FOR PHOTOSHOP.

Now, I know alot of people say that vectors are easy to make. Not saying this isn't the case, but in my oppinion they look really good, and thats what matters in a signature.

Brushes -

http://search.deviantart.com/?search=vecto...;section=browse
^ Huge selection.



1- Open up a new document (Any size, doesnt matter, but for the purposes of this tutorial I will be using 300x150.)

2- Take the Paint Bucket (Hotkey = G) tool, choose a color of your choice, then make a new layer (Hotkey: SHIFT + CTRL + N)

3- Take the Elliptical Marquee (Hotkey = M) tool, and make a selection that goes off the edge of the signature.

Fill this selection with white, and set the opacity to around 25%.

Repeat this on the other side of the signature.


4- Now we will start some brushing. Create a new layer, then take out a set of vector brushes, and using the brush tool (Hotkey = B), set to white, brush. Be strategic, maybe put 2-4 smaller shapes onto the canvas. When you have done brushing, set the opacity to 50%.


5- Now do the same as 4, but with a black brush, and set the opacity to 25%.


6- Now make a new layer, and paint with a black brush at 100%.

7- Now for the forground. Take a white brush, set to 100%, and brush on the canvas.
When you have done brushing, duplicate the layer (Hotkey = ALT + J) and go to Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur Set the blur to about 4 pixels.


8- You can now, if you wish, add in any personal touches. I have added some lines (a brush) to a new layer and put it under the brush layers.

9- Now for text. I'm using the Alba font (http://www.dafont.com/alba.font), in white with the stroke set to 5.


10- Add a border (in this case im adding a 5 pixel black one), By making a new layer, pressing ALT + A, then going to EDIT - Stroke



Congratulations you have finished the tutorial! Save it (File - Save for web), host it (www.imageshack.us) and show us your work.

looking good, ill take a shot at one later and post results.

just for you jimmoi.

Very easy tut to follow...

I am having problems making mine though. I tried downloading vector brushes and extracting them to the brushes folder in my program files/paint shop pro/brushes.
I then closed and restarted paint shop. They still don't show up. Any ideas???

Or any ideas as to where I could get some vector brushes???

paint shop pro is different to photoshop entirely.

they also use different brushes.

Mmk...I'll whip out an old version of photoshop and try it.

i like it.

Alright, got my photoshop installed, now, where in my photoshop directory do I put my brush packs into?

Opening the brush packs in Photoshop automatically adds them for me.

Nice TuT man its awesome thanks alot

I like the outcome.



Thanks for posting, great tut.

-Raganork

Lmao, I'm still trying to figure out how to put zip files into brushes on PS...
Not having any luck either...otherwise I'd have one of those hawt siggehs up here...

Muskets, open the zipped folder, click extract files on the menu to the left, then open the unzipped folder, minimize the unzipped folder, go to My computer -> C:drive -> program files -> adobe -> photoshop -> presets -> burshes. then bring the unzipped folder that you minimized back up and drop the brushes into the brushes folder.

-Raganork

This is making me angry I did all that Rag, Doesn't want to cooperate...
Have any suggestions as to where I could get some different brushes? Maybe a different kind would work...I don't really know why it isn't workin atm...

Just need an idea as to where to get some vector brushes...


~Muskets

heres what i got

is there any wasy I can get photoshop for free? Or at least under 50 dollars?

Wow, great tut Tyranno man



I like it

Where you get photoshop at?

Www.Adobe.coM

When I click download once i find some brushes i like just a bunch of random letters and numbers and stuff pop up on the page. Is this normal and if so what to I do to make them download??

I got it all except for making it shiny...?

The shine is the blur

It worked! After I spend 2 hours finding out how to host an image...

I liked the tutorial. Since this was my first piece of art in a long time, I had trouble finding the Paint Bucket and stuff (ROFL) at first, but it turned out to look pretty cool.
I didn't blur, so it doesn't look that shiny though.

Nice tut Tywannoh

Nice tut, you might want to put Text on the picture in step 7 to prevent ripping.

Meh don't really mind if that gets ripped :\

Yeah...mine came out pretty simple .

Heres mine i love it. its going in my sig

Mines the best and my first sig (non-pixel) ever.

w00t now that is just crazy. how much photoshop costs..?

$600

unless...

nah youre not up to it

nice tut =] i'm gonna start making vectors now =P

i put a render in mine =P

w/ render:


w/out render:

hm..i might be making vectors more often

oh lawd lol i remember this

So many old topics bumped lately...

Let's not bump old stuff like this, even if it brings back good memories