Grunge Signature Tutorial (Moderate)

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A How-To Guide on Grunge Sigs
Author: Sidewinder
www.dynastydesigns.net

1) Create a new document in photoshop with these settings:
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2) Press "D" on your keyboard to reset your foreground and background colors.

3) Go Filter > Render > Clouds
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4) Create a new layer

5) Get some grunge brushes from brushes.deviantart.com and start to brush on the newley created layer. Set the blending mode to Soft Light or Overlay or whatever you feel turns out better.

6) Repeat Step 5 as needed. Here's what my layers pallete looks like:
www.dynastydesigns.net/images/grungetut4.jpg
Although it is 9 layers of brushing, each layer has about 2 brushes on it. Here's my sig so far:
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7) Now for some color! Go Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance and use these settings:
Midtones: +100, +50, -52
Shadows: -21, +13, +65
Highlights: 0, 0, -100
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8) Create a new layer on top of all others. Go select all (Ctrl+A) and go Edit > Stroke.
Width: 1 px
Color: Black (#000000)
Location: Inside

9) Now add a render and some text and you're done!

My Result:
www.dynastydesigns.net/images/grungetut7.jpg