Step 1Create a new document with black background (size doesn’t matter for
this tutorial), load the grungy textures into Photoshop and select a
portion of it, copy and paste onto our document:
Apply the following adjustment layers to it:
Levels
Layer mask on the levels adjustment layer:
Black and white
and you will have the following effect:
Step 2Open up the stone ground texture in Photoshop, use a 30px feather Lasso Tool to make a selection on it:
Copy and paste the selection onto our document, use a soft eraser to smooth its edge:
Add a black and white adjustment layer to this ground texture layer:
Made sure you set the blending mode of this black and white layer to “overlay”:
Use a hard red brush to paint some red lines on the grungy texture
for some extra effect: (Set the brush flow and opacity to around 40%)
Step 3Use the font we donwloaded, type some text on the ground – rasterize and perspective it a bit for more depth:
We only want a subtle effect for the text – so change this text
layer blending mode to “overlay”, and erase the edges with a soft
eraser:
Paint some shadow under the texture with a soft black brush:
Duplicate this text layer once and resize it as shown below: (change
layer blending mode to “overlay” for this motion blur layer)
Duplicate this enlarged text layer once and apply the following Motion Blur filter to it:
and you will have the following effect:
Step 4Use a cloud brush or render some cloud around the ground texture:
Go back to the grungy background layer, use a soft eraser tool to
erase the grungy texture around the edge of the stone – this way you
can create a floating effect for the ground:
and you will have the following effect:
Step 5Load the rock image into Photoshop and select a portion of the rock texture with Quick Selection tool:
Copy and paste the selection onto our document, resize it to cover just the text:
Go back to the original text layer, load the selection of this layer
then inverse it with Ctrl + Shift + I, then clear the selection:
Once you clear the selection, make sure you go back to the original
text layer, and move it a little towards the left – this creates a fake
3D effect and make the text bolder:
Select the Erase tool and use the following Chalk brush settings for this eraser:
Carefully erase the bottom portion of the text with this chalk brush to blend it into the ground:
Step 6We’re almost done. For some final retouches, I decided to add some
Fibre effect to the text for some extra flavour. So let’s grab a 30px
feathered Lasso Tool to draw a selection, fill it with black colour:
Render some Fibers inside with the Fibers Filter:
Change the layer blending mode to “Vivid Light” and drop the opacity to around 50%:
Duplicate this Fiber layer once and change the blending mode of the
duplicated layer to “Screen”, drop the opacity to around 40%. You will
have the following effect:
Finally, we can add a new Color Balance adjustment layer on top with the following settings:
Layer mask on this colour balance adjustment layer:
and I have the following final effect: (click to enlarge)
Hope you enjoy this tutorial and find it useful! Till next time, have a great day!