Powder Monkey Version

So here is a Powder Monkey version of the mini background from yesterday. The reds didn't come out quite as vibrant, kinda disappointing. 

mini space design

So I found a contest at minispace.com for something I don't really remember, but it was making a background. So I did, here it is. I don't think I will win but hey it was fun to do.  (ps the resolution on this is set to 1280x800)

Sand Writing

So I am still trying tricks to allow me to put what I want where I want it. The next in my list of things to do is writing on the beach, unfortunately all tutorials I have read do not meet the level of finish that I want (you can tell that it has been photoshopped and badly). I appreciate the time they have taken to do their tutorials and they have helped a little (at least point the direction?) but if anyone has a really good one, or knows a trick or two about it please please please let me know. 

Brick Writing

Ok so, I have been trying to photoshop an image/text onto a brick wall, and I think I have read almost all the tutorials out there about chalk writing and whatnot. Anyways this is what I came up with.

The way I ended up doing was this, I first took an image of the brick wall, set it to the size I wanted then saved it. 

Next I added the text, resaterized it, then filter->texturize->other texture->find the image you just saved (.psd file) and select it as the texture. For my image I set the light to above left, this just depends on the image make sure that the lighting is right or the image will look funny. Set the relief and such that there is texture. 

I then blurred this layer a couple times with a gaussian blurr I think .08px and I ran it a couple times. I did the same steps with the image.

Next I opened up the saved texture file again and set the clone stamp somewhere on the image. The problem that I have found is that the text looked really plastic. Anyways I used the clone stamp so you can set a kinda fuzzy look. But use the stamp brush on a new layer to cover up pieces of the text/image to replicate the texture of the brick (where the brick is worn and chipped and whatnot)

Well I hope this helped at all. 

Thanks for all those people out their who write amazing tutorials! 

www.photospin.com/free_tips.asp?archivelD=61

www.foundmyself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=562

www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/922/1/Photoshop-Graffiti-Tutorial

And then tons of thanks to Pizza Dude for the font.

www.pizzadude.dk

And gomedia for the image of the wall

www.gomediazine.com

More Backgrounds

So here are a couple more backgrounds that I finished up. They are the same design, just one is grunge and the other is clean. And they are blue!

As a side note, they are full rez 1680x1050 images.  At least thats what they were when I made them.

First Post

So for my first post I am posting a desktop that I did today at work. I am trying to figure out this grunge thing a little more, and this was my first attempt trying out some stuff in Photoshop (I still like Illustrator better)