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This Tutorial was written on May 6th, ‎2013 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Gabi Spree

This tube is called "I Want Your Skull"

You must purchase a license to use her tubes and can do so HERE

Addittional Filters

MuRa's Meister – Copies

Gregs Factory Output Vol. II – Pool Shadow

Xero - Fritillary

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Start a new canvas

600px by 250px

Add your tube to your canvas

Filter → MuRa's Meister's → Copies

Wallpaper (Rotate)

All at default

Move it around just a bit until you get an image you like on the left side

Duplicate this layer

On the bottom one

Filter → Blur → Motion Blur

Angle of 25 and distance 375 pixels

Filter → Sharpen Edges

Filter → Sharpen More

On the top one change the blend mode to soft light

Merge these two layers together

Use your rectangular marquee tool to select the whole canvas

Add three new layers to the canvas

On the bottom one

Edit → Stroke

Center, 12 and the color of black

On the middle

Edit → Stroke

Center, 8, medium brown from tube

On top

Edit → Stroke

Center, 2, dark brown from tube

Deselect

On the bottom change the blend mode to overlay

On the middle one

Filter → Xero → Fritillary

With the following settings:

Add your tube to your canvas

Resize and Reposition on the right side

Once you're happy with where it's at

Duplicate

On the bottom add a drop shadow

On the top

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0 px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add your name

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright

Go to the background layer and duplicate three times so you have a total of 4 layers

On the bottom of the four

Filter → Gregs Factory Output Vol. II → Pool Shadow

With the following settings:

On the remaining 3 repeat the same filter except add 30 to the diagonal on each one (so 80, 110 & 140)

Open your animation window

Have the delay set to .3 sec, and to go forever

Add a new window, hide the first animation layer and unhide the second

Do this for all layers just hiding the last and unhiding the next in line

Press play to watch it go, if you're happy with your result

Save as a .gif and you're done!!

(Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S)