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Create "The WalkingDead" Inspired GrungyText Effect in AdobePhotoshopby Rose 8 Oct 2014
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What You'll Be Creating
Layering textures and brushes can give detail and depth to simple designs, making
them look more interesting. This tutorial will show you how to do that, with the help
of some blur filters and simple layer styles, in order to create a nice grungy text
effect in Adobe Photoshop.
Tutorial Assets
The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial:
SI Font Regular font
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Dirty Grunge by crestfalleen
Roughed Up Grunge Brushes by digital-amphetamine
Monster Splatter Brush Set by miskis
7 by darkrose42-stock
Grunge-Backgrounds by Chrisdesign
1. Creating the Background and Styling It
Step 1Create a new 1920 x 1080 px document, set the Foreground color to #2a1e20 and
the Background color to #1a0f13 , then go to Filter > Render > Clouds, and
duplicate the Background layer.
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Step 2Double-click the Background copy layer to apply the following layer style:
Opacity: 50%
Color: #d0fbc1
Size: 15
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Step 3In the Gradient Overlay section, choose the following settings:
Blend Mode: Hue
Opacity: 70%
Angle: 107
Scale: 138%
Click the Gradient box to create the gradient
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You can click the Opacity Stops at the top of the gradient bar or the Color Stops
below it to modify their values. The gradient is created using the colors #016f6e to
the left and #fee847 to the right, and the right Opacity Stop value is set to 0.
Step 4After applying the layer style, click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon on
the Layers panel and choose Levels.
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Step 5Set the Shadows value to 8 and the Gamma value to 1.21. This will brighten up the
corners and the edges a little bit.
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2. Adding the Grunge Brushes to theBackground
Step 1Set the Foreground color to #2b1c1f , pick the Brush Tool (B), and choose one of
the brush tips from the Dirty Grunge pack. Then create a new layer on top of all
layers and change its Blend Mode to Screen.
Add the brush to the background, but make sure not to overwhelm it. You can add
the brush to the corners and edges instead of filling the center. You can also use
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different tips from the pack if you like.
Step 2Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and change the Radius to 2 to soften the
result.
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Step 3Set the Foreground color to #857276 , create a new layer on top of all layers, pick
the Brush Tool, and choose the tip below from the Roughed Up Grunge Brushes
pack.
That brush will be used to add some more grunge to the corners and at the bottom
of the document. To do so, you'll need to rotate the brush and then flip it. Open the
Brush panel (Window > Brush) to modify those settings.
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Step 4The brush can be rotated by changing the Angle value under the Brush Tip Shape
tab to 90.
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Step 5To flip the brush, check the Flip Y box. Use those options to add the brush to the
background.
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Step 6Set the Foreground color to #121212 , pick a big, soft, round tip, create a new layer
on top of all layers, call it Center, and change its Opacity to 55%. Then add the big
brush in the center of the document to darken up the area behind the text we're
going to create later.
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3. Adding the Texture and Finishing Off theBackground
Step 1Place the 7 texture image on top of all layers, resize it as needed, then rename its
layer to BG Texture, and change its Blend Mode to Multiply.
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Step 2Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, and change the Saturation value
to -50.
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Step 3Set the Foreground color to #6e5f40 , create a new layer on top of all layers,
change its Blend Mode to Screen and its Opacity to 35%, then use some more big,
soft, round brush tips to add a bit of a bright color to the bottom corners.
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Step 4Create another new layer on top of all layers, change its Blend Mode to Screen
and its Opacity to 65%. Use the brush tips below from the Monster Splatter Brush
Set to add some splatter to the sides of the document.
You can flip the second brush by checking the Flip X box in the Brush panel to
apply it to the right side. You can also move these brushes up and down later after
adding the text if needed.
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Step 5Double-click the layer to apply a simple Inner Glow effect.
Blend Mode: Vivid Light
Opacity: 50%
Source: Center
Size: 7
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Step 6Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and change the Radius to 1.5.
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Step 7Select all the layers you have except for the original Background layer, then group
them and name the group BG to keep things organized.
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4. Creating the Text, Styling It, and Adding theTexture
Step 1Create the text in All Caps using the font SI Font (or you can use Impact instead).
The font color is #e6d5b5 , the Size is 225 pt, and the Tracking value is set to -10.
The text at the top is optional, but it is created using the font Gill Sans MT
Condensed, and the font Size 85 pt. You can use any other similar condensed font
for that part as well.
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Step 2Double-click each text layer to apply a simple Inner Glow effect.
