We have another professional Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus 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!
How to Create Organic Lettering Using Photo Manipulation Techniques – Psd Plus Tutorial
Jun 10th in News by Alex Beltechi
Learn Creative Lettering Techniques in this Psd Plus 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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( ADD YOURS )Dullface June 10th
This looks pretty sweet, looking forward to running through it. Just needs a nifty background.
( )Katie June 11th
do you have to have photoshop to use stuff like these?
( )Dullface June 11th
I have never tried gimp, but I is probably doable in that program too.
joyajoy June 10th
Well lucky me! Just what I need
( )gsenthil June 10th
nice job
( )aMs June 10th
Looks good but kinda flat…
( )mark June 10th
tru
( )Craigsnedeker June 10th
Wow……..
( )Diego SA June 10th
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!
Diego SA June 10th
Sorry, four preview photos.
( )Mr e June 10th
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 June 10th
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?
( )Dario Gutierrez June 10th
Nice.
( )Phenotype June 10th
Looks great! Can’t wait to try this one later today.
( )Jonathan June 10th
Very creative!
( )robbert June 10th
Awesome!!
( )Denny June 10th
Sweet, I’ve been waiting for this one.
( )NathanCH June 10th
Wow this looks like a great tutorial.
( )joel June 10th
Me like much! Uber cool!
( )Risa June 10th
“Plus” is totally the way!! Thanks
( )Guest June 10th
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.
( )Eric Shafer June 10th
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 June 11th
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 June 11th
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 June 11th
Your Fleur du Mal piece is gorgeous
منتديات ماى بكتشرز June 11th
Nice But hard for me to do .. any way thank you
( )Victoria Web June 11th
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.
( )Kre8iveminds June 11th
fantastic
( )fluff23 June 11th
Is it just me, or is every tut becoming plus membership?
( )Skellie June 11th
You’ll find that the ratio is about 1 Plus tutorial for every 3 free tutorials. So yah, it’s just you
( )shoorup June 13th
im agree
Gareth Hardy June 11th
Stunning
( )Duncan June 11th
Actualy, I can’t read the word… or is that just me and my lack of English-knowledge?
( )JamesD June 11th
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
( )Web Design Orlando June 11th
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
( )Angel June 11th
Very GooD…. Thanks …!!
( )massafakka June 12th
wow thatsa nice one… i need to get a PLUS membershit from santa
( )Pristine June 12th
Looks great, except the word is almost unreadable. Lettering? Rettering? Prefettering?
( )Andrew Kelsall June 13th
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?
( )Andrew Kelsall June 13th
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.
( )ober-art June 14th
Nice result
( )Sneh | LBOI Blog June 16th
That’s plain beautiful!! Awesome Tut!
( )Margaret June 16th
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.
( )yamin June 18th
hello Nice your site. I like your design.
( )sergey July 8th
very nice!
( )ketty July 15th
This picture very nice!
( )but my English was poor!
Bleach July 29th
AHHH… Too bad I don’t have a PSD plus membership.
( )Graphic Design Student August 21st
Ahh, I’m too poor >.<
( )bee August 23rd
what font migh’tve been used?
( )emmanuel September 17th
awsome just figured out how he did it! without paying!!
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