Magic Talisman
(Adobe Photoshop 7 Effect Tutorial)
Keep your characters from floating with this handy trick!
1: Create a new black (or dark colored) 1024x768 image. Create a new layer. On this second layer, use the ellipse tool 
and hold the shift-key to draw a circle. Make sure that the circle is using paths 
so it will not color in the circle.
2: You now have a path outline of a circle. Select the pen tool 
, right-click on the canvas and from the pop-up menu, select "Stroke Path." This will outline your path using whatever brush and color you have selected. I would recommend using the hard round brush at 3 pixels. Right-click and select delete path. 
3: Still using the pen tool , select the Custom shape tool 
and choose a 
shape. I chose the bulls eye. Using whatever shape you selected, place it somewhere inside the circle. The select "Stroke Path" as we did before and delete the path. 
4: Now use the line tool 
to make your design a bit more elaborate and original. Use a slightly smaller pixel width than before, like 2 pixels. Duplicate the layer. Select the bottom layer and go Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur 4 pixels. With the top layer selected, go Layer > Merge Down.
