PTU - My Hero

This tutorial was written by me on April 25th, 2013. Please do not claim as your own. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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Mask Of Choice 

Scrap Kit - PTU kit by Scrappin Krazy Designs Called My Hero

You can purchase this kit at any of the stores Kaci sells at on her blog.

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork of Elias Chatzoudis . You must have the proper license to use this tube

You can visit his store here

Program - Gimp 2.6..but any program will do.

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Open New Canvas

I did 650x650.you can resize it at the end if you would like.

Open Mask

Right click on your layers 

Go down to alpha by selection

Edit > fill w/ BG color - Make sure color is #FFFFFF

Open Paper 13

Right click on your layers

Click add layer mask

Then a window will pop up 

then click black (full transparency)

Then click add

Edit > Copy 

Edit > Paste

On Layers > click on floating selection

Then right click on layers

scroll down to anchor layer

Delete first layer!!!

You should have a mask..then a black square next to it on your layers.

Image > Merge Visible Layers 

Box should pop up..click clipped to image > Merge

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Ready...

Set...

Go...

Open opaqueframe

Use your ellipse tool and make a circle on paper 1

Copy

Paste as new layer opaqueframe

Open These Elements and use the same dropshadow as above and resize to your liking!!!

Belt

Chicken Wire

Copter

Cuffs

Flame2

Grenade

Heartstring1

My hero

Sparkle 2

Splat 2 (duplicate 1x)

Tank

Wireheart

Open up the close up of your tube. 

Duplicate tube

Filters > Enhance > Unsharp Mask

Now you are going to work on the duplicated tube layer.

Change mode to value

Filters > Distorts > Blinds > 

Change mode to these settings.

Vertical 

Displacements - 38

Number of Segments - 12

Now go Filters > Light And Shadow > Glass Tile 

Use these settings 

Tile Width - 20

Tile Height - 20

Click ok

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 66

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Now merge all layers together

Duplicate tag

Filters > Blur > Motion Blur > Radial > Default Settings

Change mode to overlay

Merge Again

Now resize your tag to 600x600 if you would like. 

When you are happy with your tag..

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial.