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I have been hunting down all of my tutorials for a few years now,
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Most of them are missing links to supplies, whether it is 
because an artist or designer has retired, tagger's blog has 
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as inspiration. As I update each tutorial, I will slowly re-release them.
ALL Tutorials before 2024 are AI FREE, meaning no AI was used.
and all newer tutorials will be labelled accordingly.

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Any similarities to any other is purely coincidental.
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Some tips...
I use abbreviations in my tutorials, 
the more common ones are below:
C&P~Copy and Paste
RS~Re-size
DS~Drop Shadow
MW~Magic Wand

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This tutorial was written by Chasunicorn

on January 4, 2013.

*Updated November 2025*

 Supplies:

Tube By PinUp Toons

He has not been in a store since SDNC

Mask 176 by Vix PSP

Filters:

Penta~ Color Dot

Eye Candy~ Gradient Glow

Drop Shadow:

Whatever you prefer

Canvas Size:

650x650

Step by Step:

*Open a new canvas and flood with a gradient of choice.

I chose 2 colors from my tube and used the Foreground-

Background Gradient...Apply your Mask...Merge Group

Duplicate Apply Color Dot Default settings to the top copy Blend Mode 

to Luminance (L) and add a blur to the bottom layer

*Change your Foreground Color to Black and Draw out a 200x150 Rectangle and a 150x150

Rectangle and a 150x150 Square

    **200x150 Rectangle~ place your shape towards top left

Duplicate and flip

    **150x150 Square~ Place to the right of the Rectangles

Merge All Shape Layers

*MW inside all the shapes...Add a new layer and flood fill with a color

of choice...Add a close up of your tube to the Shapes...Switch the tube around

to show different areas of the close up or full tube.

On each of the tube layers play with the Blend Modes

    **Tube layer 1 (Top)~ Duplicate add a blur to the copy

Drop the Opacity to 70% on both layers and the Blend Mode to Overlay on the copy

    **Tube layer 2 (Middle)~ Change the Blend Mode to Hard Light

and drop the Opacity to 50%

    **Tube layer 3 (Bottom)~ Duplicate add a blur to the copy

Drop the Opacity to 60% on both layers and the Blend Mode to Burn on the copy

*Add your full tube to the center of your canvas.

*Add any word art or elements you would like

Add your name, Copyright info and Watermark

Re-Size your tag if you want to and you are done

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