Life Lies Waiting

This is a quick & easy Tut

Supplies needed:
PSP - I used PSP X, but will work in all versions
Tube of Choice,I'm using the lovely artwork of Michael Landefeld,
you need to purchase a license to use his art HERE
Font of choice or one I used
SXC Picture, used with permission
Gradient of choice
My Supplies here

Ok Ready? Let's begin

Open a new canvas 700x700 (you can resize later)
Flood fill white
Eclipse tool, foreground null, background black
draw out a fair sized oval shape
convert to raster
click inside your oval with your Magic wand - tolerance 20 feather 0
Selections, Modify, contract by 30
New raster layer
get your SXC picture, you will need to resize it a fair bit
copy and paste as new layer, position it where you want it
selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard
Back on your black oval layer, magic wand and click on the edge of oval
I used a complimenting gradiet around the edge and added a bevel to it
but it's up to you what you want to do or use
Give your oval shape a slight drop shadow
On your tube, copy and paste as new layer, if bits of your tube overlap the oval
just erase parts of it as you see fit or refer to tag above
Drop shadow your tube or tubes
Add your wordart and any other embelishments you wish
Add your copyright info and watermark
Save as normal, and voila your all done
Thanks for trying my Tutorial and hope you enjoyed trying it out

Layout and Tutorial ©Lou written on April 23rd, 2008.
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