Thank you for putting a link to this tutorial, whenever you display your realization of that tag on a website, on a group or in a mail !

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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE

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To realize that tag, you'll need the plugins Xero

and the material zip down below :

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*It is forbidden to suppress watermarks on the material provided , to alter, mist or rename the tubes in order to respect the work of the tubers

- The tube of the woman is by Kikirou

You'll be able to get her tubes by joining in her sharing group here

 - The other elements have been found on the net

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Preparation

Duplicate your tube and your masks; close the originals and minimize the copies for now. Put the mask 20-20 in your masks file. Export your brushes in your psp as custom brushes

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Click here to print the tutorial

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You can use my arrow to follow your work

 

 

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1- Open a new transparent image of 800 by 650 pixels

Flood fill your layer with black ( or another colour if you prefer )

2- Add a new raster layer and flood fill it with a very light or bright colour

My choice : f6e9c4

3- Layers / new mask layer / from image / choose the mask 221Insatiabledreams / only check Source Luminance

Adjust / sharpness / sharpen more

Merge group

4- Set your material palette with two bright colours out of your main tube

My choice : Foreground : c55094

Background : 37afe3

Set your foreground with a radial gradient as below :

5- Add a new raster layer and flood fill it with that gradient

6- Layers / new mask layer /  from image / choose the mask 222Insatiabledreams / only check Source Luminance

Adjust / sharpness / sharpen more

Merge group

7-  Open the tube kikirou507_vector_face_byjhonsik or a tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer

Image / resize at 90 % ( this is for Kikirou's tube )

8- Layers / load a mask from disk / choose 2020 msk as below  ( if your tube is misted, don't do that point !!) :

Merge group

Place the tube at the right place

9- Layers / duplicate

Layers / merge down

10- Effects / plugins / Xero / Porcelaine default as below :

11- Add a new raster layer

Activate your brush tool, choose a brush you like or use mine. Here are the settings for the 3Dbrush 03 that I have used

Apply that brush with your background colour ( right click ) in the left bottom corner of your tag

12- Add a new raster layer

With your brush tool set as above , use another brush (I have chosen astral 30,size 200) and apply that brush in the left top corner of your tag with your gradient ( left click)

13- Repeat line 12 once or twice using different sizes of that brush

14- Add a new raster layer

With your brush tool set as above , choose the brush blood5 (it is at the right size) or a brush of your choice and apply that brush in the right top corner of your tag, using your gradient ( left click )

You may play around with the modes of those layers

15- Add a new raster layer

Close your background and set your foreground with the color your wish to use to write your text  

Write your text with a font of your choice and place it in the top right hand corner of your tag

16- Add a new raster layer and apply your signature

17- Make sure everything is at the right place

Image / add some symmetrical borders of 1 pixel with a bright colour ( I have chosen the background colour turquoise)

Image / add some symmetrical borders of 20 pixels in black ( or the colour you have chosen on point 1

Image / add some symmetrical borders of 1 pixel with a bright colour ( I have chosen the background colour turquoise)

18- Save your work as a jpeg file and resize it if necessary

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That's it !! You've done it !!

If you 've enjoyed doing my tutorial, it would be nice to write a few words in my guest book !

If you 've had the slightest problem, please, send me a mail so I can see to the problem !

Tutorial translated on the 3rd of june 2009

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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE