Carnival Masks Tutorial

PSP 7

*NOTE*

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Filters and programs used in this tutorial:-
Paint Shop Pro
Dragonfly's Sinedot II filter
Super Blade Pro

Materials:-
My sg_loops.cfg, dusky rose SBP preset, Here
The Blade Pro pre-set I originally used was Dee's 'Pink Jewel'
which is no longer available, my dusky rose is a similar alternative.

The gradient I use in step 5, is from Peggy Jentoft's Gradients it is
in her 'gradients 1 set' there is a link Here
unzip into your gradients folder

some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

step 1.
Open a new image 200 x 200 transparent
I flood filled with #450045 and used it as
my final background colour, you can use
another colour instead if you prefer

Add a new layer
Go to Effects...Plugins...Sinedots...
open the sg_loops.cfg and choose the loop preset
if you are new to sinedots and don't know how to open
the .cfg file click HERE for more information

Some presets use different 'blend' settings and it is
important for this tutorial to make sure that the blend
in the sinedots setting is set to 'screen' like this:-

Step 2.
Go to Effects...Geometric Effects...
Vertical Perspective difference minus 100

Step 3.
Go to Image...Canvas size...make sure that the centre
vertically and horizintally boxes are both ticked and
change the canvas size to 400 x 400 make the background
the active layer and flood fill with your background colour

Make the sinedot layer active, go to Image...Rotate...
and rotate by 90° 'Left' (you can get a different
shaped mask by rotating 'Right' instead)
Use the Mover tool to position the sinedot at the top right
I have turned on the grid (200 horizontal 200 vertical)
for the screenshot so that you can see the position I used

Step 4.
Go to Layers...Duplicate...then Image...Mirror

Turn off the visibility of the background layer
by opening the layers palette and clicking the glasses
Go to Layers...Merge...Merge Visible
Go to Image...Resize...and making sure that the
'all layers' box is not ticked resize the layer
to 80% then go to Effects...Sharpen...and sharpen

Step 5.
Change the palette foreground to gradient fill
click on the style box under the palette,
you can choose any gradient you like, I used aspectrum

Click the area outside the sinedot with Magic Wand Tool
go to Selections...Invert...then Selections...Float
flood fill with gradient then de-select

Step 6.
Add a new layer
Use the Draw Tool type=single line, size=8, antialias ticked
with the foreground colour white solid fill,
hold down the shift key (this will keep the line straight)
and draw a line from the top left of the mask to
near the bottom of the image. You can adjust the
position with the mover tool if necessary

Select the stick with the Magic Wand, go to
Effects...Plugins...Super Blade Pro...
and apply sg_dusky-rose, or any preset
you want then de-select

To make the stick more rounded I added an inner bevel
Go to Effects...3D Effects...Inner Bevel...
use these settings

Turn off visibility of the background layer and
merge visible. The background can be turned back on
Go to Effects...3D Effects...Drop Shadow... use these settings

Step 7.
To add some decoration and to cover the join between
the stick and the mask, you can use any tubes you like
for my ribbons I used psp's own 'streamers' tube,
scale=100 step=100, placing each one on a seperate
layer and stretching them to different lengths
with the Deformation Tool, You can flip or mirror,
if you think any of the ribbons would look
better the other way around.
This was my first ribbon (streamer)

Click on the Deformation Tool and then pull
the bottom centre down to stretch it

Double click to remove the deformation box
Then go to Effects and sharpen

I did three ribbons deleting any that I didn't
like the shape of. You can use the colourizer on
them if you need to change the colours.
Don't forget to put them on seperate layers.

The streamers already have a drop shadow
so you don't need to add one. I finished with
a tube of my own called sg_pink flower using
scale =30 step =200, go to
Effects...Sharpen...and sharpen then I added a
small drop shadow, changing the vertical and
horizontal setting to 2. The sg_pink flower
and sg_pink blossom tubes that I use in this
and the second mask are available for download
at the top of the page if you want them, but
you can use your own if you prefer
This is how my first mask looked after decorating

Turn off the visibility of the background layer
and merge visible. Turn the background back on.

Step 8.
For the second mask, with the following minor
adjustments, follow steps 1 to 5 (inclusive)

in in Step 1. use the loop2 preset

Step 3. after rotating, move the sinedot to the
centre right, see the screenshot below (you will
need the space when we rotate this mask later)

in Step 5. the gradient I used this time was
red-green-blue with these settings

this is the colour I had at step 5

When you have completed step 5 with the
second mask go to step 9.

Step 9.
Go to Image...Rotate... and rotate 35° 'Right'
making sure that the 'all layers box is not ticked
Then go to Edit..Sharpen...and sharpen

Go to Edit...Copy...
This image is no longer needed

Step 10.
Make sure that the top layer of your picture is active
Go to Edit...Paste...Paste as a new layer and use the
Mover Tool to re-position as you want (I adjusted the
position of my first mask as well)

Step 11.
Make sure that the top layer is active and
add a new layer. Repeat Step 6. making the line
run diagonally so that it crosses the first stick
the as in the following screenshot

When you have completed Step 6 with the second mask,
follow Step 7. The tube I used to finish this mask
was my 'sg_pink blossom' scale=30 step=200

Merge all layers

Step 12.
Add your own choice of frame mine was a combination of
the same Super Blade Pro preset that I used on the sticks
and the same colour used for my background

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I would like to give a big thankyou to Suz
for testing this tutorial for me

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