Okie Dokie.

Before we get started I must say that the final product isn't brillant. The basic principals that I wll teach can be used to make MUCH better looking images. :roll:

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Step 1
Create a new document with the following dimensions.
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...agic/First.jpg
Step 2
Select the paint bucket tool
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...gic/Second.jpg
Step 3
Fill the blank workspace, you should get something like this. Cool eh?
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...agic/Third.jpg
Step 4
Create a new layer (Keyboard Shortcut Shift + Ctrl + N)
OR
Press Layer > New > Layer
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...gic/Fourth.jpg
Step 5
Select the brush tool.
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...agic/Fifth.jpg
Step 6
Configure your brush,
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...agic/Sixth.jpg
Look for this toolbar.
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...ic/Seventh.jpg
Click on the little drop down arrow next to the Brush: part of the toolbar.
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...agic/Eight.jpg
You will get a screen like the one below.
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...Magic/Nine.jpg
Select the set of brushes you would like, then select the brush you want.
Step 7
Begin to brush in the opposite colour of the background (If it’s white… paint with black. If it’s black paint with white.)
After a few quick brush strokes you should get something like this.
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...agic/Tenth.jpg
Note: I used one of the brushes from Natural Brushes 2 and dragged it all over the image.
Step 8
Create a new layer and then switch to the opposite colour of the one you just used to brush over your base background. See step 4 if you don’t know how to create a new layer.
Step 9
Brush some more!
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...c/Eleventh.jpg

Step 10 Repeat steps 8-9 a few times. Feel free to change brushes as I did. Hopefully you will end up with something like this.
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...gic/Twelve.jpg

Hint: Just play around until you get something you like, you can adjust opacity of layers as well as delete them if need be.

If you are following Taikara's tutorial you may now return to it.

Step 11
Open the layers window (F7)
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...Thirteenth.jpg
Step 12
Press the half black & half white circle.
You will get a drop down like this
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...Fourteenth.jpg
Press Colour Balance

Step 13
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/.../Fifteenth.jpg

Browse through Shadows/Midtones/Highlights in turn and adjust the sliders.
Press OK

You will get something like this,

http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/.../Sixteenth.jpg


I used the following:

Highlights -17,+2,+62
Midtones - -76,-64+68
Shadows - -85,0,+26

Step 14

Add your main image.

http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...eventeenth.jpg

Step 15

Add your text, use a suitable font.
For my text I added a 2 pixel stroke and a drop shadow.
To add a Stroke/Drop shadow right click the text layer and select blending options from the drop down menu.

Your image should now look like this.

http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...Eighteenth.jpg


Step 16
Add a border.
Mine is a simple 1 pixel line that goes around the entire image. I did this with the pencil tool.

http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...Nineteenth.jpg

Hopefully the image you’ve made will look respectable at the very least, this is a very simple image however using these basic principles you’ll soon be able to make some very cool images.

Using the above methods images such as the following can be produced:
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/.../Twentieth.jpg

:w00t:

Bravo Magic!
Only problem, what program did you use?

It says in the thread title - Made for www.sovereigncraft.com


:D

who-hoa-hoah.

Methinks I have competition.

Must improve background-making techniques! :D

Seriously, Magic, great job, and I love the font for the first and last example sigs!

It says in the thread title - Made for www.sovereigncraft.com


:D [/b][/quote]
Um, that's just a website with art and stuff.

I'm fairly certain he's using Photoshop... probably version 7.0

Photoshop it is, the tutorial should apply to most graphic editing programs though :)

Ah heres something im about to post in my gallery... I was just resitting the tutorial myself and applying the techniques properly

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...5/TonyHawk.jpg

@ Tai, glad you like it.. competition will only make us both better :) :w00t:
@ Piggy, I love you :eeeeeh: Serious though, thanks for the bravo :)

Woooheeee! I will use your tutorial :P great job magic ^_^

Tell me how easy it is/was to understand when your done with it Urb. I'll revise it if neccessary.