A quickie tutorial

SUPPLIES NEEDED

PSP X2 (Any version will work)

TUBE OF CHOICE

I use artwork by Ismael Rac & you can get a licence at AMI HERE

Missy's Template236, thank you Missy and you can get it HERE

VixMask_147 by Vix, thank you Vix and you can get it HERE

Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow

Xero - Radiance

Tramages - Tow the Line

I used AL Sandra & FFF Urban fonts

Open the template

Delete the credit layer & 700 x 700 Canvas Size

Flood fill the rest of the background layer with white

Click on Shape layer, select all, float, defloat then flood fill it with black. Go to Effects - Tramages Tow the Line and use the default settings then apply. Go to Effects - Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow and use these settings shown below. Apply dropshadow with the settings of V & H - 1, Opacity - 40 and Blur 4.00.

On the Proud layer, apply with the same gradient glow and dropshadow we did with the shape layer before.

Click on the thin rectangle 1 layer, select all, float & defloat and add a new raster layer flood fill it with black and apply with the same gradient glow and dropshadow as before. Repeat this with thin rectangle 2 layer. Grab your text tool, I used FFF Urban font, size 8, anti-alias - off and type "Proud Rac Stalker", convert it to raster layer and duplicate it and place them on the rectangles.

Merge visble the stars layers and select all, float, defloat then add a new layer and flood fill it with #ff70a8 or your colour of choice. Go to Adjust - Add Noise and use the settings of Uniform, Noise - 25% and Monochrome checked then apply with the same dropshadow as before.

On your material properties, change the foreground to #ff70a8 and background to #000000 and use the gradient with the settings of Angle - 40 & Repeats - 3, click on xeracx word layer and select all, float, defloat then flood fill it with the gradient. Select none, back on the original xeracx layer, grab your magic wand and select the X letter then copy & paste the tube, invert then hit delete & select none, go to Effects - Xero - Radiance default settings and change the blend mode to Luminance (L). Repeat this till all the letters are filled. Apply with the same gradient glow and dropshadow to the xeracx's gradient fill layer. Delete the original layer.

Apply same gradient glow and dropshadow to the Stalker layer. Add your tube as a new layer, duplicate it and on the duplicated tube go to Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 3.00, change the blend mode to Soft Light and on the original tube apply dropshadow to it.

Grab your text tool, I used AL Sandra, size 48 and type in your name, rotate it at Left 15.00 and convert it to raster layer. Apply same gradient glow and dropshadow to your text. Click on the bottom layer, add a new layer and flood fill it with #ff70a8 or your colour of choice then apply Vix_Mask147 and merge group.

Resize and crop it, save it as .jpeg or .png image.

Wooohooo you're all done!!

Hope you had fun with my tutorial

Hugs Salsa