PuLee's Tutorials - Detailed Signature Tutorial

RPHKR

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Detailed Signature Tutorial

Hello guys, I gonna post an detailed signature tutorial in which you can learn
1. How to blend a render into the background? (The basement)
2. How to add a texture to improve the render?
3. How to place a text that fits in the signature? (The tricky part)
4. Finishing touch

So you might think that I am not a great graphics maker to teach others and blah, blah, blah. I am just posting my technique which you may or may not know. A good graphics maker accepts what he does not know and improve on it.

My request: Post your outcomes after reading the tutorial. So I could know what you learned from here and it will encourage me in making more tutorials. A tutorial without response is a waste of effort.

If any step needs more explanation, then ask me.

Here is my outcome

sEogCFQ.jpg


1. You think you know how to do a signature like this? Okay then there is no point for you to continue reading.
2. If you like to learn then continue reading.

I recommend you to follow this step by step to achieve the outcome I have produced(It is the key to learn a few small techniques I have used). Or you can just skim through it.

Resources I used in the signature

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

1. Background texture (Shared by @futurecricketer)
2. Texture 1 - Blue star texture (Shared by @Neer.)
3. Texture 2 - Red texture (Shared by @Neer.)
4. Texture 3 - Blue square texture (Shared by @Neer.)
5. NOVA font (from dafont.com)
6. Render cut by me
A decent font which looks professional, it will be useful for your graphics.

1. How to blend a render into the background?

i) The background

Hey geeks, remember
"Your background is like the basement of a building, so lay it strong"

There are two ways to make a background,
1. Texture background
2. Manual background

1.In texture background, you use a texture which fits your idea.
2. In manual background, you fill a colour and add some effects.

For a rookie graphics maker, I would recommend a black texture bg with some light.
You can learn manual background making in my next tutorial. :)

Now open a new document in PS, 500x200 pixels.

Yyv2Wo3.jpg


Paste the background I used.

m6slnCv.png


Rename the layer as background(for the ease of use)
[Double click the name of the layer in the right, then type]

r0ayJCM.jpg


You can successfully done the bg part, now it's time to paste the render and blend it.

ii) The render

Paste the render in your document. Press CTRL+T, hold shift while you resize the render. Put it in the centre of the canvas like I did.

V22GyVU.jpg


Name this layer as 'Render'

p14Aixo.jpg


Click the 'Render' layer, then press 'CTRL+J' twice to get two copies of it.

K9B2Oi5.jpg


To blend the render,
Render copy - Hardlight - 60%
Render copy 2 - Overlay - 30%

NutsNGa.jpg


Right click the original render layer, 'Render' and choose blending options.

1Z4MNPH.jpg


In blending options, goto Outer Glow, set the color of the glow #c80e26
Outerglow - #c80e26 (Choose a color which suits your render)
Use the settings I used, you can see a red stroke line around the render.

l54Y2iZ.jpg


So far so good, now the render has blend with the bg. Now we are moving on to the next part.

2. How to add a texture to improve the render?

Okay now we gonna put a texture to make the render glow.

Paste texture 1 on the render, rename the layer as 'Texture 1'

29JVPOV.jpg


Put 'Texture 1' as color dodge and look at your render.

cWGLC4O.jpg


It looks a bit clumsy, isn't it? So we should put it right.

Grab your eraser tool.
On the top you can see the settings for eraser tool. Use a round soft brush 40 pixels with flow 30%.

ZqmXrTC.jpg


Now erase the glowing parts on the top of the render, his face, his hands, etc.
Leave some glow at the corners. You should get an outcome like this:

0je6Hcb.jpg


Now you have improved the look of the render without making it look clumsy. Play as you wish to get your desire result. Now we move to the next part, i.e; to make a good text in the signature(a challenging part).

3. How to place a text that fits in the signature?(The tricky part)

A good graphics without a good text looks incomplete. Text is the as important as the work you do in the effects.

The text in the spoiler is just an additional information on texts in signature. You can skip it if you want only in the tutorial.

When I started to do gfx, I struggled a lot in the text part. Whenever I did it, it didn't blend well. I sometimes used a psd template text from sites because I can not make them well. Once I downloaded Megh_Raj's psd file, where I could see his technique in texts. He made them using gradient overlay and that fits well. I improvised on that strategy

Check this out - http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/081/8/4/Signature_text_tutorial_by_xylez.png
It's a cool tutorial on text by xylez in deviantart, he has some valuable tips. Find time to read it.

