Supplies:

Gimp

Tube of choice. I am using the newly released tube from Tim Lowery. You can purchase this tube at PSP Tubes Emporium HERE

Template 126 (both banner and avatar) by me HERE Fonts- Pixelmix, Battlelines & Devil Breeze.

Let's get started!

-Open banner template. Delete credits.

-Open tube close up. Move tube layer below below splatter layer in the layer box. Place tube to the far left. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Select the flip tool and flip. Layer>Merge Down. Change the mode to overlay.

-Make the splatter layer active. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.50.

-Make rect 2 active. Filters>Render>Lava on default. Make the rect 2 layer active again. Filters>Blur>Motion Blur. Change to radial and leave the rest of the settings.

-Make the dotted rect active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Make the circle 2 layer active. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur of 20.0. Filters>Artistic>Cubism on default. Filters>Enhance>Unsharp Mask. Change the mode to screen.

-Make rect 1 active. Colors>Colorize: Hue & Saturation: 0, Lightness: -30. FIlters>Decor>Add Bevel. Uncheck work on copy and leave the rest of the settings. Add drop shadow of 0, 0, 10, black, 100.

-Make the text tool active. Change font to pixelmix, size 8, foreground color black. Type 'HELL ON WHEELS". Place in the upper left corner of gray rectangle. Duplicate. Place duplicate on the lower right corner. Merge these 2 text layers together. Add drop shadow of 1, 1, 1, black, 25.

-Make circle 1 active. Duplicate. Keep duplicate active and repeat gaussian blur. Filters>Render>Line Nova on default. Move this layer above the bg layer. Lower the opacity to 50.

-Make the original circle layer active. Filters>Decor>Wind. Change the threshold and strength to 50. Leave the rest of the settings and click ok. Filters>Repeat Wind. Change from left to right.

-Make border 1 active. Add noise of 0.30.

-Open tube close up. Moave below the border 3 layer. Layer>Scale Layer 60%. Place in the middle of tag. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Make the text tool active again. Change the font to Battlelines, foreground color to white, size 45. Type "Hell on wheels". Place to the bottom right. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Select>Grow by 2. Layer>New Layer. Move new layer below text layer. Change foreground to 8a0000. Select the bucket fill tool and fill selection. Select>None. Repeat noise. Repeat drop shadow.

-Add name (with the devil breeze font) and copyright.

-Open the avatar template.

-Repeat above, just adjuting the settings as needed.

All done!!