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001. The Huntress

[ Tutorial type: cover ]
THE HUNTRESS

I'm actually really proud of this cover for once, probably because I tried a completely new style and it turned out ok (or have I got that horribly wrong)? Anyway, hopefully this cover won't be too complex.

This cover was made using photoshop, but I'm sure that it could be recreated with Pixlr, but without the PSDs, brushes, and text effect. Some of these will also not apply to Pixlr users because Pixlr will not have the right tools to do some of the steps. I'm really sorry c;

All resources that you'll need will be linked below in the comments. All rights go to their rightful owners, including the PNGs, PSDs, brushes, and textures.

STEPS

1. Open the two moonscape backgrounds and put them on your blank cover, dimensions 320 x 500 or 512 x 800. You will not see much of the background, but it is essential that it is there. Preferably have the moon on the left side of the cover so you will be able to see it later.

2. Add the Lucy Hale PNG, and do control + T (to transform) and make the PNG vaguely the same size as shown above.

3. Next we add the text. For 'The' I used Times New Roman in block capitals, font size 25, and for 'Huntress,' I used the font Dark11 which sadly you cannot download from Dafont, but you should easily be able to find it on other font websites. The font size was 58, and the colour I used was #c9a468.

4. Now for the text effect (it took me ages to figure it out c; ). Go to Layer > Layer Styles and click on 'Inner glow.' I have put a screenshot below of the settings I used. This will then outline your text.

5. For the effect that makes the text appear 'metallic,' click on Pattern Overlay. Once again, I have screen shot my settings shown below.