What Megh_Raj did in that psd was, he made a white grey gradient to make the text look shiny.

LjfxX6E.jpg


The colour code for the gradient is from [# e1e1e1] to [# ffffff]

Then he would stroke(blending options) the text with a color in the render.

pJu7BCz.jpg


The color code of the stroke is #166eb2 - 2 pixel stroke. Look at the text with a blue stroke, it looks fine, when a texture is put on it in color dodge mode, it will look better.

I76SuC9.jpg

Okay, now 'DINESH KARTHIK' using the NOVA FONT. The size should be around 35 pixels. Place the text in parallel with the render's arms or bat.

vVqwLpk.jpg


Right click the text layer -> blending options -> gradient overlay

The gradient color code is from #ff0000 to #fc5959

pLLtpWp.jpg


Place the Texture 2 above the text and put it on colour dodge

2K0cw9n.jpg


Hmm, great work now we should enhance it with the finishing touch.

4. Finishing touch

Now paste the Texture 3 in the canvas and put it on colour dodge
The signature will look like:

QtmV53Y.jpg


Now create a new layer and put a soft white brush above the render, make the layer as overlay with opacity 75%

lcp4ipT.jpg


Okay you have done the signature at last, here is the outcome:

Outcome:

sEogCFQ.jpg


Post your outcomes here or it will be a waste of effort. :)
 

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Jaisuraj

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Nice tutorial but this is not your real effect :noway you're better than this !
Liked the banner and the way of presentation! KIU! :)
 

FC Akash.

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Detailed Signature Tutorial

Hello guys, I gonna post an detailed signature tutorial in which you can learn
1. How to blend a render into the background? (The basement)
2. How to add a texture to improve the render?
3. How to place a text that fits in the signature? (The tricky part)
4. Finishing touch

So you might think that I am not a great graphics maker to teach others and blah, blah, blah. I am just posting my technique which you may or may not know. A good graphics maker accepts what he does not know and improve on it.

My request: Post your outcomes after reading the tutorial. So I could know what you learned from here and it will encourage me in making more tutorials. A tutorial without response is a waste of effort.

If any step needs more explanation, then ask me.

Here is my outcome

sEogCFQ.jpg


1. You think you know how to do a signature like this? Okay then there is no point for you to continue reading.
2. If you like to learn then continue reading.

I recommend you to follow this step by step to achieve the outcome I have produced(It is the key to learn a few small techniques I have used). Or you can just skim through it.

Resources I used in the signature

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

1. Background texture (Shared by @futurecricketer)
2. Texture 1 - Blue star texture (Shared by @Neer.)
3. Texture 2 - Red texture (Shared by @Neer.)
4. Texture 3 - Blue square texture (Shared by @Neer.)
5. NOVA font (from dafont.com)
6. Render cut by me
A decent font which looks professional, it will be useful for your graphics.

1. How to blend a render into the background?

i) The background

Hey geeks, remember
"Your background is like the basement of a building, so lay it strong"

There are two ways to make a background,
1. Texture background
2. Manual background

1.In texture background, you use a texture which fits your idea.
2. In manual background, you fill a colour and add some effects.

For a rookie graphics maker, I would recommend a black texture bg with some light.
You can learn manual background making in my next tutorial. :)

Now open a new document in PS, 500x200 pixels.

Yyv2Wo3.jpg


Paste the background I used.

m6slnCv.png


Rename the layer as background(for the ease of use)
[Double click the name of the layer in the right, then type]

r0ayJCM.jpg


You can successfully done the bg part, now it's time to paste the render and blend it.

ii) The render

Paste the render in your document. Press CTRL+T, hold shift while you resize the render. Put it in the centre of the canvas like I did.

V22GyVU.jpg


Name this layer as 'Render'

p14Aixo.jpg


Click the 'Render' layer, then press 'CTRL+J' twice to get two copies of it.

K9B2Oi5.jpg


To blend the render,
Render copy - Hardlight - 60%
Render copy 2 - Overlay - 30%

NutsNGa.jpg


Right click the original render layer, 'Render' and choose blending options.

1Z4MNPH.jpg


In blending options, goto Outer Glow, set the color of the glow #c80e26
Outerglow - #c80e26 (Choose a color which suits your render)
Use the settings I used, you can see a red stroke line around the render.

l54Y2iZ.jpg


So far so good, now the render has blend with the bg. Now we are moving on to the next part.

