Things you will need…

 

Tube of Choice  - My tube is a Keith Garvey

You must purchase a license to use his art

Template 73 By Melissa from Melissa’s Creationz

Xero Plugin - Fratillary

 

Ok, Let’s get Going:

 

Open Melissa’s Template 73 – duplicate and close original

Delete the copyright layer first and then select the bottom circle

Select all – Float – Defloat – Modify - expand by 1

Floodfill with color of choice or use black like I did

Add a Weave with Settings:

1,7,2, both colors #50ace1, fill gaps checked

Deselect the circle – add your favorite glow and dropshadow

 

Activate Raster 2 – Select all – Float – Defloat

Floodfill with color of choice or my color - #50ace1

Go to Plugins – Xero – Fratillary  with settings:

Granularity – 5

Aggression – 30

Tesselation – 10

Variation - 26

Deselect and add same glow and dropshadow as before

 

Activate Raster 3 – Select all – Float – Defloat

Modify – Expand by 1 – floodfill with black – Deselect

 

With you text tool – type out the word Naughty – Apply

Go to Objects – Align – Center in Canvas

Convert it to a Raster Layer now

Apply MuRa Meisters Copies with settings:

Dropdown Menu – Tiling

Default settings except change tile gap to 2

 

Activate Raster 3 and Select All - Float – Defloat

Click on your text layer – Invert Selection and hit Delete

Deselect and merge your text down onto Raster 3

Add your Glow and Dropshadow to Raster 3 layer

 

Activate Raster 6 Copy and merge it down onto Raster 6

Select all – float – defloat – Modify - expand by 1

Floodfill with color of choice or use black like I did

Add a Weave with Settings 1,7,2, both colors white, fill gaps checked

Deselect the circle – add your favorite glow and dropshadow

 

Activate Raster 1 – Select all – Float – Defloat – Modify – Expand by 1

Floodfill with Black – Invert the selection – Paste tube as new layer

Resize 120 % - Position tube inside selection – Hit Delete – deselect

Change your tube layer Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy

Hide all layers except the tube and floodfilled layer – merge visible

Unhide all the layers – add a Blinds effect to the layer

 

Activate Raster 4 – Select all – Float – Defloat – Expand by 1

Floodfill with #50ace1 – apply weave same as before but both colors black

Deselect – Apply Glow and Dropshadow of choice

 

Repeat the last 2 steps for the copy layers of Raster 1 and 4

Add your tube and position to your likings – Dropshadow

Merge all your layers Visible

 

Resize and Crop to your desired size

Add your name and proper copyrights

Save and your all done

I hope you enjoyed trying my tutorial

©Mari at Cashmere Creations ~ Written on June 9th, 2009