Sweet Babe Forum Set FTU

This tut was written for those with a basic knowledge of psp.

I am using the awesome artwork of Arthur Crowe. You need a license to use this art work. Please do not use without a license. You can find this art at the Arthur Crowe Factory Store HERE

Supplies Needed

I used PSPX...but any of them should work.
Forum Mask #17 and you can get it HERE

Filter-Xero-Radiance, Porcelain, Mistifier, Soft Vignette & Sparkles

Font used, Impact for Sweet Babe, it comes with PSP
Font for name is  Before the Rain

Drop Shadow usually V2 H2 50 5
Alway add your drop shadow as you go along.

Open a 600 x 250 image
Flood fill with a darker color from your tube, then add a new Raster Layer and fill with a lighter color from your tube. Apply the mask then delete, merge group. Add your drop shadow, so your mask will show up. I then applied the filter xero-Soft Vignette to the mask. I then added the xero filter-Sparkles to the mask also...with the following settings
Fleck_1
Uniform
100, 1000, 25, 10
Use Highlight and Anti-Alias checked
then click ok and then go to Adjust and sharpen

My tube comes with a close up, half and full body. Copy and paste your half tube and then duplicate it 3 more times, position in different parts of your image, mirror one and place the face part on the left and right side, merge tubes down until all on one layer.  Now duplicate this layer and apply the blend mode, Burn.  Then on the original, apply the xero filters, Radiance, Porcelain and mistifier all at default settings, then back to the copy and merge down and move below the mask layer. Lower the opacity to 40 to 50 depending on how light you want it to be.
Now type out the words Sweet Babe with one of the colors you used before, with  the font Impact at size 125, then change blend mode to soft light and move it up toward the top of your tag, on top of  the mask, add your drop shadow. I also applied Effect, 3D effect, cutout at V-1, H1, opacity 21 and blur 5, shadow black and fill interior same color that you used for the word. Add your drop shadow
Then copy and paste your tube on top of all layers and place in the center of your tag,  add your drop shadow.

If happy with everything, then merge layers visible.

For the frame part, select all, new raster layer, fill with the darker color, Modify, contract by 2, delete, add new raster layer, fill with lighter color, contract by 3 delete.
Go to Adjust, add noise at 50% on your second layer of the frame, the lighter color, uniform and Monochrome checked.

Now for the Avator, open a 150 x 150 new image.
Copy merge from the sig tag and paste, resize to 85% and mirror, position to your liking, then merge visible, sharpen. For the frame, select all, new layer, add dark color, contract by 2, delete, new layer, fill with lighter color, contract by 3, delete. Add your noise to this layer as before.
Once happy with everything, merge visible and add all copyrights and your name and you are done.
Hope you have enjoyed doing my tut.