I Do Bad Things

This tutorial was written by me on April 23, 2010 using PSP 9.  All my tutorials assume you have some working knowledge of PSP and/or Animation Shop.

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I'm using the gorgeous art of Jose Cano.  You can purchase his tubes and a license at MyPSPTubes.

Scrap Kit - I'm using Gothic Witch Creations' part of the "Foreplay" store collab available from Underground Scraps.

Template - I'm using Template 343 from Missy at Divine Intentionz.  You can download this template here.

Mask of choice

Font - I'm using CAC Pinafore which you can download here.

To begin open mask, tube, and template in PSP - minimize your tube and mask

1.  On Template - image - canvas size - 700 x 700 - on background layer - floodfill white - dropshadow your glitter circle layer

2.  Highlight your large circle layer - click with magic wand - copy/paste a paper of choice from kit - selections - invert - delete - delete original layer - repeat for each layer using a different paper each time stopping when you get to the word art layer

3.  Highlight your frame background paper - copy/paste your tube as new layer - duplicate - move duplicate above frame layer - using eraser tool erase any parts that you don't want showing - repeat for bottom tube layer - dropshadow bottom tube and frame layer , rectangle layers, and small circle layers

4.  Copy/paste cuffs1 as new layers - resize - image - flip - position on tag - dropshadow

5.  Copy/paste whip 2 as new layer - resize - position on tag - dropshadow

6.  Copy/paste bow 3 as new layer -resize - dropshadow - position on tag - copy/paste skullchain 2 as new layer - resize - position on bow - dropshadow both layers

7.  Copy/paste lavalamp 2 as new layer - resize - position on tag - dropshadow

8.  On Word art layer - selections -select all - float - defloat - new raster layer - floodfill with a color from tube - selections - select none - delete original layer - dropshadow - add a slight gradient glow

9.  On white background layer - copy/paste another paper as new layer - layers - new mask layer - from image - find your mask and apply - merge group

10.  Close out background - crop/resize your tag - add copyright/license and name - save as .png