“VOODOO QUEEN”

This tutorial is for those who have working knowledge with Paint Shop Pro & Jasc Animation Shop.

This tutorial used an adorable PTU scrap kit by Sky’s Scraps called “Lady Gaga”. You can find her work here:

http://skyrosemelody.blogspot.com/

*Tube: Scarlet Gothica “Lutetia” http://scarletgothica.com/(Tube included in supplies-this tube was altered in her

hair to cover the adult nature of the tube).

*Mask: WSL_Mask192 by Chelle. Click on the “Navigate” font at the top, and look under Downloads here: http://www.weescotslass.co.uk/

*Font: A&S Black Swan & A&S California Plug: These are paid for fonts and can not be provided. However in my supplies, I’ve included word art and the Gothica Tube.

Effect: Alien Skin Xenofex 2-Constellation

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*Supplies Here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/92056780/f937c456/Voodoo_Queen_Supplies.html

Please SAVE often!!

Let’s get started

Open a 550x550 transparent canvas. Flood fill white.

Open a frame of choice from the kit, paste as a new layer. I used Frame2. Resize by 80%.

Open a paper of choice from Sky’s “Lady Gaga” kit. I used: pp32, resize by 70%.Paste as a new layer. (Leave this paper open for your font)

Load mask “WSL_Mask192” provided: with these settings:

Right click and merge group.

Open an element of choice from the scrap kit and paste as a new layer. I used FlowerPainting2, and placed over the left of my frame.

Copy and Paste your tube of choice as a new layer, I used: Lutetia by Scarlet Gothica.

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Resize by 85%, Duplicate, and drag one layer below your frame layer.

Click on the top tube layer to make active, using your freehand lasso tool circle what you want hidden beneath the frame. Hit delete on your keyboard. Go to your top tool bar,

Selections, Select None to deactivate. Now go to your lower tube layer and do the same thing along the frame to get rid of any excess showing on that piece. Same Process: hit

delete on your keyboard and select none.

Open your elements of choice I used Leaves7 and paste as a new layer. Go to your top tool bar, Image, Free rotate,

Right by 90 degrees and drag this layer below your frame layer, see mine to reference. Duplicate. Keep this new duplicate layer active, top tool bar, Image, Mirror. Then Image,

Flip. Use your lasso tool and circle around the stem sticking out on both layers and hit delete on your keyboard. Selections, Select None.

I decided to add a skull to the tube as well. Open the DiamsSkull, and resize by 15%, image sharpen. Copy and paste as a new layer, and move up above the top tube layer and

place in her hair.

Now to add your “Voodoo Queen” font at the bottom. I used font A&S California Plug, font size 72, stroke width 3, foreground color code: #6b6e5b and foreground your

background paper: pp32. Add a drop shadow. Drag this layer under your flower but above your frame layer. See mine to reference.

*Or you can use my word art provided in my supplies.

Now using a font of your choice, preferably a soft beautiful flowy font. I used A&S Black Swan: type out your name using font size 60, foreground color code: #6b6e5b and background color code #d02a74. Rotate with your pick tool, so it’s up on the frame layer,

see mine to reference.

Now add your copyright and watermark.

If you want to skip the animation, save as a JPG or PNG now.

ANIMATION TIME:

I used Alien Skin Xenofex 2-Constellation for this effect.

Click on your top tube layer to make active. Duplicate this layer 3 times. Hide your main layer.

Label the others as 1, 2 and 3. Now click on the top layer 3 to make active.Using your free hand selection tool, select the hair pieces you want on her to have this

effect. If you would like to choose more than one at a time, hold down the shit key as your select

your selections. Leave your selections active.

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Now apply your Alien Skin Xenofex 2-Constellation with these settings:Star Size: 3,

Size Variation: 6, Edge Star Denisty: 8,

Overall Star Density: 1, Overdrive: 100

Twinkle Amount 55, Keep Original Image checked, random seed: 1

Now hit Ok.

Hide this layer, unhide layer 2, apply the same settings except hit “random seed” once.Do the same with layer 1, and hit “random seed” once more.

Now go to your top tool bar Selections, Select None.

Hide your layers 2 & 3. Right click Copy Merged. Paste into Jasc Animation shop. Go back to Corel, unhide layer 2, hide layer 1. Right click and copy merged and paste “after

current animation”, do the same with the last layer.

Now Jasc, go to the top tool bar, Edit, Select All. Top tool bar again, leaving them all selected, Animation, Frame Properties, and change to 15.

View animation. If you are happy, save as an animation.

Thank you for trying my tutorial! I would love to see your results and are displaying them on my tutorial page.

If you would like to share your creation from this tutorial, you can email them here: jessicawoods1@yahoo.com

This tutorial was written by Jessica Woods on March 9th, 2009. Any similarities to this tutorial are merely coincidental.

Please do not share this tutorial other than a direct link to my main tutorial site here: http://gothicinspirations.blogspot.com/

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