Graphic Arts Tutorials, Textures, Resources Thread

[LiliJ]

Ooooh, gorgeous! *snurch* How did you make it?

[RepliCartertje]

Ooooh, gorgeous! *snurch* How did you make it?

i was going to ask that, I never tried on making textures since i haven't a clue how people do it.
so a tutorial would be appreciated

[CazzBlade]

Ooooh, gorgeous! *snurch* How did you make it?

i was going to ask that, I never tried on making textures since i haven't a clue how people do it.
so a tutorial would be appreciated

I tut would involve remembering how I did it and I have a non-existant short term memory I'll see if I can retrace my steps (there were only a couple, just shows how bad my memory is )

[CazzBlade]

Tut for my texture (alot easier than it looks )

Spoiler:

I used Photoshop Elements btw

I started with this photo that my brother took on his phone at a Kings of Leon gig

I then darkend the midtones: 'Enhance' >> 'Adjust Colour' >> 'Colour Variations' >> Darken midtones.

Then I put on a Gaussian Blur: 'Filters' >> 'Blur' >> 'Gaussian Blur' >> Radius 6.5 pixels.

Then put on a Water Paper effect: 'Filters' >> 'Sketch' >> 'Water Paper' >> I set the contrast to about 70-75 , Brightness to 64 and Fiber Length 15.

Done

[DJgirl]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l152/RepliCartertje/Headers/Jane-Austen3.jpg


Tutorial:
Made in PS CS3 - but it is translatable to PSP and Gimp

Spoiler:

1. Open new document and add this layer:


2. Add this layer, and put it on blending mode: soft light.


3. Layer > New adjustment layer > Color balance:
* Shadows: 0, 11, 0
* Midtones: -32, -26, 7
* Highlights: -21, 16, 0

4. Add your picture of Sam/Jack, and put the blending mode on Hard light.
(this step works the best with grey, black or white background)

5. Add this brush, underneath the layer of the picture or underneath the layer of the colour balance (I did underneath the colour balance)


6. Duplicate the picture and move it around, put the blending mode on Soft light, and opacity 40%

7. Add this texture, put the blending mode on screen:


8. Add your text, and put a stroke around your text. I used this font: http://www.dafont.com/jellyka-saint-andrews-queen.font

9. Merge down and add a stroke around your header.

Can't wait to try that one out. I have to do my taxes tonight, but maybe tomorrow!

I um, made a texture... never made one before



A couple of colour variants:

Cazz, that turned out amazing!! I totally snurched. Thanks.

[jasminaGo]

A new siggie, very simple one



And a tut

Spoiler:

1. New file (600x180)

2. Resize and place the four pictures on it.

1. 2. 3. 4.

3. Tesla's pic (4.) needs a little more work. Flip it horizontaly and go

Image-> Adustments-> Curves

Channel RGB; Output 70; Input 45;

Then some color corections

Image-> Adustments-> Selective color

Reds: -11; +96; 0; 0

yellows: -100; -53; -71; 0



4. Sharpen each pic and smooth out the skin with the blur tool.

5. With a soft brush erase the parts that are overlapping and anything you don't want there



6. The John picture has the SciFi logo on it, so with the clone tool take samples around it and cover the logo



7. Set this gradient map to soft light

8. With the eye dropper tool take a color sample from the sig for the text (in this case it's #977148)

9. Wrote "good friends" with Algerian font and added drop shaddow and outer shaddow

10. "difficult times" in Ariel Black, on a layer under the text draw the box and fill it with black color. Add drop shadow using the same color as the text.



11. On a layer under the the text (above the gradient) add some splater and flower brushes (still working with the same color)



12. Fill a layer with #02052f. Set to exclusion



13. New stamp. Set to color dodge 30%



14. New Adjustment layer -> Brightness/Contrast 8;26

15. Black and white gradient map set to soft light 45%

16. New stamp. Add smart sharpen: Amount 59%; Radius 0,8 (take the blur tool again and smooth out and skin where it's needed)

17. On a new layer add a 2point stroke in black color and you're done

[Stargate78fan]

Love all the new tutorials and you guys have me addicted to photoshop!

Thanks, Replicarter for suggesting the other methods instead of selective colouring, as I use photoshop elements 5.0 and it doesn't appear to have that function either.

[DJgirl]

A new siggie, very simple one

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...p/e31061ae.jpg

And a tut

Spoiler:

1. New file (600x180)

2. Resize and place the four pictures on it.

1. 2. 3. 4.

3. Tesla's pic (4.) needs a little more work. Flip it horizontaly and go

Image-> Adustments-> Curves

Channel RGB; Output 70; Input 45;

Then some color corections

Image-> Adustments-> Selective color

Reds: -11; +96; 0; 0

yellows: -100; -53; -71; 0



4. Sharpen each pic and smooth out the skin with the blur tool.

5. With a soft brush erase the parts that are overlapping and anything you don't want there



6. The John picture has the SciFi logo on it, so with the clone tool take samples around it and cover the logo



7. Set this gradient map to soft light

8. With the eye dropper tool take a color sample from the sig for the text (in this case it's #977148)

9. Wrote "good friends" with Algerian font and added drop shaddow and outer shaddow

10. "difficult times" in Ariel Black, on a layer under the text draw the box and fill it with black color. Add drop shadow using the same color as the text.



11. On a layer under the the text (above the gradient) add some splater and flower brushes (still working with the same color)



12. Fill a layer with #02052f. Set to exclusion



13. New stamp. Set to color dodge 30%



14. New Adjustment layer -> Brightness/Contrast 8;26

15. Black and white gradient map set to soft light 45%

16. New stamp. Add smart sharpen: Amount 59%; Radius 0,8 (take the blur tool again and smooth out and skin where it's needed)

17. On a new layer add a 2point stroke in black color and you're done

Can't wait to try this one out. I have a question and it may sound silly but I am asking anyways. What do you mean by New Stamp in this context?

16. New stamp. Add smart sharpen: Amount 59%; Radius 0,8 (take the blur tool again and smooth out and skin where it's needed)

[jasminaGo]

Can't wait to try this one out. I have a question and it may sound silly but I am asking anyways. What do you mean by New Stamp in this context?

A stamp. In Photoshop it's done New Layer and pressing "Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E" (not sure about other programs). And then you add the smart sharpen filter on the layer with the stamp. If that makes sense.

An alternative to the stamp would be to merge all the layers, but since sometimes I go back and edit some details, so I prefer to keep the original layers separate.

[DJgirl]

A stamp. In Photoshop it's done New Layer and pressing "Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E" (not sure about other programs). And then you add the smart sharpen filter on the layer with the stamp. If that makes sense.

An alternative to the stamp would be to merge all the layers, but since sometimes I go back and edit some details, so I prefer to keep the original layers separate.

Okay....I think I understand that, thanks! I will check it out the next time I open the program and then I will completely understand.

[x_stargatergirl_x]

Here is the sig i made with RepliCartertje's tut. Thankyou

[Stargate78fan]

How do you use a soft brush erase? (I use adobe photoshop elements 5.0).

[DJgirl]

Here is the sig i made with RepliCartertje's tut. Thankyou

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/r...wilightsig.gif

That turned out beautifully, stargater.

Stargate78, I think we got your questioned answered in the other thread, so I won't answer it here.

[x_stargatergirl_x]

That turned out beautifully, stargater.

Thanks

[Fainne]

great new tut Jas!

wonderful attempt stargategirl (we need to find you a shorter nickname )

cazz, these textures are awesome!!! I might try to make some textures as well