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
