Graffiti Text - by Spacific Designs.com

GRAFFITI TEXT

This will show you how easy it is to turn any font into an effect which appears to be sprayed from a can of paint!

1.) In addition to the presets, you will need the sample file mamed Graffiti. Click here to download. Once downloaded... Double-Click the sample file named Graffiti.psd and the document will open in Photoshop.

2.) The first thing you'll want to do now is go to Edit > Define Pattern. When the dialog box appears, just click OK and the pattern will be saved to the current library. (We will access this later in the Tutorial.)

3.) Press D, then X to switch the Foreground Color to White. Select the Horizontal Type tool

. Go to the Options bar and Select a font to work with. I used the font 5 cent Regular 36 pt Smooth.

4.) Go to the work area and type your first bit of Text in the Upper half of the document. Select the Move tool

to commit, then Drag text into position. Now, go to Layer > Rasterize > Type.

5.) Now, repeat Step 4 for the second bit of text. (Time to turn the font now into a sprayed effect.)

6.) Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. When the Filter appears, input a Radius of 3.1, then click OK. Go to the Layers pallete and Select the Next layer DOWN in the palette. Now, simply press Ctrl +F to apply the Filter once again.

Image should now look similar to this...

7.) Next, Hold the Ctrl key and click the highlighted layer (in the Layers palette) to Create a Selection.

8.) Select the Gradient tool

. Go to the Options bar and click the downward arrow to access the Gradient presets. Find the gradient named Blue, Red, Yellow, then Double-Click it to Select and close the palette.

Go to the work area and Click, then Drag a path across the Selection.

Once Released the gradient will take place. (You can repeat this process until you are pleased with the results) then click press Ctrl+M to Commit.

9.) Go to the Layers palette... and click the Top layer now to Select. Repeat Step 8 using a different gradient. I used the gradient named Violet, Green, Orange and Dragged the gradient path this time from the opposite direction.

10.) Time to Merge layers. Go to the Layers palette and Click the eye icon

on the Background layer to turn OFF the visibility to this layer. (Background will turn clear.)

Now, go to Layer > Merge Visible, then turn back ON the eye icon to the background layer.

11.) Now, to press the paint into the wall. Go to Layer > Layer Styles > Bevel and Emboss. When the Layer Styles palette appears, Move the Size slider to 0.

Click the Texture tab on the Left and the panel will change. Go to the preview window and click the drop down arrow to access the pattern library. Now, find the pattern we saved at the beginning of this Tutorial (it will be the last entry in the set). Double-Click on it to Select and close the library. Now, Move the Depth slider all the way to the Right.

Next, click the Stroke tab on the Left and the panel will change. Click the Color well to change Color. I used #CC0099. Adjust the Opacity slider Down to 32 or less depending on your taste, then click OK to apply.

Image should now look ready for additional tagging.

12.) Create each New addition on a New layer. Click the Create a new layer button

(located Bottom of the Layers palette) to Create a New blank layer. Here's how the Tic Tac Toe marking was Created...

13.) Select the Brush tool

. Carry the brush over the work area and Right-Click (on the Left half of document) to Open the Brush-Picker. Select the Hard Round 5 pixel brush.

Now, paint in your design. When finished... use Ctrl+F to apply the Gaussian filter once again. Go to the Layers palette and Drag the Bevel and Emboss tab from the layer Below on to the work area. Done! (This is a quick and easy way to apply presets already defined on a layer).

Painting the paint splats and drips (as depicted Top of Page) are just a contiuation of the methods used above. Remember to always place New material on New blank layers. The brush libraries used were SD-Blood Drips and SD-Blood Splats.

For more information relating to these brushes in use... see Blood and Spatter Brushes.