Moss Text

[MadHatter]

This is me being bored at 3am after doing a paper for english *shudders*

Well as the title suggests....in the wee hours of this morning I am going to teach you how to make text all covered and overgrown with moss

1. Start like new and type your text on a white back ground. OK now we're done with the easy part.



2. Create a new layer (Layer->New->Layer) and fill it in with white

3. OMG!!! your pic should be blank now as we want that new layer on top.

4. Select the shape of your text by holding down ctrl and clicking on the picture of your text layer in the layer tab of your side bars. you should now have your text....only now as an ever shifting outline

5. Select the brush tool and use the Large Charcoal Smear Brush. Now by just tapping, not click and drag, fill in your selected area. Deselect by pressing ctrl+D. Should look similar to this.



6. Now decrease the size of your brush and zoom in. Use the same tapping method all around the outside of your text. Should look something like....



7. Press ctrl+U be sure to check Colorize and put in values like
Hue:74
Saturation:28
Lightness:0
play with these setting until you get a color you like

Your Done!!


If thats not good enough for you than you can take the burn tool and make it more real with varying darkness levels.


If you have any troubles understanding Steps 2-5 let me know and ill do my best to clarify.

Happy Moss Growing!!!

[MaxKwanDow]

Chi-Chi-Chi- Chieah!! (not sure about the spelling )

[ATOMIC]

it might be cha-cha-cha chia

[MadHatter]

ok now that u guys have given this text a new name....



I GIVE YOU......

CHIA TAGS!!!!

as seen in my own signature



lol


P.S.- There is something else in my sig almost everyone should recognize...and its not foamy

[RapisT]

you talking about the razer logo?

[MadHatter]

ya

[NightHawk]

That's pretty similar to the tut i used in siv's sig, but i modded it slightly as it was kinda unreadable. I added a bevel emboss and an extra layer with the name just in plain black outlined text to make it readable.

[MadHatter]

good idea but i like this one as it is still readable.....and if u make the very outside edges of the text darker when you first start applying the brush its even more so