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Welcome to this tutorial by www.sigtutorials.com! In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to make tag like this one:
Okay let's get it started! First of all start new document by, File > New or simply click Ctrl + N. Choose your favorite size for tags and hit ok. Size used in this tag is 380x90.
Select your paint bucket tool (
), and fill the background with yellow color (eddf00).
Now add stock to your tag. This isn't the focal of this tag, this just make some effect to background. So add the stock to your tag and erase with eraser (
) over the stock using custom brushes, so it will leave some dark brush looking things to bottom of the tag.
Add some yellow brushing to new layer (Ctrl+N) or yellow shape to the tag and liquify it from Filter - Liquify or smudge it.
Then get another stock from the internet you want to use. Stock used in this step was stock from the game Viva Pinata. Then add it over the liquify/smudged layer. Then select that stock layer from the layers window and go to Layer > Create clipping mask.
Add your render to the tag. Render used in this tag was Pharrel.
Okay repeat the yellowish brush thing. So make new layer by simply clicking Ctrl+N. And add some custom brushing/shape.
Then get again interesting stock and take it to new layer. Then create the clipping mask to thing again to that layer.
Repeat the step for once more. Add the yellowish thing, then make new layer and add new stock to it and create clipping mask to that layer.
Add gradient map to tag from color red to yellow.
Set it's blending mode to soft light and lower the opacity to 31%.
Now use brush tool (
), and select soft round brush sized 65pxl. Now add some red brushing over the tag.
Set that previous layer to "Color Dodge".
Next make two new layers, by Ctrl+N. Add some red custom brushing to both of the layers.
Now make new layer (Ctrl+N) top of the both just made layers. In this tag maker changed the first layers background to white, made applied image and moved it to top of the brushed layers, then changed the background color to normal and made clipping masks to those stock layers.
Add gradient map to the tag from Dark blue to orange.
Change the blending mode of that gradient to soft light and lower the opacity to 42%.
Make new layer (Ctrl+N) and add some yellow soft round brushing to this layer. Set its blending mode to Soft Light.
Now invert the colors of the tag. It can be done from layers window, black/white circle and invert.
Set this layer to soft light and the opacity to 39%.
Use brush tool again, and use little splatter brushes. Brush some to background.
Now make new layer top of them. Again get the same tag, but with white background on top of the brushed layers and add clipping mask to em.
Make new layer and add some shape brushing. Move it to bottom of the focal and set outer glow and bevel emboss - texture with default settings. 
Again get some custom brushes and now brush with red color.
Repeat the last step or mess something with the pentool.
Then make new layer and add the white backgrounded thing again like this (So make a new layer with white background over the first layer=the yellow layer).
Then Image - Create clipping mask to that layer.
Next thing to do is add some white brushing near the focal. Then set the blending mode to Soft Light.
Ok time to add some adjustment layers. First add gradient map like bellow and set it to Soft Light and 71% opacity.
Then add photo filter of Deep blue and 33% density.
Next add Color balance layer using these settings:
And for the last adjustment layer add gradient map from purple to orange and set it to Soft Light and 35% opacity.
Now your outcome should be looking something similar to this:
Ok now make again white backgrounded layer top of that yellow background layer at the start, and add sharpen layer to it.
Lower the opacity of this layer to 68%.
Make new layer with black background. Then add some red brushing with soft round brushes. Move it slightly.
Then set that Lighten and lower the opacity to 51%.
Make new layer and add some white brushing again near the focal, set this layer to Soft light and 100% opacity.
Take out your pen tool (
) and add some yellow pen tool shapes to tag.
Repeat the previous step, this time use red color and make some lines.
Make new layer and use brush tool () and get your soft round brush again. Add some brushing to bottom of the tag, where's most of the effects.
Now set that layer to Soft Light and lower the opacity to 31%.
Again make new layer and add some white soft round brushing. Now near the face of this focal. Lower the opacity to 81%, put keep the blending mode on Normal this time.
Now again use your custom brushes or use customs shapes and add one to left side of the tag. Use red color.
Now use the pencil tool (
), (not the same as pentool). Put it to 1pxl and use red color. Then just add some random lines to spot where you want to add your text after. Add sharpen filter to this layer.
Ok now repeat again the previous step, but this time use yellow color.
Now add the text, font used in this tag was Kaela. Add it top of the pencil tool things.
Ok final step is to add just some red color to left corner.
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