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PSD Tutorial: Design A Gothic Blood Text Effect
In this Abobe Photoshop CS5 tutorial, we will create a gothic-themed blood text effect. This tutorial is a little more hands on compared to our other tutorials, so grab your fine-liners set. We will be drawing the letters or glyphs with these fine-liners (in a typographic freehand manner). You don't have to literally draw them the same as me, but instead you can do it your own way. I'm just showing you my example for a little inspiration. I wanted my design to feel a little sickly and spiteful, yet with an added gothic feel, which is why I designed the typeface with those uniquely dripped serifs.
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.
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.
No Resources Are Required For This Tutorial
Photoshop Tutorial Step 1: Drawing The Blood Effect As A Typeface
1.1. Draw it out something like I've done below, then scan it into Photoshop.
1.2. Select the Magic Wand tool (Toggle Shift + M) and use it to erase your white paper away.
1.3. Create A New Layer (Ctrl + Shift + N), drag it below your text layer, and fill it black.
1.2. Select the Magic Wand tool (Toggle Shift + M) and use it to erase your white paper away.
1.3. Create A New Layer (Ctrl + Shift + N), drag it below your text layer, and fill it black.
Photoshop Tutorial Step 2: Making The Text A Digital Illustration
2.1. Add a red (#FF0000) colour overlay to your text at Layer » Layer Style » Color Overlay.
2.2. Reduce the opacity of this layer to 70%.
2.3. Add Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow, with 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke and 1px Size.
2.4. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Bevel & Emboss, with 50% Opacities, 0px Soften, 1000% Depth and 15px Size.
2.5. Duplicate the layer, trash any layer styles attatched to it, set the opacity to 70%, then set the Blending Mode to Overlay.
2.6. Create A New Layer, then Merge Down your text layers into it. All layers, except your background, should be flattened.
2.7. From this point on is just experimentation - I prefer it on a white background with a very thin Inner Shadow.
2.8. What I love about this tutorial is that you can now get many different outcomes by using Filter » Artistic.
2.2. Reduce the opacity of this layer to 70%.
2.3. Add Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow, with 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke and 1px Size.
2.4. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Bevel & Emboss, with 50% Opacities, 0px Soften, 1000% Depth and 15px Size.
2.5. Duplicate the layer, trash any layer styles attatched to it, set the opacity to 70%, then set the Blending Mode to Overlay.
2.6. Create A New Layer, then Merge Down your text layers into it. All layers, except your background, should be flattened.
2.7. From this point on is just experimentation - I prefer it on a white background with a very thin Inner Shadow.
2.8. What I love about this tutorial is that you can now get many different outcomes by using Filter » Artistic.
Photoshop Tutorial By: Daniel Schwarz
21 Years OldLondon, United Kingdom
Director & CEO @ Airwalk Design
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