**This tutorial was written using Photoshop CC. I believe the
instructions should work with various other versions, but they are not tested
on any other version. This tutorial is
my own creation. Any similarity to any
other tutorial is not done purposely or knowingly (aside from the fact that the
process is pretty similar in most tutorials).
If you do not know how to do some of the things I mention here (like
mirroring an image, adding a drop shadow, resizing elements, etc.), check out
my “Tips
and Tricks” tutorial. **
Supplies:
PTU Poser – “Huntress”
by Shining Star Art (Kaci McVay). Get this
tough poser at The PSP Project: http://www.thepspproject.com/designers-artists/kaci-mcvay/huntress
PTU Kit- “The
Wolf” by Kandii Popz. This kit is
available for purchase at The Art of Tony Tzanoukakis:
FTU Mask – “Mask 03 – Jagged” by Aeval’s Art. The mask is available for download on my
blog:
Abbreviations:
DS – Drop Shadow
Settings I use:
DS Settings - Blend Mode set to Multiply, Opacity set to 75%, Angle set
to 120 degrees, Distance 5, Spread 0, Size 5
Ready…..Set….Tag!
Open a new canvas (Ctrl +N) 700 x 700, transparent background. This will be referred to as the working
canvas in my directions when switching between canvases.
Change the Foreground color to Black and then use the Paint Bucket tool
to fill the canvas with solid black.
Apply a style you like to the canvas.
I chose one that had different shades of gray which I felt looked similar
to the night sky.
Add the Mask to the canvas and resize if needed so it is the same size
as the working canvas. Then drag the mask
layer below the background you created.
With the mask layer selected, select all (Ctrl + A) and copy the entire
canvas (Ctrl + C). You will see dashed
lines surround the canvas.
Click on the Background layer to activate it, then turn on quick mask
(Press the Q key on your keyboard). The
dashed lines will disappear and that is ok.
Next Paste onto the background (Ctrl + V) and turn your Quick Mask off
(Q again).
You will now see a dotted outline of the mask on your background. Press the button on the bottom of layers side
bar that is a rectangle with a circle cut out of it. The mask will now show.
Right click on the background layer and select Convert to Smart
Image. This releases just the mask. The background layer of the mask will become
invisible on its own.
Add the GRASS element to your canvas.
Resize to fit the width of the canvas. Position at the bottom of the
canvas. Add DS.
Add the poser to your canvas. Resize
her to fit the canvas and then drag the poser layer behind the Grass layer. Position her toward the middle of the canvas.
It should end up appearing that she is standing in a patch of grass. Add DS.
Add the WOLF1 element to the right of the poser. You might want drag the layer behind the
poser if you have them overlapping. Add
DS.
Duplicate the wolf element and flip it horizontally (See this tutorial
if you need help doing that – see the section that talks about mirroring). Position in on the left side of the poser.
Add the SIGN element to the right of the poser and resize so that the
sign portion is large enough to hold the name you intend to put on the tag and
you like the look of it. I resized mine to about 360%.
Add the STUMP element to the left of the poser. Drag the stump layer below the wolf layer so
it looks like the wolf is standing in front of the stump. Again resize it to
fit the proportions of your tag and then add DS.
Add the CLOUD element and position in the upper left corner of the
tag. Resize to whatever size you think
looks good. Duplicate the layer and drag
the duplicate over to the right side. If
you overlap the sign, make sure you move the cloud layer behind the sign layer
so you won’t cover up the area where you will be putting the name.
Add the MOON element to the upper right corner so that it is peeking
above the cloud. Resize to be bigger or
smaller if you like.
Voila! The focal point of your
tag is now created.
Now decorate your tag with any of the elements from the kit. Resize the elements as you add them so fit
the proportions of your tag. Experiment
with rotating them and mirroring them for more variety. In addition duplicate elements and use
multiple times to fill in holes and add more pizzazz. In this tutorial to indicate when I used more
than one of the same element I will add (X#) by the name to indicate how many
versions of the element I used.
Here are all the elements I used from the bottom layers up.
- TREE3 (X2)
- TREE1 (X2)
- TREE2
- CROW
- GRASSES (X2)
Add your license and copyright info to the tag.
Add name and any other text of choice.
Save as PNG and go share with all your friends!
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