue Rectangle layer.

Position one row of the dots in the center of the rectangle.

Click inside the rectangle with your Magic Wand tool.

Selections - Invert & select the Dots layer. Press delete.

Select none.

Make sure to add drop shadows to all the layers.

Select your top layer in the layer palette. Add a new raster layer.

Fill with color of choice from your tube.

Select your magic wand.

Click on the layer. Selections - modify - contract by 4.

Press delete button on your keyboard.

Select none.

Drop shadow your border layer.

Select your font tool. Choose a font to compliment your tag.

Type out two words of choice. For my tag, i used the words Coffee Time.

I used the size 28 for my words & dragged out just slightly.

Convert to raster. Add a drop shadow of choice.

I positioned the words on the right side of the tag 

above rectangle banner. 

Add copyright info & name to tag.

Save as png. Thanks for trying my tutorial.

 In addition to being a fantastic

artist & designer, Rene Kunert

writes amazing Photoshop tutorials.

A few examples of her tutorials 

are below. And she is a magician

with animation. Her tutorials will teach

you how to design & animate all within Photoshop.

For those within the tagging community who 

do use PSP, happy playing!!

This tutorial was written on July 11th, 2021

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the art of Queen Uriel

using her tube Pride Month 2021.

Plugins:

Mura's Meister's Copies

Xero Porcelain

VM Natural Splash! 

EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow

Preset Shape:

dbmmisc04

Open a 700x300 new image.

Open up your tube of choice.

Copy & Paste your tube as a new 

layer onto your blank image.

Duplicate the tube layer once.

Rename the duplicate to Top Tube.

Hide the tube copy layer for now.

Make sure the original tube layer

is selected in your layer palette.

Rename the layer as OG Tube.

Apply the plugin Mura's Meister Copies:

Wallpaper rotate with default settings.

Also apply the plugin Xero Porcelain with default settings.

Duplicate the OG Tube layer once.

Rename the layer OG2.

Apply the plugin VM Natural Splash! Default.

Go to Effects - Edge -Enhance once.

Lower the opacity on this layer to 44%.

Select your Rectangle Preset Shape tool.

Width doesn't matter right now.

On your Materials Palette, Hide the 

Foreground/Stroke color for now.

Choose black or white for the Background

color. It doesn't really matter.

For this part, I took a preset shape called

dbmmisc04 & modified it to work for my purpose.

I drew out the shape on a new image 700x700.

Color black or white it doesn't matter.

Draw it out to desired size. Using your selection tool,

draw around the top rectangle. Once selected, right click

& promote to new layer. Select none.

Move the promoted layer to just above the below shape.

Merge together.

Now, apply the plugin Mura's Meister Copies: Tiling w/

default settings. If needed, trim off any excess rectangle shapes.

You only want 6 rectangles per column. I have 3 columns of 

6 rectangles each.

Copy & paste as a new layer onto your tag image.

Rename the layer as Pride colors.

Now, we're going to fill each row going across,

with a color of the Pride Rainbow.

The order of the colors starting at the top are:

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green 

Blue 

Purple.

Make sure you fill each of the rectangles going across 

per row (not column). Also, if you aren't doing a Pride 

themed tag, feel free to change the colors to fit your tag.

Change the blend mode on the colors layer to Soft Light.

Select your Top Tube layer in your palette. Now, select your Preset

Shape Tool again. You want to use an angled heart shape &

set width to 3.00 Set your color to white in your Materials Palette.

Hide your Background color for the moment & unhide your Foreground one.

Draw out a white heart. I did 334x260 for mine. Convert 

the shape to raster layer. Position the heart on the 

bottom right corner of your tag. Rename the heart shape as Heart1.

Now, move your Top Tube layer so its inside of the heart shape.

Select your magic wand tool. Make sure you are on the Heart1 layer.

Click inside your heart to select it.

Selections - Modify - Expand by 2. Selections invert.

In your layer palette, select your Top Tube layer & press delete

on your keyboard. Select none. Add a drop shadow to the Heart1 layer.

Add a new raster layer. Fill this layer with white.

Select the layer using your Magic Wand. Selections Modify-Contract by 4.

