*~Undun~*

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely work of ©VeryMany

LnK - Zitah and Jouri

Simple - Center Tile

Toadies - Plain Mosaic Blur

Penta - Color Dot

Xero - Porcelain (optional)

Let's Begin:

NOTE:  Label the layers as suggested so that it will make it easier to follow!!!!

Open a new image 600 x 250

Choose from your tube  a dark color for your foreground and a light color for your background

Change foreground to gradient:

Fill canvas

Apply LnK - Zitah:

Add a new layer - fill with grad - rename Grad 2

Apply LnK - Jouri:

Apply Simple - Center Tile - default settings

With magic wand - feather set to 0 - click the black lines

Note:  if you miss any - hold down the shift key and keep clicking until all are highlighted

Add a new layer - fill with light color - deselect - rename Light 1

Dupicate - rename Skew

Staying on Skew

Effects - Geometric Effects - Skew:

Activate Light 1 

Noise - Gaussian - 30% - mono checked

Delete Grad 2 layer

Activate Skew layer - with wand - click the widest segment - add a new layer and fill with light color - deselect - rename Diagonal Light:

Activate Skew layer again - click diagonal segment to the left of the one you just did - add a new layer - fill with dark color - deselect - rename Diagonal Dark

Staying on this layer - apply blinds:

Duplicate layer - flip

Apply Toadies - Plain Mosaic Blur - default settings - rename Blur

Edge effects - enhance

Duplicate - activate Blur Layer (this should be the bottom of the two layer)

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

Activate Diagonal Light 

Effects - Penta - Color Dot:

Scroll down to Skew layer - arrange bring to top

Scroll to Light 1 - arrange bring to top

Activate layer 1 (bottom layer)

Copy and paste tube - a close-up works well if you have one

Resize and position - remove excess

Duplicate tube layer

Activate Light 1 layer - with wand - select top and bottom areas

Activate top tube layer  - delete - deselect

Activate bottom tube layer - change blend mode to Luminance(L) and lower opacity to 60%

Copy and paste full size tube - resize and position

Change blend mode to Overlay

Optional - apply Xero Porcelain to full tube and top tube layer if you like.

Add a new layer - fill with color choice - select all - contract by 2 - delete - add noise - gaussian - 50% - mono checked

Add copyright and license information and name.

Merge and save!!!!

Tune Time:  Undun by The Guess Who

*~Honesty~*

NOTE:  This tut uses something that may be new to you - it's a Alpha Channel selection template.  Think of it as a regular template - but instead of colored shapes on different layers - this is one layer - you add layers and choose a selection and fill.  It's very easy to use and I hope you will find it a fun new experience.

Supplies:

PI2_Honesty Supplies - HERE

Tube of choice

Filters:

Filters Unlimited - Special Effects 1 - Shiver

VanDerLee - Unplugged X

Penta - Dot and Cross

Filter Factory J - Drink to me

Let's Begin:

Open your tube, honesty template and lines deco

Duplicate the honesty template and close the original

Minimize the lines deco for now

From your tube - choose a light color for your foreground and a dark color for your background

Set your foreground to gradient:

Fill honesty template (which will referred to as the canvas) with gradient

Apply Filters Unlimited - Special Effects 1 - Shiver:

Apply VanDerLee - Unplugged X:

Select Vertical Tile

Apply Penta - Dot and Cross: 75/12/0

Selection - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - select the Diamond shown in the window

Promote selection to layer - deselect 

Filters Unlimited - Special effect 1 - Shiver - default settings

Layers duplicate - image mirror - move this layer under the other diamond layer - activate top diamond and merge down

Effects - Image Effects - seamless tiling:

Change blend mode to Luminance (L) and reduce opacity to around 70 - or whatever you prefer

Change the foreground gradient to this setting:

Add a new layer - fill with gradient

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel -

Click the arrow on the right side of the window and select PI2_Large Box

Load - selection - invert - delete - invert - contract by 10 - delete - deselect.

Duplicate

Activate the bottom of the 2 duplicate layers - apply Filters Factory J - Drink to me 

Activate the top layer - merge down

Effects - image effects - seamless tiling - same settings

Effects - Edge effects - enhance

Change blend mode to Hard Light - opacity to around 80 or your preference

Merge down.

Activate your bottom layer

Selections - Load/Save selection from Alpha Channel - choose PI2_Side Triangles

Promote selection to layer - deselect - move to top

Apply drop shadow - 5/5/50/5.00/black - repeat with -5/-5/50/5.00

Open PI2_Lines - copy

Paste as a new layer on your canvas

Select all - float - defloat - add a new layer - fill with color or gradient choice (you may need to click a few times to get the effect your want).  Deselect.

Change the blend mode if you like - I changed mine to screen.

Delete original lines layer

Add your tube - resize and position - add drop shadow of choice

Add copyright and license information.

Add a new layer - fill with color choice - select all - contract by 2 - delete - deselect - or add a frame option of your choice.

Add you name and save!!!!

Tune Time - Billy Joel - Honesty