Graffiti Tutorial
Today we are going to create some realistic graffiti in the Gimp. This tutorial is partially inspired off of Photoshop tutorial by DreamDealer v5.0 at DreamDealer.nl Let's get started!
Step 1
Download this photo and open up the Gimp. Open up the photo we just downloaded. Go to Select > All, copy & paste onto a new layer. Delete the original layer.
Step 2
Now you are going to need a type of logo. You can either create one or find one online somewhere. For the sake of the tutorial, I decided to create one. If you want to use one you found and not make one, then skip down to step something. If you'd like to make one, then read on.
There are many ways you can go about making a logo/design for graffiti (at least digital graffiti anyway lol). For mine, I'm going to use text. Download this graffiti font and install it. Restart the Gimp (save first!) and open your document back up.
At this point, go ahead and use the Text Tool and type in whatever you want your graffiti to say. Position and size it. Don't worry about the perspective right now. We will get to that later.
Step 3
I decided to add a little bit of a background and a stroke to the text. To do that, first merge the two text layers together. Rename the new layer as "text." Create a new layer underneath this layer and name it "text_bg." Right click on the text layer and select Alpha to Selection. Go to Select > Grow. Grow by 15 pixels. Fill the selection with white on the text_bg layer using the Bucket Fill tool.
Create a new layer above the text layer and name it "text_gradient." Right click the text layer and select Alpha to Selection. Change the foreground color to #00a2ff and the background color to #383838. Select the Blend Tool and apply a gradient from top to bottom of the text on the text_gradient layer. Go to Select > Deselect.
Merge all the layers that make up the text logo. Go to Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow. Set the X & Y radii to 20 and the blur radius to 0. Uncheck allow resizing. Set the opacity to 70%. Hit ok. Merge the text with the shadow. Our logo is done.
Step 4
Select the Perspective Tool. Alter the perspective of the logo so that it matches that of the wall. Hit ok.
Step 5
Set the layer mode of the logo's layer to Overlay.
At this point, the logo looks a little too sharp to be a logo. Let's fix that. Duplicate the logo's layer. Move the duplicate layer underneath the original text layer. Go to Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Enter 30 for both values. Hit ok. Right click the original text layer and hit the Alpha to Selection option. Select the duplicate layer and hit the delete button.
Step 6
Use the eraser tool on both logo layers to erase the parts of the logo covering the pole.
Step 7
I decided the image needed another effect. Go to Edit > Copy Visible, and then go to Edit > Paste As > New Layer. On the new layer that just popped up, go to Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Enter 10 for both values and hit ok. Set the Layer mode to Overlay.
Conclusion
There you have it. A simple way to create some graffiti. Just remember that you should never use a smooth wall- only textured/rough ones. Makes the effect more realistic.
-Sarah Davison (SGlider12) ~2009 sglider12.blogspot.com
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Good tute. My result:
Good tute. My result: http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4860/pinkyk.jpg
I have three text layers: 'overlay' mode on two and 'color' mode on top most.
nice work sgt, the angle
nice work sgt, the angle looks perfect. if I didn't know I would have thought it was actually real :)
I think the waves are not
I think the waves are not seen clean. But helpfull tut. You are a Gimp guru. :)
I did something similar just
I did something similar just this week, but I used bump mapping to make it look like the graffiti was on the wall rather than layer modes. Nice work!
Didn't turn out good for me
Didn't turn out good for me at all. I used a different font and a different background image.
Nice tutorial for beginners.
Nice tutorial for beginners.
Thanks for the tut. This was
Thanks for the tut. This was something I was looking for.
this tu suck
this tu suck
Did you have to use a hosting
Did you have to use a hosting site for you picture that requires you to sign up to download the pic, and the registration happens to require all kinds of crap like your address.
lol..it is quite
lol..it is quite complicated...i was getting a bit confused , im sure its just me but i had no idea which layers i was supposed to be merging and which ones i was supposed to be using...i tried it once and the end product was much much different than what it was meant to be...im trying it again
You should have the toolbar
You should have the toolbar and what you are doing visible too...it is confusing when all you can see is the product of what you're doing
i failed it for the second
i failed it for the second time lol this is hard
Wow.... this is too hard for
Wow.... this is too hard for me.
Too much layer things and complicated advises...
But it looks great!!
Thanks for the tut! I am
Thanks for the tut! I am progressing very well now. here's my rendition of this tut: http://img193.imageshack.us/i/2470112186702e8275df.png/
Oh ya, by the way (i'm the
Oh ya, by the way (i'm the visitor guy above me)... I used the Brutal Tooth font, find it on dafont.com
Cool. Simple and very cool.
Cool. Simple and very cool.
http://i78.photobucket.com/al
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j96/AznHostage/PathGraffitiTutorial2in...
I liked the result. ^^
Pretty nice blaze1341. Try
Pretty nice blaze1341. Try adding a neon effect to the lines coming out of the eyes, oh and some glow effect and it will look awesome
Thanks For The Tutorial I
Thanks For The Tutorial
I Followed all the steps but didnt like the outcome of it so i removed somethings and this is what i got,
[IMG]http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt157/NoobzRlegendz/ieatsoulsomethingsomething-.jpg[/IMG]
Mistake on last post here is
Mistake on last post here is the link
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt157/NoobzRlegendz/ieatsoulsomething...
well, this tutorial is not
well, this tutorial is not really suited for complete gimp noobs, like me.
its confusing, you should show the toolbox / layers tool so that we know that use... and what are we supposed to merge ;S ?
sorry, this didnt help me at all. looks nice though...
Nice.... :-) I'm kind of a
Nice.... :-)
I'm kind of a gimp noob and it works if you look around a little... :-) it's nice...
I found it easiest to use the
I found it easiest to use the rafter's themselves as a reference for the perspective. Good tutorial and I had no problem following it.
Dude, don't listen to all the
Dude, don't listen to all the douches that didn't succeed! This tutorial is spot on, very good thanks!!! My result looks awesome and yeah thanks :D
1) It's not good, it's not
1) It's not good, it's not cool: you just can't make realistic graffiti (or anything similar) without a Displacement Map.
2) There's also a Tutorial about making jewelry text in Dream Dealer's site. I saw years ago a tutorial called Diamond Text which is very similar. People tend to reinvent the wheel or they just ...
PS I won't buy you a coffee because it's unhealthy, but you other tuts I've liked.
Thanks for this tutorial. i
Thanks for this tutorial.
i created video tutorial .
You can following..:
http://www.gimptr.com/2009/10/resimlere-graffiti-efekt-uygulama-graffiti...
Wow! Mine turned out pretty
Wow! Mine turned out pretty cool. I just couldn't find the "Overlay" you were speaking of..
This was my first attempt
This was my first attempt following this tutorial:
Hextress Graffiti
Beautiful tutorial! However,
Beautiful tutorial!
However, if this is actually meant for pure beginners, then they would be confused in the steps around 4-6 because you forgot to mention the merge down steps for the text with the dropshadow, etc. So, when they move or stretch the layers, the lower layer would be left untouched.
Thankyou anyway......
Yaaah... I didn't really get
Yaaah... I didn't really get it down.
OMG! I tried it again, it was
OMG! I tried it again, it was perfect! THX GIMPER YOU RULE!
This is my New graffiti on
This is my New graffiti on gimp can i post a tutorial on this website???
(Image tutorial)
Link : http://www.mediafire.com/view/85t2agj7zk1d047/Untitled.png
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