lauren_
07-23-2008, 06:16 PM
I don't know how often I'll post here, because most of the time the graphics i make are pretty easy to make and are very self-explanitory, but there are the occasional times when people ask me how to make something, so thats when i'll post here.
Adam Brody Sig
This is realllyyy easy to make once you get the textures.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/adamsig1.jpg
Textures:
Graph Paper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/graphpaper.jpg)
Flower (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/atf.png)
Frame (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/frame.png)
Clouds (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/clouds.jpg)
Scribble (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/scribble.jpg)
1. Open up all the pictures that you want to use and color them. MAKE SURE YOU COLOR THEM AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO NOW. Resize, sharpen, etc.
2. Open a new transparent image for your sig. It doesn't matter what size it is, it's up to you.
3. Place the graph paper on the new image. If it doesnt cover the whole image, paste it again and move it so the squares match up and it looks like the same image. Don't stretch the image, it will get blurry.
3. Take the first photo you want to use. Crop it to a rectangle, and resize it to a size where the whole image will fit on the sig. Paste it on your sig.
4. Crop all your other photos and resize them to sizes smaller than the first image you posted. Crop them to differnet shapes to add contrast. Add a border to one if you want. Overlap them and try to keep them to one side of the sig.
5. Take the flower and the clouds and resize them to any size you want, and paste those in with the photos.
6. Take another photo and change it to black and white and select around it. Resize it and paste it back to the sig.
7. Add the frame in a layer underneath the black and white image but on top of the other images that you pasted.
8. Take the scribble and either keep it black and set it to multiply or change the color of it. If you want a different color and dont know how to get it, ask me and i will make it for you. Place it underneath all the layers so its behind your images, but still visible on the graph paper.
9. add text, any other textures you want, and that's it. Nice and easy, eh?
Joe Jonas Wallpaper
Make THIS (http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5875/joeblend4rt0.jpg) wallpaper.
Textures you need:
Paper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/paperlarge.jpg)
Scratch (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/scratch.jpg)
Brush (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/masktexture37.png)
Paint Splatter (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/paintsplatter.png)
Dotted Line 1 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/dottedline1.png)
Dotted Line 2 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/dottedline2.png)
Heart (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/heart1.png)
1. Make a new 800x600 image.
2. Take the paper texture and place it on it. If you have an image larger than 800x600, just paste it again and match up the lines next to each other so it looks like it's all connected.
3. take the scratch texture and repaste it all over the image. set it to multiply.
4. merge all/flatten.
5. make a rectangular selection on the left or right side of the image, wherever you want the blend part to be. copy the selection and paste it as a new image.
6. erase everything so it becomes a transparent image. take any pictures you want and make a basic, textless blend. when you make it, merge all and paste it onto your wallpaper.
7. take the brush and make a brush from it. (HERE (http://www.zefron.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4391892#post4391892) is a tutorial on how to make a brush from that in PSP). choose whatever color you want for it, and then add it behind the image. you can keep adding them next to each other and on top of one another so it looks like one big brush.
8. make sure you have a high quality photo to work with so that you can paste it really big next to the blend. when you find the photo, paste it as a new image and select around it.
9. copy the selection and paste it on your wallpaper, next to the blend.
10. go to selection>modify>expand and set your pixel settings to three.
11. you'll see the selection expand, and when it does, make a new layer. fill that new layer with an outline color. take that layer and drag it underneath the layer that you pasted the image on orginally. now you have a border. (in photoshop, just add a stroke).
12. take the dotted lines and make brushes out of them and place them anywhere. do the same with the heart.
13. make a new layer UNDERNEATH all the photo and brush layers but ON TOP of the base paper image. make a brush from the splatter and add it behind your image.
14. then take the large image you put on the side and convert it to black and white. place it in a new layer anywhere and set it to darken on the white areas, and lighten on dark areas. adjust opacity as needed.
15. take your soft round brush and make a red dot on the blend area. set it to lighten.
16. add text. merge all, and you're done.
