New Tutorial "Sketching"

You must have working knowledge of psp

I am using the beautiful artwork of Rion Vernon, you must have a license to use his art. Which you can purchase at CILM here

Supplies

Tube and font of choice

I am using Vix_Mask 363 which you can download from her site here

The font that I am using is Kingthings Foundation

The kit I am using is FTU From Rachel at Rachelz_Expressionz It is part of the Dark Cravings blog train from Gothic Inspirations. You can download it from her site here

Please remember to leave some love for her if you download

Ok, lets get started!

Open a new 600 x 600 image. Flood fill white

Open the paper of your choice, resize to 600 x600, then paste to the image that you are working with

Apply the mask of your choice, On the layers palette merge the group into a single layer.

Paste the tube of your choice on top of the merged layer

Open the heart of your choice, paste behind your tube. Image/free rotate 25% right. Image/resize and resize to your liking

Using the font of your choice place your name under the tube layer to make it apear that the tube is writing the name.

Making sure that you have the name layer selected go to Layers/convert to raster layer. Then Selections/select all/float/defloat/modify/expand. Expand 6.

New raster layer. flood fill inside the selected area with a different color of your choice. *note* a lighter color on the bottom will help make the next effect stand out more. Select none

move the expanded fill layer to below the original name layer

having your original name layer selected, go to effects/3D effects/Drop Shadow.

Select the modified name layer, effects/3D effects/Drop Shadow

Add drop shadows to your tube and heart

You can resize the signature to the size that you would like

Last add your artists copyright information and your name.

Tada! You're done!

Any resemblance to any other Tutorial or Signature is not intended, and is merely coincidental.