Basic Grunge Tutorial

[Derek]

Hello, and welcome to my tutorial. Today I will be teaching you how to make a simple grunge signature/graphic. I hope you enjoy. Click the links to see the images!
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Brushes

First off to be able to make a grunge graphic you need to get some brushes. Here is a link to a good site for brushes:
Deviant Art
browse.deviantart.com/resources/applications/psbrushes/?view=1&order=5&limit=24
There, you should be able to find all the brushes that you need to dothis tutorial correctly.
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Tutorial

Step 1: You need to open a new document [Your choice in size] and make the background white.
img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Ahtomik/Step1.bmp

Step 2: Make sure your colors are black and white, if they are not then just hit D. Then go to filter> Render> and clouds. You can do this more than once too.
img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Ahtomik/Step2.bmp

Step 3: Now take one of your brushes that you got from deviant art. And brush 2-3 times on the background.
img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Ahtomik/Step3.bmp

Step 4: Now create a new layer. Choose a different brush and change the color from black to red,green,blue ect. Brush lightly over the background uses each brush once or twice. Also change the layer style to get different effects on your graphic.!WARNING![Do not coverthe entire area, make sure you can see some of the other brush from the pervious layers] Repeat this process untill you have 7-8 layers, with all diff color brushes. You should get something like this.
img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Ahtomik/Step4.bmp

Step 5: Now merge the layers by pressing ctrl+shift+e. Then go up to image> adjustments> then desaturate. SHould look like this now.
img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Ahtomik/Step5.bmp

Step 6: Finnaly hit ctrl+B and play with the colors untill you get the one you want.
img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Ahtomik/Step6.bmp

And BOOM! You have a good-lookin' grunge background I hope this was helpfull! And show me the results you get when you finish. This is what I Got.

[rjxsapri®]

That's one great tutorial man ....JUST WHAT I NEED!!!! I'll try to put it to use for my next sig...

BTW, it was about time someone started putting tutorials on this board....

[BlackCoven]

good idea, might have to see what I can come up with for the noobs ;D

[Derek]

BlackCoven said:

good idea, might have to see what I can come up with for the noobs ;D

Lol I thought I'd share some of my ways of graphic making

[rjxsapri®]

it's great to get tutorials in here...when I go to good tutorials, I get a bunch of pop-ups...

[jstarbob]

Great idea! I need psp4 background tutorials ;D

[Derek]

Paint Shop Pro?

I dont use that one ..lol