Loves Zombies

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Wendy Gerber (Zombie Chick tube) 

which you need a license to use. 

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Cute But Deadly 1 by Toxic Desirez

Font of choice, I am using Rat Infested Mailbox

Mask: VixMaskHalloween0904 by Vix PSP

I don't see this particular mask on her blog anymore but she has a lot of 

Halloween masks here

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.


Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 75%


 add the following elements

city arrange behind your tube

canned food resize  55% arrange on bottom right

virus resize  35% arrange on bottom left

brain resize  35% arrange behind & right of brain

gas mask resize  50% rotate right 30 arrange behind canned food

Skulls & roses resize  50% arrange right of brain

 cuppy resize  35% arrange left of canned food

gun resize  35% arrange in front of brain & virus

hand resize  40% arrange above brain & virus

bloody eye resize  25% arrange by gun

blood logo (biohazard symbol) resize 25% arrange on tube

add a new raster layer above your white background

flood fill with #990408

apply your mask and merge group

crop and resize
add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save

I have 5 new templates up for grabs located in the Creative Misfits blog, from their Template Challenge 3. Click on my preview to go there, and once you get there, scroll down and it's the last template in the set. It just shows one preview of the Rac Stalker template and it says "by Mindy" underneath it. Enjoy!