Just use a light hand so it doesn’t get difficult to read. Type your words (journaling or title), simplify the layer, and then erase away. This same look can be achieved with text. You’ll get a faded, worn look in no time. When using a grunge brush as an eraser, remember to vary the brush size and opacity. These letters quickly become part of the background with just a few clicks. Grunge Brushes One of the coolest things about brushes is that you can actually use them as erasers. They are quick and easy and oh-so-versatile! Here are two ways to get you started. You can fade and distress embellishments, blend papers and photos together, and minimize patterns underneath journaling. Please tell me if it helped, and post any questions you might have.Some of the best tools in any scrapbooker’s bag of tricks are grunge brushes, templates, and masks. After all, it's your icon you're making, not mine :) Then, I felt the edges were too harsh, so I made a new layer and used an airy sort of brush around it:Īnd there it is! I'll stop here, because any further would just be a matter of style and detail. I then created a new layer, filled it with black and set it to 'Color' at 33% opacity. So, I made a new layer, filled it with a red-purple gradient, and set the layer to 'Color Dodge' at 45% opacity. You should now have something like this:Īt that stage, I felt that the brown was too heavy on the icon. Again, experiment with different brushes - be as random as possible. Set your eraser tool to a grunge brush, and erase the grunge base where necessary. You should now have something freaky-looking:
In your subject base (in this instance, Keira), select all (ctrl + A), go to Edit > Copy Merged. You might want to save your grunge base for future use. Now, you should have your subject base and grunge base. Pretty random, eh? Flatten the layers once you're satisfied. Create new layers, use different colours for brushes, set layers to different modes. Then, using grunge brushes, be as random as possible and mutilate the base. I will refer to this as the subject base.Ĭreate a new 100x100 image. I cropped it, and did the usual things you would do with an icon (the blue exclusion layer, the fleshy-coloured layer, you know the drill). I started with a pretty scan of Keira in the Arena photoshoot. And please don't copy the style blatantly! This post might turn members-only if that happens. Okay, this is my first tutorial so I apologize if it sucks or anything. Here is a tutorial for this icon (in Photoshop 7):Īs requested by devilwrites and tainted_tears. I have a batch of icons sitting around in my hard drive waiting to be posted, but I'm still waiting for round-ups and the like :( SO, I've decided to post a tutorial first!
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