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PSD Tutorial: Illustrating A Gun & Bullet Blood Effect

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorial - Illustrating A Gun & Bullet Blood Effect

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In this Adobe Photoshop CS5 tutorial, we'll be creating an illustration based on scratched metal textured background that I found on the internet. Make sure you use a royalty free image. By finding a photo of a pistol gun and bullets, we'll manipulating them to appear more dramatic and intense, and then covered in blood to resemble a horror scene effect. It has a kind of CSI theme to it. This is the third of three graphical instalments for our Halloween tutorial bonanza! You'll need to download a rough metal textured background and couple of Photoshop blood brushes to complete this tutorial.

If you don't have Photoshop, or you want to upgrade to the new CS5.5 Version, take a look at the Adobe Special Offers from the Adobe Store. If you're new to Photoshop, we have some beginner articles and basic tips coming very soon for some of the lesser established designers, which teaches you how to use the basic features of Photoshop, such as Blending Modes, Layer Styles, Text Tools, Cropping/Slicing, Image Adjustments, Brushing, Filters and Photoshop Actions.

Download Photoshop (PSD) File

Download Metal Textured Background

Download Pistol Gun Photo

Download Bullet Photo

Download Photoshop Dried Blood Brush

Merge This Tutorial With This Photoshop Effect

Merge This Tutorial With This Photoshop Effect Also

Photoshop Tutorial Step 1: Manipulating The Rough Metal Textured Background

1.1. Edit » Transform » Scale the background down to an appropiate size.
1.2. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow with 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and a full 250px Size.
1.3. After, Creating A New Layer (Ctrl + Shift + N), Fill (G) it black, make the Blending Mode Soft Light, and the Opacity 50%.
1.4. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, heighten the Contrast by 25.

Illustrating A Gun & Bullet Blood Effect - Photo Manipulation & Illustration - Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorial Step 1

Photoshop Tutorial Step 2: Photoshopping The Pistol Gun Photo

2.1. Find your Pistol Gun Photo from Google. I used this one.
2.2. With the Eraser Tool or Magic Wand Tool, erase any whitespace, and change the Blending Mode to Multiply.
2.3. Edit » Transform » Scale the background down to an appropiate size, flip and rotation.
2.4. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Drop Shadow with 80% Opacity, 10px Distance, 0% Spread, and a 5px Size.
2.5. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow with 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 25% Choke, and a 30px Size.

Illustrating A Gun & Bullet Blood Effect - Photo Manipulation & Illustration - Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorial Step 2

Photoshop Tutorial Step 3: Adding Bullets Into The Graphic Illustration

3.1. Find a Bullet Photo. Repeat the Removing Whitespace & Edit » Transform step on the bullet.
3.2. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Drop Shadow with 90% Opacity, 5px Distance, 0% Spread, and a 5px Size.
3.3. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow with 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and a 17px Size.
3.4. Now, select Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast. Raise the Contrast by 50, and lower the Brightness by 100.
3.5. Finally, select Filter » Noise » Add Noise. Make it 3px - Uniform - Monochromatic.

Illustrating A Gun & Bullet Blood Effect - Photo Manipulation & Illustration - Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorial Step 3

Photoshop Tutorial Step 4: Applying Dried/Wet Blood Effects

4.1. Create A New Layer (Ctrl + Shift + N), change the Blending Mode to Linear Burn.
4.2. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow with 75% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and a 70px Size. Vary if required.
4.3. Now, use the Blood Splatter and Dried Blood Brushes to decorate the Note Paper with deep red blood.
4.4. Merge Visible, and then add another Inner Shadow with 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and a 250px Size.

Photoshop Tutorial Step 5: Re-Designing An Alternate Version Of The Tutorial

5.1. Experimentation, experimentation, experimentation.
5.2. I created this variation by experimenting with the background and final effects.
5.3. I've also combined this tutorial with the others mentioned above, what do you think? Chilling...