Evil Queen

 

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on Apr 18, 2012 & is copyright protected
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Scrapkit Gothic Dreams by Mrs Homer Lynn here

Plugins
Two Moons Wish It Would Rain
Graphics Plus Cross Shadow
Eyecandy Texture Noise



The tube I used Evil Queen Complex is by Tiffany Toland-Scott, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of my font is Vampiress
I used size 95



Open new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later
Floodfill with dark red
Apply two moons wish it would rain using default settings
Apply graphics plus cross shadow using default settings

Paste drapes as a new layer
Position at the top center of your tag
Add drop shadow

Using your magic wand (I set my tolerance on 25) click around the mesh areas of the drape a few times until all the little areas are selected
It should take only a few clicks
Duplicate 2 times
Apply eyecandy texture noise
Settings>crinkle
Repeat on other 2 layers clicking the random seed button each time
Deselect
Rename these layers to animation 1, 2 & 3

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Add drop shadow

Paste dressing stool as a new layer
Resize as needed to fit with your tube
(I resized to 60%)
Add drop shadow
Move to below your tube layer

Duplicate
Resize to 60%
Position up & to the left of the original
Duplicate & mirro

Paste lily as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Rotate left 15
Add drop shadow
Position on the right dressing stool
Duplicate, mirror & merge down
Move to below your stool layers
I moved the left one furter left

Paste lamp as a new layer
Resize to 50%
Position on a dressing stool
Add drop shadow

Duplicate 2 times
Effects>illumination effects>lights
Click on set to default
Change darkness to 75
Repeat on other 2 layers changing the darkness to 60 & 45
Rename these layers to animation 4, 5 & 6

Paste goblet as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position on other dressing stool
Add drop shadow

Paste spell book as a new layer
Resize to 35%
Position lower left area
Add drop shadow

Paste cat as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position lower right area
Add drop shadow

Paste heart gem as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Duplicate 2 times
Rotate 1 left 25 & the other right 25
Position around on your tag

Duplicate the un-rotated heart gem
Resize to 75%
Poistion on the lace of your main dressing stool
Duplicate an many times as needed & position into place along the lace as shown on my tag

Merge all the heart gem layers

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info



Animation:

Hide all your middle & bottom animation layers
Merge visible
Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge
Hide your top animation layers & unhide the middle ones
Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge
Hide your middle animation layers & unhide the bottom ones
Merge visible & paste after current in animation shop

I set my frame properties at 15

View your animation

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

Your comments are very much appreciated either here on this post or on the chat box.  I've made it easy for you to post on this tut by turning off the requirement of having to type in a confirmation code

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Result by Kaye W