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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

FTU - Black Skull Tutorial


This tutorial was written by me on October 16th, 2012. Please do not claim this tutorial as your own.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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Mask Of Choice

Scrap Kit - FTU Mini Kit By Heidi at Scottish Butterfly..you can download this kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I Used the artwork of Lady Mishka 

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

Template - Template 90 by Millie..you can get this template here. 

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Open New Canvas

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 2
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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Time to do your template

Open Template 90
Delete The Credits
Delete Layer 12

Right click on paper4
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on layer 1 & 2
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper5
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on layer 3
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper1
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on layers 6 & 8
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper5
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on layer 11
Edit > Fill With Pattern 
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Now that the hard part is over..you are ready to add elements and your tube

Open Element 3
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Close up of tube.
Place in front of layer 11
Now change the mode to overlay.
Opacity of 100

Open your full body tube.
Place in the middle
Add Tube
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Element 9
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Element6
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Element2 
Duplicate 2x
No dropshadow

Open Element5
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Element7
Duplicate 
Place element7 on the left
Flip
and the do the same for the right side as well
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Merge All Layers!

Duplicate Tag
Change Mode To Soft Light
Merge Down

Resize tag to 600x600

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!

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