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Learn how to add a worn look that works well with cartoon-style graphics. Different flavors of grunge styles are popular all over the Web right now. Learn a unique approach to wear and tear that you can incorporate into your next Web site design.
Step 1
Create a new Web document at 1024px by 768px. Fill the background with a color similar to the image below. Grab the Rectangle Tool and draw a rectangle. The rectangle should fill about half of the page with the color given below. Then Rasterize it. Go to Layer>Rasterize>Shape.
Rename this as “top layer.” Using the Lasso Tool, draw shapes across the bottom of the rectangle, like in the image below. Then press Delete. This will cut out the shapes from the rectangle. This is a quick way to create this. Of course, you could use a mask, if you prefer.
Step 2
Create a new layer below the “top layer.” Grab the Brush Tool. Set it to Soft Mechanical, 100px Diameter, and (#484536) color. Use the Brush to create the shape of the shadow for the “top-shadow” layer. You may need to zoom in and smudge it to get a better result.
Next we apply some layer styles. Apply a 1px outside white stroke to the top layer. Then apply Pattern Overlay, with Soft Light Blend Mode, and use Rust Flakes for the pattern.
Tips: It’s best to draw the shadow yourself. Try to make the shadow not fixed, as it may make it look unnatural. You may need to spend some time to draw this part to make it look good.
Step 3
Create a layer above the “top layer.” Then Option/Alt-click between the layers to create a mask. With the same Brush, set the color to (#d8ce9d). Then brush along the edge of the “top layer” to create a highlight.
Step 4
Create a rectangle by going to Edit>Free Transform or Cmd/Ctrl+T. Then Rotate to the angle shown below. Use Cmd/Ctrl+T again and this time select Warp. Drag the bottom right corner as shown below.
Step 5
Using the Pen Tool, draw out the shadow below the rectangle shape. Apply Gaussian Blur at 5px. Then set the layer blend mode to Multiply.
Tips: Brush out the little shadow at the top to enhance the effect.
Step 6
First, Cmd/Ctrl-click on the rectangle to bring out the selection. Go to Select>Modify>Contract>10px. Create a new layer above it and fill it with a white color. Next place any photo you like. Then create a mask with the new layer we just created.
Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to draw the tape. Then create a new layer above and fill it with a white color. Then set the Fill to 47%. Apply a 1px Inside Stroke, (#e4dec3) color, and set the Opacity to 66%. Then duplicate it. Move the duplicate to the left, then rotate the left tape, as in the image below.
Step 7
Use the Brush Tool (B) to create the shadow for both pieces of tape. See the settings below.
Step 8
Type the site title. I am using Bernard MT Condensed, with (#7a745e) color, and 72px size. Type out the primary navigation titles next. Then Rasterize the type. Grab the Erase Tool(E), and with the TB_Grunge Brush, randomly erase the letters to make a worn effect. Or if you prefer a nondestructive method, then use a mask to create these effects.
Step 9
Using the Pencil Tool(B), zoom in, and draw an arrow shape. Then erase it, as we did with the titles we made in the previous step.
Step 10
Using the same technique, create the Search Input field, then the RSS icon. I also added some text next to our main navigation titles.
Step 11
Our “header” is done. We already have our “main body” area colored in as our background, so let’s make our “footer” next.
Grab the Rectangle Tool and draw a rectangle at the bottom of the screen about 40px high. Give it a color of (#302e26). Then Rasterize it. Go to Layer>Rasterize>Shape. Then use the same cutting technique that we used to create the “top layer.” Only this time, we’ll be doing this to the top of the rectangle. Go ahead and cut some shapes out of the top of the rectangle. Then apply the layer styles below. Your end result for this step should look like the last image below.
Final Image
We are almost done now. For the final image, simply add in three white rectangles. Then apply a Drop Shadow layer-style effect. Add in three images of your choice. Mask them to fit within the boundaries of the white rectangles. Our final image is below.
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very nice. I like this work and psdtuts!
great, I like it.
Great tutorial! Check out my site I am sure you will like the effects.
Good to know your tutorial is published here man… Keep it up…
Two thumbs up..
=p
Awesome tutorial….great job!
Great tut! You pay attention to detail which is very important with these.
Awesome! I am falling in love with this site. Thanks!
Nice Chan!
nice tutorial.
Yes it’s good tuto.
I like the design style manga
Interesting……very nice
In step #2, you say you want the pattern to be on top layer, but the pattern is shown in the background?
Cool….
Very nice job in photoshop but am I the only one that notices that if you were to make this a web page it would be way to big of a document size? The guy who put it together above ended up with a page size of 902kb… that’s not practical or good practice.
aii really like this 1 its cool lmfaoooooio hahahaha i love richard
nice
this is just awesome!!!!!!
I would love too see this as a blogger template.
it looks so stylish
very nice :D
yay =D really love it, design & anime cartoon. thanks 4 sharing
really interesting………………
Regards,
GRAPHICS@SBL
The cartoon style combined with different grunge styles really makes one unique eye catching combo.
Oh My God.. this is too good and cute. Such a easy way and it looks Awesome!
Thnx for the nice tutorial…
Very nice tut like to see this one here
Its looks good and it’s quick and easy to create new Styles
Thanks for the tut.
Nice tutorial
thanks aloooot man very nice
شكرا
Tracked back to from here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/amazing-web-design-tutorials/
It would be great to get some of these web design tuts in video format because theye look fantastic..
What a nice tut!
coooooooooooooooooooooooool
This is one nice grunge style web design, I would also like to see how you would take this design from Photoshop and make it into a website using CSS. Thanks for the nice tut.
lucu… ^_^
bad tut. it’s sometimes not explained as clearly as another tut found on this site.
didn’t like it, sorry.
Great layout thanks
wow,great.i try to make layout like them.huhu
this tut was very helpfull for me. I am just trying to desing some grungy auction template for my wife. I did sfg similar to this for her and she liked it very much…
nice
Wow, So classic, I learned…Thanks Very Much, and I like the site style too.
Your Message…very very good work!
Cool
how can you with pen tool draw out in step 5?
thats a great article indeed.. :) loving it.
Great Work
Very neat! Know I how to add a shadow to my work.
CHEERS :)
why not have PSD?
great!
are we allowed to use this to make our own websites even if it looks similar? this is pretty cool style.. love it