SweetHeart

 

***Tutorial SweetHeart By JackieBeth, written on January 6, 2010***

**SAVE PROGRESS OFTEN**

***add drop shadows and resize/recolor when you see fit***

Items Needed

Paint Shop Pro/version PSPX was used to create this tutorial

tube/image of choice

Artist I Used: Elias Chatzoudis     

you MUST purchase a license at CDO HERE to use his work

filter DSB Flux/Bright Noise

filter Xero/Radiance

font & mask of choice/font used in this tutorial: "Orange Gush"

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open a blank transparent canvas size 500 by 500

copy and paste tube of choice

duplicate tube

select bottom tube

effects/reflection effects/pattern:

select preset "stripes horizontal"

repeat

(make sure mask is large enough to fill the inside of a large heart)

(if not just resize until it will cover the inside)

(you may need to duplicate if its very transparent)

apply mask of choice to canvas

merge group

select your preset shape tool, set at heart

foreground color white, background color null

line width set at 12 draw a rather large heart

free rotate left 3

center in canvas

convert to raster layer

apply filter DSB Flux/Bright Noise: mix, 30

place tube to preference

now draw a smaller heart

free rotate right 25

convert to raster layer

place in upper left corner

duplicate  your tube

place face or a body part that will fill the heart

select small heart layer

click in center with magic wand tool

selections/modify/expand/5 pixels

selections/invert

select tube layer

press delete on keyboard

selections/select none

adjust/hue and saturation/colorize: 0, 0

apply filter Xero/Radiance: default settings

select the small heart layer

apply filter DSB Flux/Bright Noise: 30, mix

apply all proper credits

add names/phrases as you wish