You will need

FM Tile Tools

Simple Top Left Mirror

My zip file HERE

Please respect those who made the contents and do not change file names

1: Set your foreground to the dmsmidnightsky gradient. Angle 0, repeats 0, style linear. Invert is not checked.

Set your background to the dmsowlpattern angle 0, scale 100.

2: Open a new transparent canvas 625X500 and fill with the gradient.

3: Open the DI_tube822. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Move to the bottom left as in the main graphic.

Layers, duplicate, image, mirror.

Right click on the duplicate layer. Merge, merge down.

Set the blend mode to overlay.

Lower the opacity to 75%

4: Effects, plugins FM Tile Tools, Blend Emboss with the default settings.

5: Open the indigomoon tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Position at the top left as in main graphic.

Layers duplicate. Image mirror. Position so as the second moon is just off the canvas as in the main graphic.

Right click on the duplicate layer. Merge, merge down.

6: Repeat step 4.

7: Open the dmsowlface tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Leave him where he is.

Change the blend mode to luminance and lower the opacity to 25%.

8: Repeat step 4.

9: Open the BirdOwl2 tube.

Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Position at the bottom left as in main graphic.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Apply the following drop shadow.

Repeat the drop shadow changing the vertical and horizontal to -5.

10: Open the Narah_0516_Animals_Jan2010 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image resize 80% bicubic making sure all layers is not checked.

Edit repeat resize. Repeat resize once more.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Position as in the main graphic and apply both drop shadows as in 9.

11: Open the mtfp_OWL tube.

 Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image resize 80% bicubic making sure all layers is not checked.

Edit repeat resize. Repeat resize once more.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Position as in the main graphic and apply both drop shadows as in 9.

12: When you are happy with how everything is positioned, merge all, flatten.

13: Image add borders 2 black.

14: Image add borders 25 white. Select with the magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero and fill with the dmsowlpattern.

Image flip.

Effects, plugins Simple Top Left Mirror.

Effects, edge effects, enhance.

Select none.

15: Repeat step 13.

16: Add your watermark and any text you may require. Save a save as a jpg and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on April 18, 2010

No copyright infringement is intended as this is purely for the learning experience gained through creating this tag.

This tutorial must not be passed through e-mail, groups or by any other method without written permission from myself.

Thank you to Jane for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2010