Also made with this tutorial (minus some of the textures):
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4052/request129mc1.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=request129mc1.jpg)
Joe Jonas Sig
Make This:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/joegraphic1.jpg
Textures:
Moon (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/whennightfalls-bambinainnero.png)
Light Texture 1 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/blackout-bambinainnero4.png)
Light Texture 2 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/jslight_large.png)
Word Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/largetext.png)
1. Make a new image, mine was 490x246.
2. Take the moon texture and resize it to about half its size, and place it on the image, over to one side more. you may need to add some more black to the edge to cover spots that weren't covered by the texture.
3. Take the first light texture and resize it to half its size and sharpen it three times. paste it on your new image next to the moon and set it to lighten.
4. Find a photo you want to use and resize it and convert it to black and white. Select around it, and pase it on your sig next to the moon and above the light texture. Set it to lighten. Do this with as many photos as you like.
5. Take the second light texture and place it over every layer and set it to lighten. you may need to paste it twice to fill every section. erase the parts that cover the face.
6. take the word texture and resize it, paste it under the photos or wherever you want it. set it to screen.
7. add any text you want.
8. make a new layer underneath the text layer and take your round brush 1 pixel and hardness set to 100. take any color you want, i chose red, and scribble on your sig. set the opacity to about 80%.
that's it!
other sig made with this tutorial:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/demisig2.jpg
Jonas Brothers Sig
Make This:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/requests/request64-1.jpg
1. Make a new image, mine was 392x204 and make your blend. After you blend the images together, copy the whole image. Paste as a new image and convert it to black and white. Copy that image, and paste it on the sig, and set it to lighten or darken. Set it to lighten if its a dark backround, and darken if its a light backround. Move it around to a place where you can see it, adjust opacity, and erase the parts that cover the body and face of the first image.
2. Merge all/flatten. Make a rectangle selection of an area you want to place on the bottom of your image. Copy it, make it black and white, and paste it on the bottom of your image.
3. take your rectangle tool and make a small white rectangle on top of the black and white image. if you are using PSP, you need to make sure that both the color boxes are white. if they're not, there will be a different color outline on the box.
4. make a new layer for the text. once you make it, add a border.
if you're using photoshop, just add a stroke.
for PSP, its a bit more complicated:
- once you add your text, go to selection>from vector object
- then the text will be selection. now go to selection>modify>expand.
- when you hit that, a box will come up. set the number of pixels to 2.
- now the selection will be expanded.
- make a new layer and with the text still selected, fill in the selection with a color.
- drag that color layer underneath the text layer.
5. add a border. and you're done :)
Other blends made:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/demisig3.jpg
Selena Gomez Wallpaper
Make THIS (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/requests/request165.jpg)
Textures You Need:
Grain Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/graintex.jpg)
Stars (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/stars1.jpg)
1. Take the Grain texture and use that as your base. You can make it 800x600 if you want, just resize it.
2. Make a selection on your grain texture where you want the blend to be. Then copy it, paste it as a new image, and make your blend on that.
3. Paste the blend on a new layer on your wallpaper (the grain base).
4. Go back to the blend and convert it to black and white.
5. Make a new layer and paste the black and white image under the color one, overlapping it a little bit. Take your soft round eraser and erase around the top of the black and white photo so it looks like its blended with the color one.
6. Go to Layer>Merge Down. When you do this, the two layers with the blend will become one. Now take your soft round eraser and erase around the edges and sides.
7. Copy the blend layer and paste it as a new image and resize it 50%. take the new resized image and turn it upside down. copy it and paste it on the top corner of the wallpaper.
8. Add the star texture and set it to multiply.
9. add text. then add larger text and fade it.
10. take your 1px circle brush and made a doodle on the wallpaper.
11. merge all/flatten. & you're done!
Other Wallpapers Used with this Tutorial:
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4730/mileywallpaperdm6.th.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mileywallpaperdm6.jpg)
Zac and Ashley Wallpaper
What you need:
Scrapbook Paper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/tulle3387.png) (whenever i upload it, it resizes it, so you may need to download it from the link below)
(or some more that you can download HERE (http://masterjinn.deviantart.com/art/oct6-68751139))
Hand-Drawn Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/tulle56785.png)
1. Make your new image, whatever size wallpaper you need. Take the scrapbook paper you chose and if you need to resize it a little so that you can see the design on the wallpaper. (if you don't resize it to the exact wallpaper size, that's ok. you just need to cover up the wallpaper with the paper).
2. Make a big rectanglular selection inside the paper and hit delete. (now you'll have a transparent center)
3. If there is not already a layer underneath that layer, make a new one underneath it and fill it in with white.
4. After you paste the paper, take your images and COLOR THEM FIRST.
5. Then cut around the pictures and paste them in a new layer under neath the paper cutout layer.
6. Take the handrawn texture and place it underneath the paper and under the photos. Since you have a white backround, you wont need to set it to anything, just leave it as is.
7. Go to layer>new adjustment layer>channel mixer (make sure you are still underneath the paper layer) and use these settings:
Red: 144
Green: -46
8. Make a new layer on top of everything and add your text. If you want, have it overlap a small section on the side and then make a small rectangle under it in the same color as the backround so it looks like the text continues on it.
Thats it!
*Optional* On the second one that i made, i used a polka dot backround and the top corner looked bare, so i just added more flower textures. If something looks bare on yours, be creative and use textures and/or brushes.
Other wallpaper made:
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1439/blakewallpaperit6.th.jpg (http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blakewallpaperit6.jpg)
Jonas Brothers Signature
Make this:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/jonassig.png
What you need:
TV Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/9huasi.jpg)
Light Texure (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/ajt6.png)
1. Make a new image for your sig.
2. Find one image you want and paste it on. And then take that same picture and turn it to black and white and paste it next to it and blend it together.
3. Take the tv texture and place it in a new layer on top of the other layers. You may need to resize it.
4. use your point-to-point selection tool in psp or the magnetic lasso tool in ps and erase the inside of the tv.
5. Take another photo and resize it so it will fit behind the tv, and then place it udnerneath the tv texture. erase the parts that peak out from the sides.
6. Take another photo and then select around and copy and paste it onto your sig.
7. Take your rectangular tool and make a rectangle for your text.
8. Add text. For mine, i used the font "Clementine Sketch" and then "Georgia" for the text underneath.
9. Add the light texture, set it lighten, erase parts that cover the face.
10. Merge all/flatten and you're done. :)
Shia Labeouf Wallpaper
Make THIS (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/shia.png)
Textures You Need:
Grain Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/25j8bki.jpg)
Cardboard (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/carton12.jpg)
Floral One (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/gender03030311.png)
Floral Two (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/gender0303038.png)
Brown Bar (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/brownbar.png)
Brown Bar Two (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/brownbar2.png)
Newspaper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/newspaper1.jpg)
Scratch (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/scratchinvert.jpg)
Stars (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/stars1.jpg)
1. Open up a new image, mine was 800 by 600 and fill it with #c0c0c0 or any other light grey.
2. In a new layer, lace the Grain texture on it and set it to multiply. Merge all and sharpen two times.
3. Make another new layer and take the cardboard texture and place it to the left side so that the right side is the only part visible. Set it to mulitply.
4. New layer and take the first floral and place it half on the cardboard, half on the grain. Set it to multiply.
5. Now we're going to start working with the pictures. Choose pictures you like, preferably three like I did. You can use more, but it might look too busy that way. Color them ahead of time. A good coloring would be one that gives them a brownish effect. After you color them, select around them with and then paste them in a new layer on your wallpaper. Arrange them how you would like.
6. After placeing down your pictures, take the brown bar and place it above the picture layers and then rotate it a bit.
7. Make a new layer and place the second brown bar on. Drag this layer underneath the first brown bar layer so that it is underneath it. you don't need this bar, I just thought it provided something extra.
8. Take the Make a new layer underneath all the photo layers, and paste the newspaper texture. Then, with your soft round brush, hardness set to 0, erase the edges.
9. Take the scratch texture and add it. Set it to multiply. Erase any parts covering the face or body if you wish.
10. Take the star texture, and resize it if you need to. Place it to the right side and set that to multiply as well.
11. Add text. Place it on the brown bar, maybe a name there, and then something else, like lyrics to the side like i did.
