Halloween Kitten

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Sept 16, 2011

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Your imagination

Floodfill color I used #e1700b

Plugins

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

Xero Fritillary

The tube I used Halloween Kitten is by Melissa Dawn, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

Today my dad would have turned 84 but he died at a young age on Sept 1, 1979 just before turning 52.  So today all my tuts are dedicated to him.

Love you dad!

Open a new transparent canvas, 700x550.  We will resize later

Floodfill with a color from your tube

Apply graphics plus cross shadow, default settings

Apply xero fritillary changing the top & bottom #'s to 12

Activate your selection tool

Click on custom

Top 100, bottom 450, left 100, right 600

Floodfill with the same color

Apply xero fritillary changing the top & bottom #'s to 8

Add drop shadow

Activate your pen tool, width 8

Foreground black, background null

Draw a line the same width of your selection floodfill layer

Ojects>Align>Center

Convert to raster

Effects>Distortion Effects>Wave

Horizontal settings

Amplitude 4, wavelenght 10, 

Vertical settings

amplitude 1, wavelenght 8

Transparent

Activate the floodfilled layer

Select all>float>defloat

Activate your wave layer

Invert your selection

Delete

Deselect

Duplicate 2 times

Move one up a bit and the other one down

Merge these layers

Move to the bottom of your floodfilled layer

Add drop shadow

Duplicate & flip

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Add drop shadow

Duplicate

Resize to 35%

Position on lower right corner as shown on my tag

Duplicate & mirror

If you're using the same tube paste the bats as a new layer

Add drop shadow

Duplicate a few times and position in various areas

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your name & your © info

Merge all

Save as jpg & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

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