Grande Background

Grande Background Tile

step 1:

I started with a paint brush and drew these lines (had no idea what I would end up with) and added a slight drop shadow.

step two:

select all, set selection

step three:

*repeat 5 times with a different color each time.

add new raster layer, select fill color, expand selection by 3, flood fill selection with color, drag layer down 1 layer, leave selected - now looks like this

step four:

deselect; add new raster layer and flood fill with another color for background; merge visible - now looks like this

step five:

used Simple's quick tile filter (a free filter set) - now looks like this

step six:

applied a filter from another free filter set called Kang2, filter name = the grand design using defaults - now looks like this

step seven:

added new raster layer; filled with white and pulled the layer down 1; activated the color layer and used slide to lower opacity to a setting I liked for a background (I like light colored back ground for having text over them and medium to dark for tiles to be used as trim)

this is medium - I saved in psp format and named it SliderBackground so I can pull it back sometime and change the depth of color

I used the tile to make this ornament.

**Ornament**
I used the PSP 'circle' filter to get the round circle
selected all and set selection and rotated left/right by 90 degrees
opened a globe image, copied it and closed it
added a new layer and pasted the globe bubble into selection then I used the deformation tool to make sure the bubble covered the ornament completely, added a layer for the ornament cap tube and added a layer for the tassel ** actually, I made each rope drawing on it's own layer so I could add just a touch of drop shadow for shading.

Tutorial written by CSGreen 12/02/03

Close when finished.