Grunge Tech Signature!!! (Tutorial Contest)

chirag

First we need to come up with a signature size. A signature that is too big is usually seen as a very beginner signature, but something too small will not give us any room for our signature. A good size for a typical signature would be around 320x100. It can be larger or smaller of course depending on your personal taste. Also be sure to fill your signature with a good background color. Because we are trying to mix both grunge and tech in our sig, I would recommend a dull color instead of a bright blue or red:




Step 2:
Add an Image
Next we Need an image for our signature. I chose part of a screenshot from Halo 2. Perhaps you have a photo of your own you would like to use:




Step 3:
The Clone Tool
Select the clone tool from your toolbar:




Step 4:
Adobe Photoshop Brushes
Now we need to select a grunge brush. If you do not have any grunge brushes, you may use the ones from greycobra.com (so long as you give us credit for them). While holding alt, click somewhere on the master chief to define your start point. Then on your signature canvas, using the grunge brushes, start putting together the image on a new layer:




Step 5:
Blending Modes
Set this layers blending mode to luminosity:




Step 6:
Tech Brushes
Create a new layer, and select white as your foreground color. Use some tech brushes to make your signature more appealing. Set this layers blending mode to overlay:




Step 7:
Polygon Lasso Tool
Select the Polygon Lasso Tool from your toolbar:




Step 8:
Creating a Selection
While holding shift, make a selection like the one shown below around your sig. Holding shift will keep your selection at 45* angles. Keep dragging around and click the beginning point to end your selection:




Step 9:
The Gradient
Inverse the selection (Select > Inverse). Fill it with a Copper Gradient:




Step 10:
Another Blending Mode
Set this layers blending mode to luminosity:

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Step 11:
Bevel and Emboss
Now add a bevel in your layers blending options:







And a shadow:




Step 12:
Our image
Now our image looks like this:




Step 13:
Adding some text
We can add a name to our image now. For a better effect, add an outer glow to it:




Step 14:
The final product
Continue to play around with it until you have your desired results. Keep in mind that this is still a very beginner signature, but with practice and some more design you should be able to create something awesome in no time! By cutting out bits and pieces of our old border, and then creating a new one under it we can get an effect like this:



Good Luck!

WatchOut

Chirag, nice tutorial mate.. Greycobra copied your post?

http://www.greycobra.com/tutorials/grunge-tech-signature/page-1.html

Or just google it and it will be in 1st page, Just type in Grunge Tech Signature mate

chirag

It was posted on Digit Forum looooong time back. I contacted the poster and he said u can use it. So I posted.

WatchOut

I'll check that .. don't worry.

chirag

Sure. No probs.

WatchOut

Provide me the full url please?

Bursteffect

Haven't grunged it out in a while :P.
Thanks for sharing tho .