Press delete. Select none.

Apply plugin EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow - using Black Halo &

set the Glow Width to 3.00.

Select your Text tool. Set your Background color to white.

Choose a font of choice & size preference.  Type out words of choice.

I used Love Is Love. Convert text to raster. I positioned the wording on

top left corner of my tag. This way its diagonal from the heart shape.

Merge layers visible. Add artist copyright info & a name to your tag.

Save as PNG. Thanks bunches for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written on July 6th, 2021

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the art of Lorenzo Sperlonga

with his tube 67-3.

Plugins:

Mura's Meister's Copies

Graphics Plus: Horizontal Mirror

Toadies Motion Trail

Mask: BST_Mask9

As far as I know, this mask isn't

available anymore.

Open up your tube of choice & a 

700x700 new image.

C&P your tube onto your new image.

Duplicate the tube once & hide the copy

layer for now.

Rename your original tube as Shape Tube.

This will help keep layers straight as we work.

Now choose your rectangle shape tool.

Or you can use a circle one too. But for mine, I am

using a square shape which is found under the Rectangle shape.

Set width 6.00.

On your Materials Palette, hide the foreground/Stroke color for now.

Select a color for the Background color. I chose white but it doesn't matter

too much.

On your Shape tube layer, draw out a shape to desired size.

Convert to raster & position as wanted on your tube.

Duplicate the shape two more times.

Position the shapes in a row. I did mine going down the tube I chose.

Merge the three shape layers together.

Now, move this layer underneath your Shape tube layer.

Hide for a moment, the tube layer.

Select your magic wand tool & click the top shape layer..

then holding shift down, select the other two layers as well.

Go to selections - Invert. Unhide the Shape Tube now & select 

that layer in your layer palette. Hit delete on your keyboard.

Select none. Now merge the two layers together.

Rename the layer 3 Squares (or circles if using them)

Duplicate the layer once. Move the top layer towards the left so it partially overlaps the layer below.

the 3 Squares layer

Rename the duplicated layer as top 3.

Change the blend mode on it to Hard Light.

Select your Pen tool.

Click the layer above your bottom layer.

On your Materials layer, hide your Background layer for now.

Unhide your Foreground & select black for this color.

Set the Pen width to 5.00.

Draw out two vertical lines underneath your 3 squares layer.

Move one of the lines slight higher than the other one.

Merge the two lines together & rename the layer 2 lines.

Now select 3 Squares layer again. Apply the plugin Graphics Plus:

Horizontal Mirror with default settings.

Apply the plugin Toadies Motion Trail with default settings.

Remember your earlier tube copy that you hid at the beginning?

Now unhide it & position along the left side of your tag. You want her also

 overlapping your other tag layers. Add a drop shadow of choice to her.

Add a new raster layer above the bottom layer. Fill with a color of choice

from your tube. I chose yellow from the tube I am using.

Layers- Load Mask-Load Mask from disk.

I used BST_Mask9. Right click the mask layer & merge group.

Now, C&P your tube again above the mask layer as a new layer.

Apply the plugin Mura's Mesiter Copies: Wallpaper Rotate default.

You may need to apply this plugin twice depending on your tube.

Re-select your mask layer again.

Selections - Select all -Float -Defloat - Invert.

Select the tube you just wallpapered & press delete.

This should remove all of that layer outside of the mask area.

Change the blend mode to Screen & lower the opacity to 65.

Merge the two layers together & resize 97%.

Now, select the 3 Squares layer. Choose your font tool.

Type out a word of choice. I used Vixen & typed it out two different times.

I positioned it above & below the center shape of the 3 shapes layer.

Merge the two words together & add a drop shadow of choice.

Crop your tag image to desired size.

Add artist copyright info & a name to your tag.

Save as png. Thanks for trying my tutorial.

 This tutorial was written on February 1m 2021

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the art of Zindy S. D. Nielsen

with her tube Sweet Little Kisses

Animation by Rebel Dezigns

Pack 235

Plugins:

Mura's Meister's Copies

I-Decay

DCSpecial

Toadies

Texture of Choice

I am using one exclusive to members of

Creative Misfits Forum

Open up a 700x700 new image.

