♥ Biker Babe ♥

Biker Babe

This tutorial was written by me on August 12, 2011,

and is written for those with a working knowledge of PSP.

It is written using PSP9, however, any version will do.

Please do not alter my tuts, or copy & paste them to any websites, blogs, or forums.

You may however, provide a link to the tut on my site.

This tutorial is my own creation, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Materials Needed:

Tube of choice. I am using the work of Jose Cano. You need a license to use his work, and you can purchase it HERE.

Scrap kit of choice, or the one I used is a gorgeous freebie by LaCaRoLiTaS DeSiGnZ.

It is called Biker Babe, and can be found HERE.

Template by Creative By Nature, template #37.

You can find it HERE.

Mask of choice. I used Weescotslass #84 HERE.

Font of choice. I used 1 squirt DNA.

Special Thanks to LaCarolita’s Designz, Creative By Natute, and Weescotslass for the awesome freebies!!

Let’s get started:

Remember to save often!

Open your template, Shift + D to duplicate. Close the original.

Delete your ©INFO layer.

Go to Image- Canvas Size- change size to 650x650.

You can crop and resize later.

Unhide raster 1, flood fill white.

Click on your Black Circle layer, raster 2.

Selections- Select All- Selections Float- Selections- Defloat.

Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer, I used paper 4,

Selections- Invert- Delete- Select None.

Go to Effects- Plugins- Eyecandy 4000- Gradient Glow- apply these settings.

Basic Tab:

Glow Width= 3.0

Soft Corners= 25%

Opacity= 100

Color Tab:

Select Thin, Chose color from your tube or kit, Slide paint can all the way over to the right. Opacity 100, Click OK.

Add a Drop Shadow.

On Raster layer 6, the black rectangle layer, repeat all the steps you used for the Black Circle layer above.

Open ‘sexy babe 2’ element, copy & paste as new layer onto your canvas.

 Resize to fit inside black rectangle area.

Once you get it to fit in this area good, lower the opacity on this layer to 80.

On your small pink circle layer, Go to Effects- Texture Effects- Weave.

Use these settings: Gap-1 Width 8, Opacity 1, Gap color white. Fill gaps checked.

Click OK. Repeat this step. Add a drop shadow to this layer.

Also drop shadow raster layers 3 and 5.

On the large hot pink circle layer,

Selections- Select all- Float- Defloat, and add a paper of choice,

Or do as I did and add a new raster layer and flood fill black.

Keep Selected. Copy & paste a close up of your tube.

Arrange and fit into selected area.

Selections- Invert- Delete.

Lower the opacity on this tube layer to 50.

Dropshadow the Black circle layer, and delete the original pink one.

Copy & Paste, your tube as a new layer.

Resize & arrange your tube how you want it.

Drop shadow.

Copy, paste and resize any elements you want to place in your tag.

Arrange how you like them.

Drop shadow each element as you go.

Refer to my tag for example.

Select the background layer in your palette.

Copy and paste a paper of choice, I used paper 7.

Go to Layers- New Mask Layer- From Image- Find your mask in the drop down box, and click OK.

On the mask layer of the layer palette, right click, merge group.

Lower the opacity on this mask layer to 50.

Crop & resize your tag. Add Copyright info & name, and your done!

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

I hope you enjoyed it.

♥