12. Take the second floral texture and resize it so its smaller and will fit underneath the lyrics, or whatever text you put to the right hand side. Place it in a layer UNDERNEATH your text layer and reduce to the opacity to about 30% or whatever you want.
13. Take your 1 pixel brush and make a doodle on the sig.
14. Merge all/flatten, and you're done! :)
I'll make another one to use as another example soon.
Miley Cyrus Blend
Make This:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/mileybanner.jpg
Textures You Need:
Paper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/carton30.jpg)
Cardboard (http://http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/carton7.jpg)
Stars (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/carton58.jpg)
Frame (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/a2fcwj-1.png)
1. Start off with a blank canvas. Mine was 525x287.
2. Make a basic blend. It works best with photos with a white backround. If it doesn't have a white backround, your best bet would be to crop around them and cut them out and place them on a white backround. Also, the because you need to put the paper on, make sure you blend them in slant so you can place the paper texture about them. It's best to make them smaller each time.
Like this: http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/help%20and%20tuts/stepone.jpg
3. Flatten your image. Add your coloring now.
4. Now just make a square selection around the blend, copy it, and paste it as a new image. Just set it aside, you'll use it later.
5. Take the paper texture, if you want you can resize it a bit. Then crop about a half an inch off the left side. Place it on your blend, and rotate it so that it is underneath the faces in your blend. Leave it set at normal.
6. Take the red/pinkish cardboard texture and place it to the side. It can overlap some of the blend too. It looks alright, trust me! Set it to multiply.
7. Now go back to that other selection you made. Convert it to black and white, and resize it so its really small. Then rotate it, and place it on the side. Like i did in mine. Drag that layer to the layer right above your backround layer. It should blend automatically. If it doesn't try setting it to multiply or darken.
8. Now make a new layer at the top again. Take the frame, and you can make it black and white if you want. Make sure you save it, because it's a .png. Resize it and then rotate it and place it over the small black and white image in the corner.
9. Add the star texture and set it to multiply.
10. Make a new layer under the paper layer and add text, so half of it gets cut off by the paper.
11. Add any other text you want on the paper.
12. Take your white 1pixel brush and make a scribble on the red cardboard. Set the opacity to 50%.
That's it!
Other blend made using this tutorial:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/result2.jpg
Adam Brody Sig
This is realllyyy easy to make once you get the textures.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/adamsig1.jpg
Textures:
Graph Paper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/graphpaper.jpg)
Flower (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/atf.png)
Frame (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/frame.png)
Clouds (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/clouds.jpg)
Scribble (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/scribble.jpg)
1. Open up all the pictures that you want to use and color them. MAKE SURE YOU COLOR THEM AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO NOW. Resize, sharpen, etc.
2. Open a new transparent image for your sig. It doesn't matter what size it is, it's up to you.
3. Place the graph paper on the new image. If it doesnt cover the whole image, paste it again and move it so the squares match up and it looks like the same image. Don't stretch the image, it will get blurry.
3. Take the first photo you want to use. Crop it to a rectangle, and resize it to a size where the whole image will fit on the sig. Paste it on your sig.
4. Crop all your other photos and resize them to sizes smaller than the first image you posted. Crop them to differnet shapes to add contrast. Add a border to one if you want. Overlap them and try to keep them to one side of the sig.
5. Take the flower and the clouds and resize them to any size you want, and paste those in with the photos.
6. Take another photo and change it to black and white and select around it. Resize it and paste it back to the sig.
7. Add the frame in a layer underneath the black and white image but on top of the other images that you pasted.
8. Take the scribble and either keep it black and set it to multiply or change the color of it. If you want a different color and dont know how to get it, ask me and i will make it for you. Place it underneath all the layers so its behind your images, but still visible on the graph paper.
9. add text, any other textures you want, and that's it. Nice and easy, eh?
Joe Jonas Wallpaper
Make THIS (http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5875/joeblend4rt0.jpg) wallpaper.
Textures you need:
Paper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/paperlarge.jpg)
Scratch (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/scratch.jpg)
Brush (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/masktexture37.png)
Paint Splatter (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/paintsplatter.png)
Dotted Line 1 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/dottedline1.png)
Dotted Line 2 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/dottedline2.png)
Heart (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/heart1.png)
1. Make a new 800x600 image.
2. Take the paper texture and place it on it. If you have an image larger than 800x600, just paste it again and match up the lines next to each other so it looks like it's all connected.