Choose a texture & tube of choice.

Greyscale tube may work better depending on

the texture you choose.

Select your preset shape tool.

Set width to 6.00.

On your Materials palette, hide the Background

& Fill color option. Choose a color for the Foreground color.

I chose white but that can change depending on your texture.

Draw out a heart shape to desired size.

Go to Objects -Align -Center in canvas.

Selections - Convert to Raster.

Copy & paste your texture as a new layer

underneath the Heart shape layer.

Do the same with your tube of choice but paste 

it above the texture layer.

Position the tube as wanted in the heart shape.

Duplicate once.

On the original tube layer, apply the plugin 

Mura's Meister's Copies: Wallpaper rotate default.

Now, let's rename layers to help us keep them straight

while working on our tag. I did the layers going down:

Heart

Main Tube

WP Tube (Its the layer with the wallpaper effect)

Texture1

Select your magic wand tool.

Making sure the Heart layer is selected in your Layer palette,

click inside the heart shape.

Selections - Modify - Expand by 2.

Selections - Invert.

Click each of the layers on your layers palette 

& press delete on your keyboard.

This will delete the excess of the layers outside of the shape.

Select none.

For now, hide the Main Tube layer & select the WP tube layer.

Apply the plugin I-Decay - Accident w/ default settings.

Next, apply the plugin DCSpecial - Rich-n-r w/ default settings.

followed by DCSpecial - Borderfade also with default settings.

Change the Blend mode on the layer to Hard Light or one that 

compliments your tag.

Unhide the Main Tube layer & add a drop shadow of choice to it.

Duplicate the Texture1 layer & move it above the Main Tube layer.

Rename it as Texture2.

Change the Blend Mode to Hard Light.

Keep Texture2 selected & select your Font tool.

Unhide the Background color option on the Materials palette.

Choose a color from your texture for text.

Select your desired font options & type out a single word to 

fit your tag. I chose the word kiss.

Once typed, convert the word to raster.

Open up Mura's Meister Copies: Tiling. Change the Tile gap to 2.

Apply the plugin.

Select your magic wand tool.

Making sure the Heart layer is selected in your Layer palette,

click inside the heart shape.

Selections - Modify - Expand by 2.

Selections - Invert.

Click the text layer on your layers palette & press delete on your keyboard.

Select none.

Lower the opacity to about 22 on the text layer.

Right click on your tag & copy merged.

Paste as a new layer under all of the tag layers.

Go to image - Free Rotate -Right 10.00

Make sure the box to rotate all layers is NOT checked.

Apply Toadies - Blast 'em with default settings.

Crop your tag to desired size.

If you are not going to animate, add copyright information & tag name

now. Save as png. 

To animate continue below:

Make sure your animation program is open. I am using Animation Shop.

Crop your tag to desired size & add artist copyright if you haven't already. On the bottom layer, flood fill with white.

On your tag layers, merge the Heart & Copyright layers together.

Hide for now. Merge visible the rest of the layers.

Copy these layers into your animation program.

For the animation I am using, I selected all the frames & resized it to 65%.

Now, on my tag image, hold down Ctrl button & repeatedly tap L button to get multiple frames.

You can keep track of the frame count in the bottom right corner of Animation

 Shop. You need the same number of frames as the animation you are using. For

 me, that is 25 frames. Making sure your tag image is highlighted, go to Edit & Select all

Now, go to your animation & Edit Select all - then Edit copy.

Holding the mouse button down, grab the first frame of the animation &

drag it onto your tag image. Do not release the mouse button until you have it

 placed exactly where you want. However, if you mess up, just undo on both the

 tag image & the animation. If you want to view the animation, while still working

 on your tag image, just go to view animation. Now, go back to PSP & copy the

 hidden heart layer. Back into Animation Shop & duplicate it 

until 25 frames. Yup have to do that again. Once done, Edit - Select All & Copy.

On your animated tag image, Edit select all.

We want to drag the heart frames onto the animated one. Get the idea now?

Make sure to position the heart so it fits exactly as it did in psp.

View animation to make sure you like your tag.

Save as gif.

Repeat the above steps to add a name as well to your tag.

Thanks for trying my tutorial