2. How to add a texture to improve the render?

Okay now we gonna put a texture to make the render glow.

Paste texture 1 on the render, rename the layer as 'Texture 1'

29JVPOV.jpg


Put 'Texture 1' as color dodge and look at your render.

cWGLC4O.jpg


It looks a bit clumsy, isn't it? So we should put it right.

Grab your eraser tool.
On the top you can see the settings for eraser tool. Use a round soft brush 40 pixels with flow 30%.

ZqmXrTC.jpg


Now erase the glowing parts on the top of the render, his face, his hands, etc.
Leave some glow at the corners. You should get an outcome like this:

0je6Hcb.jpg


Now you have improved the look of the render without making it look clumsy. Play as you wish to get your desire result. Now we move to the next part, i.e; to make a good text in the signature(a challenging part).

3. How to place a text that fits in the signature?(The tricky part)

A good graphics without a good text looks incomplete. Text is the as important as the work you do in the effects.

The text in the spoiler is just an additional information on texts in signature. You can skip it if you want only in the tutorial.

When I started to do gfx, I struggled a lot in the text part. Whenever I did it, it didn't blend well. I sometimes used a psd template text from sites because I can not make them well. Once I downloaded Megh_Raj's psd file, where I could see his technique in texts. He made them using gradient overlay and that fits well. I improvised on that strategy

Check this out - http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/081/8/4/Signature_text_tutorial_by_xylez.png
It's a cool tutorial on text by xylez in deviantart, he has some valuable tips. Find time to read it.

What Megh_Raj did in that psd was, he made a white grey gradient to make the text look shiny.

LjfxX6E.jpg


The colour code for the gradient is from [# e1e1e1] to [# ffffff]

Then he would stroke(blending options) the text with a color in the render.

pJu7BCz.jpg


The color code of the stroke is #166eb2 - 2 pixel stroke. Look at the text with a blue stroke, it looks fine, when a texture is put on it in color dodge mode, it will look better.

I76SuC9.jpg

Okay, now 'DINESH KARTHIK' using the NOVA FONT. The size should be around 35 pixels. Place the text in parallel with the render's arms or bat.

vVqwLpk.jpg


Right click the text layer -> blending options -> gradient overlay

The gradient color code is from #ff0000 to #fc5959

pLLtpWp.jpg


Place the Texture 2 above the text and put it on colour dodge

2K0cw9n.jpg


Hmm, great work now we should enhance it with the finishing touch.

4. Finishing touch

Now paste the Texture 3 in the canvas and put it on colour dodge
The signature will look like:

QtmV53Y.jpg


Now create a new layer and put a soft white brush above the render, make the layer as overlay with opacity 75%

lcp4ipT.jpg


Okay you have done the signature at last, here is the outcome:

Outcome:

sEogCFQ.jpg


Post your outcomes here or it will be a waste of effort. :)

Good effort there will post my outcome afterwards
Good work mate
Actually some use of textures will be great to beautify the bg and siggy
Because it is detailed so focus on more detailing in siggy
 

RPHKR

National Board President
Joined
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Good effort there will post my outcome afterwards
Good work mate
Actually some use of textures will be great to beautify the bg and siggy
Because it is detailed so focus on more detailing in siggy

Don't quote the entire long text. :D Yeah thank you.

I Appreciate your Work.

It would be great if you post a tutorial so we can go to the next level. Happy to see a legend commenting in my thread

Waiting for your outcome guys. @Dipak @Neer. @futurecricketer @Sulaiman7 @Mukesh888 @Rohit45 @ea ragav @Paree
 

TheNameisNiru

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well explained tutorial and will be helpful for some of the newbies i will give it a try n post my outcome by tomorrow
 

FC Akash.

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My outcome combining your's and my technique :D
@RPHKR
How is this? :D
A good tutorial mate great for newbies and also helps when combining with another technique


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GlitchInTheMatrix

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Great effort. But, I don't liked the texture blending, BG also render selection. I think you'll improve a LOT if try to blend the light textures well, also to have a good BG.

I'll post my outy soon, i promise :)
 

Sulaiman7

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I can guarantee my outcome. :thumbs
 

TheNameisNiru

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text effects n its placement n has been a problem which i still trying to improve
 

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