~Supplies Needed~

Tube ~ Im using the awesome artwork of Elias chatzoudis, which you need a licence to use & can get here ~ PSP Tubes Emporium

Filters ~ Xero Porcelain & Radiance

Fonts ~ Weltron

Drop Shadow ~ 2 2 50 5, 1 1 50 5 & -1 -1 50 5


~Lets Begin~

New raster layer 550x200, Background #d10000, foreground black, make a gradiant, angel 36 repeats 3 linear, invert unticked, flood fill layer, adjust, motion blur angel 45, strength 100

Paste tube as new layer, move to right, xero radiance default, blend mode Luminance (L), duplicate, mirror, merge down so both are on same layer.

Paste tube as new layer, resize if needed, make sure its in middle of canvas, xero porcelain default, move above other tube layer

With your rectangle tool & foreground #d10000 make a thin-ish rectangle about half way up & across whole tag, opacity 60, see my tag.

With your font type your name in black & add drop shadow to tubes, rectangle & name

Highlight your gradiant layer, select all, modify, select selection borders 5, floodfill black, add noise 50, random, monochrome ticked, move to top of all layers & add drop shadow 1 1 50 5, -1 -1 50 5

~Avatar~

New raster layer 150x150, floodfill with same gradiant as before.

Paste tube as new layer, resize if needed, xero porcelain add drop shadow

Rectangle tool & make the same rectangle as above & type your name & add drop shadow

Highlight gradiant layer & add border same as before only this time make it 3, add drop shadow & ©


Thats it we are done! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, any problems please contact me at the addy on the right ♥

Sharon ~x~