In this PSP tutorial the brilliant artwork of Zindy S.D. Nielsen was used,
purchased at her store Zindy Zone Shop
Two FTU tagger scrapkits both by Miggins:
A Haunting We Will Go HERE
and
SYHO blog train October 2021 HERE
♥ Thank you Miggins ♥
**Please check out her blog, her store, tutorials & freebies.
All links are found on her home page**
>>> Miggins Place <<<
Mizteeque's Miz_Mask_352 found HERE
Grab the .jpg second row
WordArt by myself found HERE
Font Razor
Drop shadow used 1, -2, 45, 5, colour black or one of choice
Add D/S as you go with exceptions as stated.
Remember when resizing elements, to use Unsharp Mask
setting: 1,55,1 luminance checked
*~ Let's get started ~*
1. Open new Image 750 x 700 px transparent
Flood fill white
Add layer ~ select all
open All Hallows paper 7, C/Paste into the selection d/s
Apply mask, merge group.
Duplicate
arrange top masked layer slightly higher & to left
in this instance only, D/S left masked layer: 1/2/55/5 colour white
arrange bottom masked layer slightly right & lower
2. Add element 27 all hallows ~ 49%
C/P between the two masked layers on right
To brighten glow of lamp, use Lighten Brush found on left toolbar
sz 50-75, lightly brush over glow of lantern & hand
Open elem 8 from ahwwg kit ~ 50%
C/P on top of elem 27
change blend mode to hard light
Erase skull of skeleton to fit inside monk
*see reference tag
3. open elem 10 ahwwg ~ 70% C/P
for added effect to age the fence,
add effects - artistic effects ~ enamel setting: 10,16,16 angle 45, colour #808080
arrange to left
Open tube of choice, C/P, duplicate, change blend mode to hard light
drop opacity to 53
D/S original tube layer but place D/S on new layer
This gives you option to decrease opacity or blur the D/S
should you find D/S is too harsh
On original tube layer,
apply Adjust ~ Sharpen ~ unsharp mask: 1,55,1, luminance checked.
4. Add elem 1 ahwwg ~ 65%, mirror C/P to right above skeleton
but below the tube layers on layer palette
Add elem all hallows 16 ~ 75% C/P on top of both tube layers
Duplicate - change top layer to screen blend mode
Add elem 8 all hallows C/P to right of tube, duplicate ~ 65%, mirror, arrange and D/S each
merge down the two pumpkins together
Add elem 11 all hallows ~ 65% C/P
duplicate twice more and arrange grass on different layers, resize if needed
place below and above the pumpkin layers
5. Add elems 18 & 19 all hallows ~ 30%
C/P and stack upon each other
If using same tube, I opted to make hand appear as if its on top of books,
therefore on the original tube layer, draw a point to point selection
use replace mode, feather 1, draw selection closely around fingers
and along left edge of knuckles. Promote selection to a new layer. d/s
Move this promoted hand layer above the book layers.
I drop shadowed this layer using 1/2/35/5 black with shadow on its own layer.
Erase the shadow that appears on the left edge of hand. This D/S is entirely optional.
6. Add elements of choice to make this your own
elem 15 all hallows, mirror C/P above pumpkin layers
elem 11 ahwwg ~ 25%, mirror
elem 12 ahwwg ~ 20%
add more grass elem 11 all hallows, above dolls & above pumpkins
elem 18 allhallow ~ 20%
Add word art provided. Change colour to white
using Adjust ~ brightness/contrast: setting 255/0
Drop opacity to 75%
7. To achieve same Name effect, select pumpkins layer
foreground colour closed, background any colour
setting sz 72, bold, sharp, choose 'selection' rather than a vector
type name and promote selection to a layer. d/s
D/S 2/-2/75/3 colour black, repeat if needed.
If you wish to resize tag, close white bg, crop merged opaque
then resize entire image.
8. Add copyright, url & license. Save as a PNG
Happy Hallows Eve
xo
