Marie's Designs: New Tutorial Blue Ocean

Thursday, July 21, 2016

New Tutorial Blue Ocean

This is an updated tutorial of one I wrote in 2004. My original tutorial is here Rewrite: July 21, 2016.
This tutorial is entirely of my own making, any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

NEW PTU Tutorial - (you can use any kit you want if you do not want to purchase the one I used; same for tube) . I used Tropical Siren By Pink Paradox Productions and Blue Ocean by © Alehandra Vanhek. This tube is an exclusive tube at PFD. You can not use this same tube without the proper license and purchasing of product.
This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP

Supplies / Filters needed
Artistic - Underpainting	Available Here
Xero Filter - Fritillary and Porcelain	Available Here
Eye candy 5 Impact: Glass and Gradient glow	Available Here Glow Settings Here
Crescent Moon - Spooky Fade	Available Here
Super Blade Pro here.	Sanco Knotty Gold setting here Unzip and add to SBP enviroment and texture folder
Font: ManicSea	Available Here
Mask MD-mask3-4. Right click and save as Open in PSP to use or and to your masks folder

I try to write my tutorials as plain and clear as possible, but if I get you confused (and, if I do, I am sorry) you can always refer back to the image we are making for reference. Also, this is just a guideline (I write where I place the elements ) but, feel free to move them around, or add different elements. Have fun and experiment, it is the best way to learn new things.

Legend

C/P = Copy Paste / D/S = Drop Shadow default settings: 3 -3 58 7.92
bg: background, / S/F/D: Select All, Float, Defloat / E or el: Element
R: Resize / Unsharp mask Settings: 3 30 3 (Use after resizing if the image looks grainy or blurry )

Blue Ocean Tutorial Instructions

New 800 X 800
View Grid selected
With selection tool - rounded rectangle Mode: Add Shift Feather 0 anti-alias checked
start 2 grids over and 3 grids down draw shape 2 grid wide down to bottom is 3 places up - continue this 4 more times each time dropping down and coming up by 1 grid - on the fifthonly choose grid of 1 width. Please see screen shot for reference

Flood Fill With your gradient - Deselect
Duplicate - mirror - merge down

Apply Filter - Artistic: Underpainting with these settings: 4 / 9 / Burlap / 87% / 2 / Light Direction: top left / invert unchecked

Apply Filter Xero - fritillary default setting

Apply Filter Crescent Moon - spooky fade with these settings : red 42 / Green - 194 / blue 255 / transparency 3
Select All
New layer - name layer image
C/P pp 14 into selection change blend mode to Multiply
New layer name glass layer Apply EC 5 Impact - Glass (or a glass setting from a different version of EC) Settings - Bevel width: 25 / Bevel smoothness 30 / round selection: 0 / Bevel Placement - inside / glass color: white / 0 , 20 , 37, 75, 75, 15.00 , 29

Keeping select contract 2 New layer - frame layer Invert float defloat FF with white. I applied SBP sanco knotty gold filter then sharpen- if you don't have SBP then flood fill with a light tan color add noise sharpen
Now deselect
merge Visible
go to bottom layer ff white
New Layer Select all C/P pp 14 into selection deselect
Apply Mask: MD-mask3-4 merge group
Back to top layer

Adding Elements

C/P E 141 R 80%
C/P E 119 R 75% move to left duplicate mirror flip
C/P E 116 R 75% Move to bottom of image and above the mask layer
Back on top layer
C/P e 81 R 50% duplicate R 1 another 50% and the other one 62% Place the larger one toward bottom right - and the smaller one toward the back a little on the right size
C/P tube - (I used Blue Ocean available at PFD) if using this tube R 50% place in center of canvas
Duplicate tube Blur - Guassian blur -5 Apply Xero - Porcelain default setting changing blue to 0 change blend mode to screen or whatever you think looks best with your tube
Move the red coral on the right above the tube layer
C/P El 10 R 50X 2 move above the larger red coral - duplicate mirror resize another 80% place above other piece of red coral
C/P E 9 R 58% X 2 place at top right
C/P E 20 R 58% X 2 place at bottom right
C/P E 7 R 52% Duplicate R 1 52% move to upper rt. Duplicated seahorse R 68% mirror move to bottom left
C/P E 23 R 48% move to left
C/P El 22 R 48% mirror move to right
Resize now if you want a smaller tag - after resizing add your copyright at License information
Save as pspimage if you want a copy to add more names to
Add your name I used ManicSea sz 72 (60 for longer names) applied an inner bevel, a tiny double gg and a D/s. Colors F: #003282 / B: #bffefb gradient a 45 r 1 .
Inner Bevel Settings: Bevel 2 Width 5 20 , 2, 50, 10 color: white Angle: 315 Intensity: 50 Elevation 20
EC 5 Impact GG tiny double settings by vaybs used same colors as text lighter blue first, white, then the darked blue
D/S settings: 3, -3, 84, 0.00
Save as png and you are done