Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Rock Me Santa



This tutorial was written for those

that have a semi-working knowledge of ·PaintShop Pro·


Supplies Needed·


eyecandy 4 gradient glow

I am using the awesome work of Robert Alvarado,


You must have a license to use his work from MPT.

See his work Here.

kit:Rockin' Christmas by Designs by Sarah

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Can be purchased affordably at PMTWS.



Open your tube,image/canvas size to 600x600

add the candycane,resize till it can fit her hand

zoom tool,real close in on this layer

duplicate,drag one below tube.


using the eraser tool set to 3,erase off top part of candycane next to her thumb

all done?
layers merge visible now


and using a shadow of choice here

i used eyecandy 4,shadowlab



add the guitar and resize 80%,move right and below tube layer

repeating shadow as above settings.

add the tree with no decor on it,add to left behind all other layers.

now,let's decorate our tree okay?

done? merge layers -decors n tree only

add the black star,and resize to 80%

add a paper to bottom layer and load a mask of choice.

grab the preset eclipse tool,foreground black,background null

width 2

draw out an eclipse,place where you want to add text on a path

text will vary to psp so however large you want is fine.

set to floating,not vector

type out wording,selection promote to layer

click in layers to right,the + on eclipse shape,click hide.

layers on text,convert to raster,select none.

clear the eclipse tool now.

add a gradient glow and shadow of choice and add name and copyright of tube and save.

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