Hi folks - been working on this really hard - the writing of the tutorial that is. I may never write another again - then again you may not want me to either. I've met a personal challenge and kept a commitment. Thank you everyone. I know you would prefer the tutorial here as opposed to an attached pdf - wait till you see it, you'll understand why I didn't - would probably break the forum.

I did this about a month ago and thought I'd do it again from scratch, make it better and submit a tutorial. Writing the tutorial will probably take longer than doing it When I'm done I'll update this post.

Original Photoshop tutorial may be found here: http://wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/cr ... photoshop/

I can't wait for it !

Dalia, It's great! I'm sure what I'll learn a lot from your tutorial. The final outcome is really COOL!

Nice one Dalia!

Tutorial is attached to the original message.

Dalia, Congratulations!!!!! You are very brave (besides an artist) starting with such a nice tasty tutorial! I've just seen your tutorial I'll be doing it sure this evening , as I can't now. Good for you Dalia!

Thank you Issabella. I can tell you all that, for me, it wasn't easy. Please keep in mind that I'm really not Gimp savvy. Most of what I do is by trial and error. Many of you on this wonderful site are experts and would do things differently than I did.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to post and I'll help you out or in my own maniacal way of doing things confuse us both.

Nice work.

dalia: that looks nice!

I would have liked my outcome would have been better. I've learned a lot from your tutorial, Dalia. You did everything well explained with text and images,too. Congratulations! You've worked hard on it and your outcome is excellent! Thanks for sharing.

Issabella! That's better than mine. Excellent. Oh look my very own pop - I'm snagging it. Thank you for trying my crazy tutorial.

Dalia, be proud of your tut, because it's great! and I've learned new things with it. You have given it real details. I love it.