3. take the scratch texture and repaste it all over the image. set it to multiply.
4. merge all/flatten.
5. make a rectangular selection on the left or right side of the image, wherever you want the blend part to be. copy the selection and paste it as a new image.
6. erase everything so it becomes a transparent image. take any pictures you want and make a basic, textless blend. when you make it, merge all and paste it onto your wallpaper.
7. take the brush and make a brush from it. (HERE (http://www.zefron.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4391892#post4391892) is a tutorial on how to make a brush from that in PSP). choose whatever color you want for it, and then add it behind the image. you can keep adding them next to each other and on top of one another so it looks like one big brush.
8. make sure you have a high quality photo to work with so that you can paste it really big next to the blend. when you find the photo, paste it as a new image and select around it.
9. copy the selection and paste it on your wallpaper, next to the blend.
10. go to selection>modify>expand and set your pixel settings to three.
11. you'll see the selection expand, and when it does, make a new layer. fill that new layer with an outline color. take that layer and drag it underneath the layer that you pasted the image on orginally. now you have a border. (in photoshop, just add a stroke).
12. take the dotted lines and make brushes out of them and place them anywhere. do the same with the heart.
13. make a new layer UNDERNEATH all the photo and brush layers but ON TOP of the base paper image. make a brush from the splatter and add it behind your image.
14. then take the large image you put on the side and convert it to black and white. place it in a new layer anywhere and set it to darken on the white areas, and lighten on dark areas. adjust opacity as needed.
15. take your soft round brush and make a red dot on the blend area. set it to lighten.
16. add text. merge all, and you're done.
Also made with this tutorial (minus some of the textures):
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4052/request129mc1.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=request129mc1.jpg)
Joe Jonas Sig
Make This:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/joegraphic1.jpg
Textures:
Moon (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/whennightfalls-bambinainnero.png)
Light Texture 1 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/blackout-bambinainnero4.png)
Light Texture 2 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/jslight_large.png)
Word Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/largetext.png)
1. Make a new image, mine was 490x246.
2. Take the moon texture and resize it to about half its size, and place it on the image, over to one side more. you may need to add some more black to the edge to cover spots that weren't covered by the texture.
3. Take the first light texture and resize it to half its size and sharpen it three times. paste it on your new image next to the moon and set it to lighten.
4. Find a photo you want to use and resize it and convert it to black and white. Select around it, and pase it on your sig next to the moon and above the light texture. Set it to lighten. Do this with as many photos as you like.
5. Take the second light texture and place it over every layer and set it to lighten. you may need to paste it twice to fill every section. erase the parts that cover the face.
6. take the word texture and resize it, paste it under the photos or wherever you want it. set it to screen.
7. add any text you want.
8. make a new layer underneath the text layer and take your round brush 1 pixel and hardness set to 100. take any color you want, i chose red, and scribble on your sig. set the opacity to about 80%.
that's it!
other sig made with this tutorial:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/demisig2.jpg
Jonas Brothers Sig
Make This:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/requests/request64-1.jpg
1. Make a new image, mine was 392x204 and make your blend. After you blend the images together, copy the whole image. Paste as a new image and convert it to black and white. Copy that image, and paste it on the sig, and set it to lighten or darken. Set it to lighten if its a dark backround, and darken if its a light backround. Move it around to a place where you can see it, adjust opacity, and erase the parts that cover the body and face of the first image.
2. Merge all/flatten. Make a rectangle selection of an area you want to place on the bottom of your image. Copy it, make it black and white, and paste it on the bottom of your image.
3. take your rectangle tool and make a small white rectangle on top of the black and white image. if you are using PSP, you need to make sure that both the color boxes are white. if they're not, there will be a different color outline on the box.
4. make a new layer for the text. once you make it, add a border.
if you're using photoshop, just add a stroke.
for PSP, its a bit more complicated:
- once you add your text, go to selection>from vector object
- then the text will be selection. now go to selection>modify>expand.
- when you hit that, a box will come up. set the number of pixels to 2.
