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How to Create Organic Lettering Using Photo Manipulation Techniques – Psd Premium Tutorial

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We have another professional Psd Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members today. If you want to take your Photoshop lettering and photo-manipulation skills to the next level, then we have an exciting tutorial for you. Discover how to draw natural flowing lettering with a tablet and then add organic imagery using photo pro manipulation techniques!

Learn Creative Lettering Techniques in this Psd Premium Tutorial

After experimenting with typographic illustrations, and finding myself still in the mood for something similar, I figured it was a good time to create an illustration based on lettering. With typography, you rely on a typeface that dictates the style of the illustration you want to make. The difference with lettering is that you do it yourself. It can be done with a pen tablet, so if you have one lying around, plug it in for this tutorial.

Lettering was something I was definitely interested in, but I also wanted something new and different. So I set out to make a photorealistic lettering illustration in this tutorial, rather than something purely vector, or something created through non-digital methods.

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Precise and Detailed Instructions Inside

This tutorial is broken up into two parts, multiple steps, and has precise details that explain how to make this creative illustration. This is a time-consuming technique, but well worth the effort. You can apply it to create a variety lettering effects, but also to design custom foliage in illustrations, or entire realistic trees and branches. Plus members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! Below are some sample images from the tutorial.

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Alex Beltechi is AlexBeltechi on Graphicriver
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  • http://dullface.deviantart.com/ Dullface

    This looks pretty sweet, looking forward to running through it. Just needs a nifty background.

    • Katie

      do you have to have photoshop to use stuff like these?

      • http://dullface.deviantart.com/ Dullface

        I have never tried gimp, but I is probably doable in that program too.

  • joyajoy

    Well lucky me! Just what I need

  • gsenthil

    nice job

  • aMs

    Looks good but kinda flat…

    • http://www.markfischoff.com mark

      tru

  • http://snedekerdesignz.com/ Craigsnedeker

    Wow……..

  • http://www.dsaportfolio.com.br Diego SA

    Maybe it’s not necessary be a plus member to understand how it’s done. With the three preview photos I can undestand a great part of this tutorial. Even so, I wish I had access to the plus membership.
    Awesome artwork!

    • http://www.dsaportfolio.com.br Diego SA

      Sorry, four preview photos.

      • Mr e

        I agree, however the methods used may not be exactly what’s in my mind, i wouldn’t mind seeing it just to check :p

        But it’s not work £6 to me, although a months access to all the other tuts, warrants a viable expense :p

  • w1sh

    Doesn’t look too technically difficult. Just a little work.
    Find some fancy script text; create work path; find a nice wood texture; play with liquify, masking, and a lot of layers.

    I really like the final outcome though. Nice work.

    Can we get some more interface tutorials?

  • http://labs.dariux.com Dario Gutierrez

    Nice.

  • Phenotype

    Looks great! Can’t wait to try this one later today.

  • Jonathan

    Very creative!

  • robbert

    Awesome!!

  • Denny

    Sweet, I’ve been waiting for this one.

  • http://www.cetan.ca NathanCH

    Wow this looks like a great tutorial.

  • joel

    Me like much! Uber cool!

  • Risa

    “Plus” is totally the way!! Thanks :)

  • Guest

    Cool concept, I like the overall colour scheme and idea. However, the end result is a little sloppy. The wood grain doesn’t match up with the flow of the lettering, and that large branch going over the right side doesn’t quite fit. It looks like the result of photo manipulation, which is a problem. The leaves are a nice touch though, they really bring the image together. Thanks for the tutorial, I need to work more creative text into my designs. This helped to get the creative juices flowing.

  • http://www.presidiacreative.com/ Eric Shafer

    Reminds me a lot of a tutorial I saw over at Abduzeedo: http://abduzeedo.com/incredibly-realistic-water-text-cinema-4d-and-photoshop

    Different techniques, but sort of a similar result.

    Cool tutorial though, I’m sure.

  • Vanhardisk

    Now look at that! I just happend to recently finish something like that!!!

    you can check it out at DA.

    http://www.drvanhardisk.deviantart.com

    • Vanhardisk

      Ops, forgot to add: it’s totaly easy.

      Just draw the letters (or find some vegy-like typo) and then just use some textures over it, some blending options for effects and voilá!

      • Maria

        Your Fleur du Mal piece is gorgeous :)

  • http://www.my-picz.co.cc منتديات ماى بكتشرز

    Nice But hard for me to do .. any way thank you

  • http://www.crearedesign.co.uk Victoria Web

    This is a really nice idea, and a lot simpler than i imagined to create, with a bit more depth of colour, it could be more 3d, but it follows a whimsical theme with the light washed out colours.

  • http://www.kre8iveminds.com Kre8iveminds

    fantastic

  • fluff23

    Is it just me, or is every tut becoming plus membership?

    • http://skelliewag.org Skellie

      You’ll find that the ratio is about 1 Plus tutorial for every 3 free tutorials. So yah, it’s just you ;-)

      • shoorup

        im agree

  • http://www.downwithdesign.com Gareth Hardy

    Stunning

  • Duncan

    Actualy, I can’t read the word… or is that just me and my lack of English-knowledge?

  • JamesD

    Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

  • http://www.omnimediaconsultants.com Web Design Orlando

    This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

  • Angel

    Very GooD…. Thanks …!!

  • massafakka

    wow thatsa nice one… i need to get a PLUS membershit from santa ;)

  • Pristine

    Looks great, except the word is almost unreadable. Lettering? Rettering? Prefettering?

  • http://www.andrewkelsall.com/ Andrew Kelsall

    Just like Pristine, I have no idea what the word says. What is the point of this if nobody can read it? Is is CSteering? Csturing? Eh?

  • http://www.andrewkelsall.com/ Andrew Kelsall

    Hmm, after much inspection, I think it may be “Lettering”, makes sense, but it’s not that obvious, as the eye is drawn to, what looks like, a “C” shape initially.

  • http://webreview.com.ua/ ober-art

    Nice result

  • http://www.littleboxofideas.com/blog Sneh | LBOI Blog

    That’s plain beautiful!! Awesome Tut!

  • Margaret

    This reminds me of an ad I saw a few years ago, (ok maybe like 10 eek). There was an afghan hound and it’s tail was working itself into a “@” it was for the Canadian phone company fido. This looks great (and better executed) and it’s interesting to see how this style of designing has evolved.

  • http://goldmyanmar.myanmarbloggers.org yamin

    hello Nice your site. I like your design.

  • http://www.nedvizhka.ru sergey

    very nice!

  • ketty

    This picture very nice!
    but my English was poor!

  • http://bleachanimedownload.blogspot.com/ Bleach

    AHHH… Too bad I don’t have a PSD plus membership.

  • Graphic Design Student

    Ahh, I’m too poor >.<

  • bee

    what font migh’tve been used?

  • emmanuel

    awsome just figured out how he did it! without paying!!

  • http://www.erkeksengel.net Ahmet D.

    superrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • http://www.toddmotto.com Todd M.

    Nice final result, looks awesome.