Simple background overlay

My first tutorial and this comes from things I've come to learn.

This tutorial is very simple.

1. File ->New ->Open a 500x500 pixel background.

http://i7.tinypic.com/2551j4i.gif

2. Have your forecolor set black, and background color white. Push alt+backspace to turn your file's background color black.

http://i7.tinypic.com/2551keo.gif

This is where it gets fun.

3. Go to new layers and create a new layer.

http://i8.tinypic.com/25525w2.gif

4. Take a brush of your choice, and brush it on the new layer.
I decided to use a sakura brush. *Note- This works VERY well with glitter brushes*

http://i8.tinypic.com/2552713.gif

5. Now make a new layer above layer 1. Take a different brush (One that can cover the whole thing easily) and change your foreground color to whatever you like and brush part of your new layer.

http://i7.tinypic.com/2552d93.jpg

6. Once you have your desired color. Go to layer->merge down and selet the very top layer. Merge down til you're at layer 2 and stop. Selet layer1 and merge it with the background if you at happy with the outcome. If you aren't, erase and place a different brush.

http://i7.tinypic.com/2552ghx.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/2552hxh.jpg

7. Go back to the merged color layers and merge it with the background.

My outcome.

http://i8.tinypic.com/2552iw7.jpg


Tell me what you think of this. And if there is need for any improvments. I'll make a sig later with this I think :0~

Edit:
http://i7.tinypic.com/2552sgp.jpg
Eh.. It's an iffy looking background.

I didn't like how plain the background was so I made a new one, so I used the same technique to get my desired look <3~
I can make a tutorial for the bottom one if you request it :0~
http://i7.tinypic.com/2552po4.jpg

This is pretty good. It provides an alternative to brushing with colors and relying on the randomness of hue jitter to get different colors. In other words, it gives complete control over what colors you want, easily. The outcome of the tutorial isn't spectacular, it's the technique used to achieve that outcome that makes it so great. I'd suggest that beginners take a good look at this even if the outcome doesn't look appealing; there is valuable stuff here. A good way to experiment with multicoloring as well. Good job on this.

Not bad, nice to know and well explained