- now the selection will be expanded.
- make a new layer and with the text still selected, fill in the selection with a color.
- drag that color layer underneath the text layer.
5. add a border. and you're done :)
Other blends made:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/demisig3.jpg
Selena Gomez Wallpaper
Make THIS (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/requests/request165.jpg)
Textures You Need:
Grain Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/graintex.jpg)
Stars (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/stars1.jpg)
1. Take the Grain texture and use that as your base. You can make it 800x600 if you want, just resize it.
2. Make a selection on your grain texture where you want the blend to be. Then copy it, paste it as a new image, and make your blend on that.
3. Paste the blend on a new layer on your wallpaper (the grain base).
4. Go back to the blend and convert it to black and white.
5. Make a new layer and paste the black and white image under the color one, overlapping it a little bit. Take your soft round eraser and erase around the top of the black and white photo so it looks like its blended with the color one.
6. Go to Layer>Merge Down. When you do this, the two layers with the blend will become one. Now take your soft round eraser and erase around the edges and sides.
7. Copy the blend layer and paste it as a new image and resize it 50%. take the new resized image and turn it upside down. copy it and paste it on the top corner of the wallpaper.
8. Add the star texture and set it to multiply.
9. add text. then add larger text and fade it.
10. take your 1px circle brush and made a doodle on the wallpaper.
11. merge all/flatten. & you're done!
Other Wallpapers Used with this Tutorial:
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4730/mileywallpaperdm6.th.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mileywallpaperdm6.jpg)
Zac and Ashley Wallpaper
What you need:
Scrapbook Paper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/tulle3387.png) (whenever i upload it, it resizes it, so you may need to download it from the link below)
(or some more that you can download HERE (http://masterjinn.deviantart.com/art/oct6-68751139))
Hand-Drawn Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/tulle56785.png)
1. Make your new image, whatever size wallpaper you need. Take the scrapbook paper you chose and if you need to resize it a little so that you can see the design on the wallpaper. (if you don't resize it to the exact wallpaper size, that's ok. you just need to cover up the wallpaper with the paper).
2. Make a big rectanglular selection inside the paper and hit delete. (now you'll have a transparent center)
3. If there is not already a layer underneath that layer, make a new one underneath it and fill it in with white.
4. After you paste the paper, take your images and COLOR THEM FIRST.
5. Then cut around the pictures and paste them in a new layer under neath the paper cutout layer.
6. Take the handrawn texture and place it underneath the paper and under the photos. Since you have a white backround, you wont need to set it to anything, just leave it as is.
7. Go to layer>new adjustment layer>channel mixer (make sure you are still underneath the paper layer) and use these settings:
Red: 144
Green: -46
8. Make a new layer on top of everything and add your text. If you want, have it overlap a small section on the side and then make a small rectangle under it in the same color as the backround so it looks like the text continues on it.
Thats it!
*Optional* On the second one that i made, i used a polka dot backround and the top corner looked bare, so i just added more flower textures. If something looks bare on yours, be creative and use textures and/or brushes.
Other wallpaper made:
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1439/blakewallpaperit6.th.jpg (http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blakewallpaperit6.jpg)
Jonas Brothers Signature
Make this:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/jonassig.png
What you need:
TV Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/9huasi.jpg)
Light Texure (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/ajt6.png)
1. Make a new image for your sig.
2. Find one image you want and paste it on. And then take that same picture and turn it to black and white and paste it next to it and blend it together.
3. Take the tv texture and place it in a new layer on top of the other layers. You may need to resize it.
4. use your point-to-point selection tool in psp or the magnetic lasso tool in ps and erase the inside of the tv.
5. Take another photo and resize it so it will fit behind the tv, and then place it udnerneath the tv texture. erase the parts that peak out from the sides.
