Lesson 3

Skills You Will Learn:

• the basics of blending textures
• how to use textures
• unifying a graphic with colour
• how to make a banner

Resources:

Futuristic Textures by So-ghislaine
Free Blue Background
3 NEW textures - 1412 by missesglass
Candice Swanepoel PNG

Helpful Links:

How to Add Outer Glow in GIMP
Inner Shadow effect using Gimp
Inner Shadow Effect - GIMP (video)
Text Effects in Gimp: Outer Glow (video)

1. Create a canvas that is 800 by 200 pixels.

Step 2

2. Use the paint bucket tool to make the background a pale pink (fce8f9).

3. Add the PNG to the left of the banner.

Step 4

4. Next we have a mix of two textures from the 3 New textures file (the first and third texture). I don't remember how I combined them, but I am sure I played with the layer mode and opacity. Then merge them together. Set layer mode to multiply. Erase the parts of the texture that go over the model with a soft eraser. You can simply put one layer, if you choose.

5. Add one futuristic texture over it and set layer mode to screen. Erase the parts that get on the model.

Step 5

Inner Shadow (Pixlr) 

6. Add text with text effects. The size for the font varies by program and preference. The font I used was Tahoma and the colour: ff6d59. You should be able to get the same or similar text effects in photoshop as pixlr.

Outer Glow V1 (Pixlr)

Outer Glow V2 (Pixlr)

Sorry to all those who use GIMP, I am not that good with text effects for that. I mostly use GIMP for manipulation, and I consider anyone who is able to proficiently use GIMP amazing. I did put a link on how to achieve these text effects at the top of the page. This quote was created by SharpPieces on wattpad.


7. Then I put a pink gradient on top set to hardlight and opacity at 42.
8. Add your watermark. (I put the watermark first to prevent plagiarism).
Done!

Results:

9. *Optional: To unify the image, and to have a cool effect you can use the "free blue background" texture and change the hue to pink (adjustments> hue: -180 or 180). Don't resize. Change the layer mode to hardlight. Opacity to 90-100. The results are seen in the second image above.

Post using image code: <img src="direct link">
If you want to resize: <img src="direct link"width="100"> (Change 100 to whatever number you want)

Deadline: July 9, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST