Spider Girl Comic Tutorial

Spider Girl Comic Tutorial
By: KMLDesignz
August 10th 2011

Supplies needed
Tube of choice, full length and close up would be best,
I am using PTU tube by ©Elias Chatzoudis
www.elias-design.gr
You need a license to use and can get that here.
Scrap kit of choice, I am using PTU kit Comic Girl by Pimpd Designz
http://pimp-your-tags.blogspot.com/
you can get that here and here.
Font of choice, I am using BadaBoom BB, you can download here.

Let's get started

Open up a new image 700*500, we will resize later if need.

Open up your supplies and minimize for now.

Open up pd-frame-06 c/p as new layer, resize once @ 70 smartsize
sharpen once, click inside and expand by 3 with you magic wand.

Open up pd-pp-07, c/p as new layer, resize twice @ 70 smartsize,
then once at 85 smartsize, sharpen twice. Click invert, then delete
the rest that hangs over the frame, invert again and select none.

Bring this below your frame layer, give your frame layer a drop shadow
V&H- 1 Blur- 2.00 Opacity-100 Color-BLK

Now for your tube, if you have a nice close up of the face this
will work nicely, if you don't, don't resize too much. Take your
close up and have it fit nicely into your frame, erase any that hangs over.

In your layers, change the blend mode to hardlight, only your tube
layer, it will then blend nicely into your paper. You can also play
with the other settings and might find another you like.

Now take your full length of your tube, c/p and depending on your tube
resize nicely and sharpen at least 2 times, add same drop shadow as before.


Let's decorate!

Open up pd-skyline, c/p as new layer, resize 3 times @ 80% smartsize, sharpen twice, add
same drop shadow as before, place below all layers peeking out on top.

Open up pd-moon, c/p as new layer, don't resize, add same drop
shadow as before just lower the opacity to 46, duplicate, then
merge those two together, place below the skyline layer
so it looks like its sitting like the "real" moon.

Open up pd-spider02, c/p as new layer, resize 2 times @ 70 smartsize, sharpen twice,
add a gradient glow of white to it and then same drop shadow as before. I placed mine
in the left corner of the tag, use sample as guide.

Open up pd-sign-01, c/p as new layer, resize 3 times @ 70% smartsize, rotate 20 degrees
to the right, sharpen twice and add same drop shadow as before, I place this on the top
left of the tag above the spider layer.

Open up pd-bracket, c/p as new layer resize once @ 85% smartsize
sharpen twice, add a white gradient glow to it, and same drop shadow as before,
place one on the left side, then duplicate and place the other on the right, rotate
this one @ 9 degrees to the right, sharpen again. Use sample as a guide to place them
nicely on the tag so they peek out nicely some.

Open up pd-splatter-02, c/p as new layer, resize twice @ 85% smartsize, sharpen twice,
add same drop shadow as before, duplicate, mirror place one on the bottom of the tag nicely,
then bring the other up nicely so it peeks out some on top, merge together and place behind all
layers so it peeks out nicely behind them.

Open up pd-bubble-01, c/p as new layer, resize 6 times @ 85% smartsize, sharpen 3 times,
add same drop shadow as before, place in top right corner, use sample as guide.

Open up pd-fence, c/p as new layer, resize once @ 70% smartsize, sharpen twice, add same
drop shadow as before, place behind all layers, duplicate and mirror.

Open up pd-wa-03, c/p as new layer, resize 3 times @ 70% smartsize and once @ 85% smartsize,
sharpen 3 times, add a white gradient glow to it, same drop shadow as before. I placed mine in
the bubble layer so it looks like the tube is saying/thinking it.

Open up pd-spider-web, c/p as new layer, bring this below all layers, add same drop shadow.

Open up your font of choice, add your name and any copyright that belongs,
save as a png or jpg and your done!

Hope you enjoyed my new tutorial!!