6. Take another photo and then select around and copy and paste it onto your sig.
7. Take your rectangular tool and make a rectangle for your text.
8. Add text. For mine, i used the font "Clementine Sketch" and then "Georgia" for the text underneath.
9. Add the light texture, set it lighten, erase parts that cover the face.
10. Merge all/flatten and you're done. :)
Shia Labeouf Wallpaper
Make THIS (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/shia.png)
Textures You Need:
Grain Texture (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/25j8bki.jpg)
Cardboard (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/carton12.jpg)
Floral One (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/gender03030311.png)
Floral Two (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/gender0303038.png)
Brown Bar (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/brownbar.png)
Brown Bar Two (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/brownbar2.png)
Newspaper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/newspaper1.jpg)
Scratch (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/scratchinvert.jpg)
Stars (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/stars1.jpg)
1. Open up a new image, mine was 800 by 600 and fill it with #c0c0c0 or any other light grey.
2. In a new layer, lace the Grain texture on it and set it to multiply. Merge all and sharpen two times.
3. Make another new layer and take the cardboard texture and place it to the left side so that the right side is the only part visible. Set it to mulitply.
4. New layer and take the first floral and place it half on the cardboard, half on the grain. Set it to multiply.
5. Now we're going to start working with the pictures. Choose pictures you like, preferably three like I did. You can use more, but it might look too busy that way. Color them ahead of time. A good coloring would be one that gives them a brownish effect. After you color them, select around them with and then paste them in a new layer on your wallpaper. Arrange them how you would like.
6. After placeing down your pictures, take the brown bar and place it above the picture layers and then rotate it a bit.
7. Make a new layer and place the second brown bar on. Drag this layer underneath the first brown bar layer so that it is underneath it. you don't need this bar, I just thought it provided something extra.
8. Take the Make a new layer underneath all the photo layers, and paste the newspaper texture. Then, with your soft round brush, hardness set to 0, erase the edges.
9. Take the scratch texture and add it. Set it to multiply. Erase any parts covering the face or body if you wish.
10. Take the star texture, and resize it if you need to. Place it to the right side and set that to multiply as well.
11. Add text. Place it on the brown bar, maybe a name there, and then something else, like lyrics to the side like i did.
12. Take the second floral texture and resize it so its smaller and will fit underneath the lyrics, or whatever text you put to the right hand side. Place it in a layer UNDERNEATH your text layer and reduce to the opacity to about 30% or whatever you want.
13. Take your 1 pixel brush and make a doodle on the sig.
14. Merge all/flatten, and you're done! :)
I'll make another one to use as another example soon.
Miley Cyrus Blend
Make This:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/mileybanner.jpg
Textures You Need:
Paper (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/carton30.jpg)
Cardboard (http://http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/carton7.jpg)
Stars (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/carton58.jpg)
Frame (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/textures%20etc/a2fcwj-1.png)
1. Start off with a blank canvas. Mine was 525x287.
2. Make a basic blend. It works best with photos with a white backround. If it doesn't have a white backround, your best bet would be to crop around them and cut them out and place them on a white backround. Also, the because you need to put the paper on, make sure you blend them in slant so you can place the paper texture about them. It's best to make them smaller each time.
Like this: http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/help%20and%20tuts/stepone.jpg
3. Flatten your image. Add your coloring now.
4. Now just make a square selection around the blend, copy it, and paste it as a new image. Just set it aside, you'll use it later.
5. Take the paper texture, if you want you can resize it a bit. Then crop about a half an inch off the left side. Place it on your blend, and rotate it so that it is underneath the faces in your blend. Leave it set at normal.
6. Take the red/pinkish cardboard texture and place it to the side. It can overlap some of the blend too. It looks alright, trust me! Set it to multiply.
7. Now go back to that other selection you made. Convert it to black and white, and resize it so its really small. Then rotate it, and place it on the side. Like i did in mine. Drag that layer to the layer right above your backround layer. It should blend automatically. If it doesn't try setting it to multiply or darken.
8. Now make a new layer at the top again. Take the frame, and you can make it black and white if you want. Make sure you save it, because it's a .png. Resize it and then rotate it and place it over the small black and white image in the corner.
9. Add the star texture and set it to multiply.
10. Make a new layer under the paper layer and add text, so half of it gets cut off by the paper.
11. Add any other text you want on the paper.
12. Take your white 1pixel brush and make a scribble on the red cardboard. Set the opacity to 50%.
That's it!
Other blend made using this tutorial:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z74/xo_lauren_01/result2.jpg