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This is my own creation, any similarities to other tutorials is purely coincidental and unintentional.

This is what we will be making...



Choose two tubes of your choice.

Next using your eye dropper tool pick two colors
from your tubes, one light, one dark, m
ake a gradient using those colors with
these settings... Linear, Angle 0, Repeats 0, check invert.

Open a new image 500 x 500.

Floodfill with your gradient.

Add a new raster layer, draw a rectangle
with your selection tool like this



Floodfill with you gradient, same settings as before. Now go to Filters Unlimited, Andrews 8 Filter,
Tow The Line with these settings...



While still selected add your tube,
now on your layer pallette lower the
Opacity to about 74.
Deselect.

Add a new raster layer.

With your selection tool set to rectangle
draw another rectangle like before but in
the bottom right hand corner this time.

Floodfill with the your gradient.

Apply the Andrews 8 Filter, same settings
as before. Add your second tube while still selected.
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance and Opacity
to about 74.

Deselect.

Now add brushes or text of your choice on a
new layer, adjust your Blend Mode
and Opacity to your liking.

Add your name and watermark.
When you are done merge all layers and add a a border of 5 pixels.

Save as a jpg.


If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
email me Beth

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