Dark Grunge Tutorial

1. First open a new document, it doesn't matter what size (i recomend a big size)

2. Create a gradient (like this one)
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/7582/gradient.png

3. Then create three lens flares, there is a 35mm flare in the upper left corner (its hard to see)
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/3522/flare.png

4. Next you hit Filter>Artistic>Plastic Wrap, and use these settings
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/1836/plastic.png

5. Then Filter>Stylize>Glowing Edges, and use these settings
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/6984/glowing.png

6. Then Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation, and use these settings
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/9412/Hue.png

7. Next you duplicate the layer

8. Then put the second layer on Screen
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/8496/screen4.png

9. There you have your image, it should look something like this,
http://img215.exs.cx/img215/2570/finished8hi.th.png

you can also play with the position of the lens flare or you can use rastercized text and you can make some sweet stuff :D

Hope you like it!

Wow i really like the end result , i'm going to do this right now.. i'll show my result in a bit

Done , i got this ( Just click it's too big to display here )



Le image

Very Nice tut, im gonna try it now.

Nice effect man. Thanks for sharing!

definatly a cool tut only ur result seems to be a LOT smoother than mine.. might be becayse urs is soo small .

*cries* i want smooth pictures!
:-*

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Originally posted by IsisLillian@Feb 15 2005, 05:59 PM
definatly a cool tut only ur result seems to be a LOT smoother than mine.. might be becayse urs is soo small .

*cries* i want smooth pictures!
:-*

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Did you have ultra-low resolution when you created your image? It should be set at 72 when you create your new image.

thanks for the feedback guys, if your image looks a little rough it's because my image is very small, since the image hosting service won't take large pics :-)
or maybe your res is different like taco said ;-)

sweet tutorial man, i like the end result i think although its 4:30am im gona go try it out now myself :P lol

yeah good tutorial, this is what i got

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/130/14ay.jpg