This tutorial was written by me on October 21, 2012 and are the result of my own imagination. Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental.

This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP.

Supplies needed

I am using PSP X4 but this tutorial should work with any version.

Animation shop

PTU Tube: I am using the fantastic artwork of Barbara Jensen. 
Please do not use her artwork without a proper license. 
You can purchase this at her store here.

Plug ins: 
VM Instant Art - Spider Web
Xenofex 2 - Constellation.

This tutorial was written using the supplies above. If you are using a different
tube or scrap kit you may need to make adjustments. I am using a drop shadow of
V/H 2 Opacity 50, blur 5 through out unless otherwise stated.

Let's get started.

Open a new 600x250 transparent image.

Pick 2 colors from you tube. I am using black on my background and #92a4e8 in my foreground.

Make a gradient with the following settings:

Radial
Angle 15
Repeats 15. 
Horizontal and vertical 50.

Flood fill your image.

Effects VM Instant Art - Spider Web with the following settings:

Rays 53
Rings 111
Merging 85

click ok.

Copy your tube and paste as a new layer. Move this to the right side. Change your blend mode to Luminescence legacy and lower the opacity to 50. Duplicate and mirror. On your duplicate tube change the blend mode to hard light and change the opacity to 70.

Paste your tube again and place in the middle to your liking or see mine for placement. Drop shadow.

Select your top layer and add a new raster layer. Flood fill it with color of choice. I am using #92a4e8. Select all, selections, modify and contract by 5. Hit delete on your keyboard. select none. Adjust, add remove noise, Uniform, 100, monochrome checked.
Add a drop shadow of V/H 1, Opacity 100, blur 1 color black. Repeat but change your v/H to -1.

Select your background layer and duplicate it x2 for a total of 3. 

Rename them web 1, web 2, web 3. Select web 1, and add xenofex 2 constellation with the following settings.




Repeat for you other 2 web layer but hit random seed for each layer.

Add your name and copyright.

Time to animate.

Close off Web 2 and Web 3. Edit copy special copy merged. Paste in animation shop as a new animation.

Back to psp. Close off Web one and open Web 2. Copy special, copy merged and back to animation. Paste after current image. Repeat for web 3.

Once you have all 3 frames in animation shop, view your animation and save. 

Time for the Avatar.

Back to psp. Duplicate your tag. On the duplicate one resize 70% all layers checked. Delete your frame layer, name and copyright layer.

Using your crop tool with the width and height set to 150, move your crop box to a spot you like and hit ok or enter.

Add a new raster layer and fill with the same color you used in your banner. Select all, selections modify and contract by 3. Hit delete on your keyboard. select none. Adjust, add remove noise, Uniform, 100, monochrome checked. Add a drop shadow of V/H 1, Opacity 100, blur 1 color black. Repeat change your v/H to -1.

Add your copyright and name or initial.

Repeat the steps for the animation.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial. I would love to see your results.

Hugs