I used the awesome artwork of Johnnie Grez for this tutorial.
I also used the amazing artwork of Darren Hiles for the render in this tag. Please visit his website here. If you do not have a licence to use Darrens Renders you can use on of my renders here or here. You can purchase a licence to use both of these incredible artists work, please visit CILM Here
Open new image 500 x 500 with a transparent background.
Floodfill with white.
Add a new raster layer.
Open your render up in psp and select a part that you would like to use as your pattern.
In your materials palette use the drop down box and locate the image you chose. Set as pattern.
Add a new raster layer and floodfill with the pattern.
Making sure you are on your render layer go to Layers > Load/Save Mask > Load Mask from Disk.
Locate mask MDMask215 in the drop down box and apply with these settings;
Open the main image and copy. Paste as a new layer and position centrally on the canvas.
You want the image to fit nicely in the center of the tag.
Take your freehand selection tool with the following settings;
Click around the image in the center - it doesn't have to be exact!
When you join it up the selected area will expand. Go to Selections > Invert.
Hit your delete button a few times until you get a soft blended effect. Move the feathered tube up towards the top of the image.
Now, open up the other image you chose.
Resize it to approx 100 x 100 pixels and add a border of 4 pixels in a darker contrasting colour.
Copy and paste the bordered image onto your main canvas.
Position centrally low down on your canvas and go to Muras Copies. Apply these settings;
Apply the following drop shadow;
Take your freehand selection tool with the same settings as before and draw around the band of images you just created.
Selections > Invert. Hit delete a couple of times to get the blended look again.
