Airline Lounge Sign

This tutorial was written in PSP 9 but I didn't use anything that can't be found in earlier versions! This tutorial also assumes you are familiar with PSP and where to find things!

Please don't claim my tutorial as your own or script them or sell them. If you'd like to share, please send as a link. Thank you!

For this tutorial you will need:
 a clock - I made my own if you'd like HERE
a plane - good ones HERE
Bottoms Up! font - HERE (go to Dingbats page "B")

That should do you, so let's begin!

1. open a new transparent image 300 x 400

2. with your selection tool, draw out a rectangle leaving space at the top for an ellipse - flood fill black

3. new raster layer - draw out an ellipse - flood fill black - selection none - center your ellipse at the top - here's mine:

4. merge visible
5. select all - selection float - modify - contract 6 - flood fill white - leave selected!

6. modify - contract 3 - flood fill with a color of your choosing - deselect - add inner bevel - my settings are below

7. new raster layer - open clock - edit copy - edit paste as new selection - position in the center of your top ellipse

8. open your airplane tube & place on a new layer - resize, rotate, flip or mirror as needed & add a drop shadow

9. new raster layer - add Airline Lounge text & place near the top- mine is Bank Gothic - stroke width 1 - stroke black - fill white - size 20 - add a drop shadow

10. for the martini glass open the font Bottoms Up - create as vector - stroke width 1 - black foreground - metallic gradient that comes with PSP for the background - type letter "a" - resize & rotate as desired - add a drop shadow.

11. preset shape- star - use the same colors as the martini glass - create as vector - make sure retain style is NOT checked - line width 1 - draw out a small star - duplicate star twice and arrange - add a drop shadow

12. open a font for the "Cocktails" text, I used  Altast Greeting - create as vector - use the same color palette settings as before & type out "cocktails" - rotate to match the angle in your martini glass and position below the glass - add a drop shadow

13. for your name - choose a font of your liking - create as vector - I typed each letter separately and positioned it after each letter on the same layer - then convert to raster - select all - selection float and use a text effect of your choosing like Blade Pro, Eye Candy or Inner Bevel  - add a drop shadow

14. save in GIF Optimizer & you're done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Some other ideas would be a Bikers Lounge, a Race Car Lounge, a Sports Lounge etc. There are lots of different ways you can do this! If you did something other than the Airline Lounge, I would love to display it to show others what else can be made. Please email your tag to me with your name and a url if you would like it linked!

Mail

Back to tutorial index

Here's what my testers came up with:

                    Kassia                                          Brat Cinnamon
    http://www.midnightdreamer.net                                http://www.kindwoman.com/enter.html

         
     Come back Elvis, come back!!                           Let's hear it for our Air Force! 

Lady Judy    
        
Hmmm... awful lot of hotties in Missy Juju's place!

                       Darlene                                          Bratty Janny
       http://www.graphicsbydarlene.com          http://unicornsdragaons.janzgraphix.com/

    Oh this is gorgeous! Love the wood grain.       Wow, this is awesome! Great name Prancing Pony!