Graphic's Tutorial [sigs]

[elboriyorker]

How to make a Basic Signature ¿?


For photoshop 7

1)
Make a new document and put it on the setting that the picture is on then duplicate the background of the layer, and delete the old one. then fill it with black #000000

2)Now choose some cool grungy brush and make it white #FFFFFF

3) Put some white in the background by clicking in a few spots.

4)now make a new layer above that, take a brownish or some type of color like that with a new grungish brush.
(the color i used was, #764514)

5)Put some of the dark brownish all over the place in random spots then put that layer to overlay.
(You can touch it up if you want...)

6)Then do steps 4-5 but with a really dark red about #8c0000
(It kind of looks like blood and decay now right? good!)


7)Ok now you can if you want to, make a new layer above the red, then choose a cool decay like brush. Then set the Opacity to around 50. (thats what I used)

8)Then go in some random places with the black and click a few times if you want to. Whatever looks good to you.

9)ok now make the first black layer *Background* and the white layer not visible, select a layer that is visible. Then hit Ctrl+Shift+E


10)ok now it should look like shit. make all of the layers visible then take the top layer, the brown red and maybe black if u added any, then make it Overlay.

11)ok now at this point i selected the background and i added a filter.
(Filter > Texture > Grain with the following properties Intensity = 100, and contrast = 20, with grain type = vertical)

12)Now you can click in the history box, back and forth to see the changes if there are any, and well i didntl like it to much so i made a new layer above it and added some back to cover up a little bit but not all of it.

13)Ok now add your character / person to your picture


14)now make a newa layer above them all, and select the whole layer with your marquee tool.

15)now go to Edit > Stroke width = 1, inside, and color black or white.
(In this picture i chose white.)

16)now use your text tool and make ypur text layer above the person and below the border.
(Make this your name or whatever text you want...)

17) Now you can do whatever you want to the text but ill give you what I did.
(Blending options: Fill Opacity = 0, Drop Shadow = Opacity - 100%, Distance - 0%, Spread - 100%, and size - 3%)

18)Now I added a white inner glow and I dont wana type out the properties so here is a picture -


19)now at this point i didnt like the background of it all so i went back to the white background, and cleared it all so i added some white with a few new brushes.


20)now at this point i still didnt like it so i added a new layer above that and made the brush Opacity back to 100% it was at 50 before, so i added some cool looking black in some places then i set it to overlay.


And thats it your done this is for a basic signature

will be posting up pics later