Opacity: 30%
Color: #d5c09f
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Step 3Select the text layer(s) you created, then go to Filter > Convert for Smart Filters,
and rename the smart object's layer to Text, then duplicate it, and drag the copy
below it.
This will help with applying non-destructive filters to the text, as well as keeping the
text editable for any further changes.
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Step 4Place the grunge-background3.jpg image from the Grunge-Backgrounds pack
on top of the original text layer, then right-click it and choose Create Clipping
Mask.
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Step 5Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, change the Hue to 4 and the
Saturation to -30.
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5. Darkening the Text
Step 1Pick the Brush Tool, open the Brush panel (Window > Brush), pick a soft, round
brush tip, and then modify its settings as shown below:
Brush Tip Shape
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Shape Dynamics
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Color Dynamics
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Transfer
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Step 2Create a new layer on top of the grunge texture layer, call it Brush, change its
Blend Mode to Multiply, right-click it and choose Create Clipping Mask, then set
the Foreground color to #a5a196 and the Background color to #b8976c .
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Now start painting the upper part of the text, and randomly inside it to create some
darker spots along the top edges and inside the letters.
6. Adding the Grunge Inside and Around theText
Step 1Set the Foreground color to #fffada , create a New Layer and call it Splatter,
create a Clipping Mask for it, change its Blend Mode to Screen and its Opacity to
70%, then pick the brush tip shown below from the Roughed Up Grunge Brushes
pack.
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Click as many times as needed to fill the text with the selected brush tip, but make
sure not to click and drag.
Step 2Command-click the Text layer's thumbnail to create a selection.
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Step 3Make sure that the Splatter layer is selected, then press Command-J to duplicate
the selection in a new layer.
Rename the duplicated layer to Horizontal and change its Blend Mode to Screen,
then duplicate it and change the copy's name to Vertical.
Select the Horizontal layer, zoom in a bit, then hit the Left Arrow Key six times to
move the brush 6 px to the left.
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Step 4Create a text-based selection again, then hit the Delete button to get rid of the part
inside the text and keep the edges, and go to Select > Deselect.
Repeat the same steps to move the Vertical part 4 px upwards.
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Step 5Pick the Eraser Tool, choose a soft, round tip, and delete some parts of the
horizontal and vertical edges you've just created.
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Step 6Convert each of the Horizontal and Vertical layers to Smart Objects, and change
their layers' Blend Modes to Screen.
Then select each smart object's layer, and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur,
and change the Radius to 0.7.
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Step 7If needed, you can change the Opacity values as well to create a subtler effect.
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7. Finishing Touches
Step 1Select the Text copy layer, then go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, change the
Angle to 90 and the Distance to 10.
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Step 2Pick a 1 px hard round brush, and make sure that its Spacing value in the Brush
panel is set to 1.
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Step 3Create a new layer on top of all layers, call it Line, and set the Foreground color to
#f26d7e .
Click once at the top of the left edge of the letter in the middle of your text, press
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and hold the Shift key, then click once more at the bottom.
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Step 4Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and change the Radius to 0.7.
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Congratulations! You're done.
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In this tutorial, we used a couple of grunge brushes and a texture and layered them
to build up a simple grungy background, then added some coloring.
We then created some text and converted into a smart object, added another
grunge texture and brush, and used the brush to create some grungy outer edges
around the text.
A couple of Gaussian and Motion Blur filters helped soften the effect, and finally we
added a bright red line to one of the letters to finish off the effect.
It is all about building up the grungy effect using different textures and brushes,
along with some color adjustments and different layer Blend Modes, as well as Blur
filters to avoid any harsh lines.
Please feel free to leave your comments, suggestions, and outcomes below.
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Sharon Milne 7 months agoMod
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Gamby 5 months ago
Wow! Awesome
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Ayoub Lam 6 months ago
I love what you do good job
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Tessa 6 months ago
I cant help but ask, why is it saying the walking dread instead of dead?
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klgrube 4 months ago> TessaTo avoid copyright infringement on the series.
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Zach Meyer 7 months ago
Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. I run a Crafting Dead Minecraft server and this was perfect!
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Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. I run a Crafting Dead Minecraft server and was exactly what I waslooking for!
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Rose 6 months ago> GuestThat's great to know! The outcome looks great as well :)Thanks a lot for the comment and for sharing your work.
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Rose 7 months ago> oonkoGreat outcome indeed!Thanks for sharing your work :)
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Pankaj Sharma 7 months ago
This is what I have designed.
Rose 7 months ago> Pankaj SharmaVery nicely done!
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Thanks a lot for sharing your work :)
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Very good
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