Lesson#45-Create a Colorful Vibrant Typographic Wallpaper

This will be the result of the lesson:

To complete this tutorial will need two programs - Adobe Photoshop and Xara Designer.

Step 1

Open Photoshop and create a new document with the size of 1024x768 px.

Step 2

Grab the Rectangle Tool (U) in black. Create two rectangles.
Below is a gray rectangle, in order to grasp what should be the size of each.

Step 3

Right-click on each layer - Rasterize Layer.

Step 4

Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the layer with the second rectangle in the Layers panel to make a selection of the upper rectangle.

Step 5

Grab the Gradient Tool (G) mode Radial. Set the gradient color to # 000000 and # 1e1e1e. Draw the gradient from top to bottom.



Step 6

Repeat steps 4 and 5 for nizhnegogo rectangle.



Step 7

Press Ctrl + D, to deselect.

Step 8

Download and install the font Franks Regular-http://www.fontspace.com/edward-leach/franks
Open Xara Designer.

Step 9

Create a new document size - size sheet A4.
Now turn on the visibility of the Layers panel.

Click on the button - New, to create a new layer.
Grab the Text Tool (T), select the font Franks Regular and create a single letter on this layer.
In the same way to create a text of several letters, each on a new layer.

It should look something like this:

Step 10

Grab the Selector Tool (V).
One at a time by clicking on each layer on the bottom panel of colors 10% Black.

Step 11

Grab the Extrude Tool (E) and clicking on each layer, change the letters.

Step 12

Right-click on the layer with the letter (actually at the letter), and then
Color Editor.

Select 3 Light color (blue gray will do).

Then Light 2 Color (Green do white).




Step 13

Now go to the menu File - Export. Enter psd format with the following settings:

Step 14

Go back into Photoshop. Open the newly saved document.
Each letter must be on a separate layer.
Grab the Move Tool and set the correct letter.

Step 15

Hold down the Shift key and select all the layers. Press Ctrl + T, and change the size of your letters.

Step 16

Go to the menu Layer - Layer Style - Gradient Overlay.
Set the blending mode of the gradient (Blending mode) - Multiply
Apply to every layer of the gradient. Only each be different colors.
The colors for each layer
1 # feae31 and # efe457
2 # d0f359 and # abdc28
3 # f2835c and # e55b2b
4 # eb3dee and # fc85fb
5 # 2cafe3 and # 81dbff

Step 17

Duplicate the layer with the lower letters (Ctrl + J).

Step 18

Turn the letter, as in the image below (Ctrl + T.)

Step 19

Repeat step 18 for the other copies of the letters.

Step 20

Hold down the Shift key and select the layers in the layers with the letters, copies. Press Ctrl + E, to unite them.

Step 21

To the resulting layer, add a layer mask.

Step 22

Grab the Gradient Tool (G) with the following settings:

Step 23

Spend a gradient, as shown in the screenshot on the layer mask.



Step 24

Go back to the layer with the first letter.
Go to the menu Layer - Layer Style - Pattern Overlay and apply the settings:

Step 25

Right-click on the layer style Pattern Overlay - Create Layers.

Step 26

Grab the Eraser Tool (E) size 20-30 px and Hardness = 0%, and clean the area indicated in the image below.

Step 27

Repeat steps 24-26 for the rest of the letters.

Now move created at the beginning of the document in the background with the letters.
For the smaller size of the text, you can use the font Century Gothic.
You can also use a variety of beautiful brushes plants to give more originality.