Dean Yeagle - Facebook Timeline Cover

 

click on tag to see full size cover
this tag tutorial was made using artwork by Dean Yeagle

I bought my tubes from CILM but they are now available from CDO here

scraps used Boom Pow by Sarah @Designs by Sarah

available HERE
WSL Mask number 148 from here

 add masks to your mask folder
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OPEN A NEW CANVAS  851 x 315 PIXELS

open red plain paper from the kit

 copy and paste paper onto your canvas then duplicate it, 

go to Image - mirror so it covers the entire background

 open up paper 8 from the kit resize by 80% using smartsize

then apply the WSL mask number 148 to the paper,

 by going to Layers - load/save mask from disk 

click ok or apply depending on your version of PSP

then go to layers - merge group

copy and paste as a new layer onto your FB cover canvas

 duplicate it and arrange so that the boom pow wording is all over the canvas.

NEXT open up the word bubble from the kit, 

copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas.

aow add a while edge, do this by going to 

Selections all - Selections float 

then Selections- modify-expand by 2

add a new raster layer and floodfill with white

SELECTIONS NONE

then slide the white layer beneath the word bubble layer

add a drop shadow to the white layer

next using your magic wand tool click inside the bubble word frame

go to selections modify expand by 2

then copy and paste the blue paper from the kit as a new layer

go to selections invert and hit the delete key to remove the excess

next add tube/artwork of choice, arrange inside the frame

and hit the delete key to remove anything outside of the frame.

do the same for the buildings skyline within the frame

once done go to selections none

the tube I used I also grey scaled 

by going to adjust hue and saturation 

and move the sliders both to zero.

 I added another tube/artwork of  Mandy as a super hero

cos I thought it went well. add a drop shadow and arrange to the right side.

add blue and red glitter splats from the kit,

I resized mine by 50% and added one on each side of the frame

then slide both underneath the frame and the skyline and blue paper below it.

 for the text I used a font called Fish fingers its a free font get it HERE

set to font size 36 pixels, colour blue

then go to select all- float and 

selections modify expand by 2 

and add a new layer floodfill with white

 slide the white layer beneath the text.

go to layers -merge down.

add any other elements you like,

 I added another boom shape and floodfilled it with a red paper

and a blue boom splat behind it resized by 50%

add the artist copyright and licence.