[Tut] How to make a Gravestone

[dimco]

Hello guyz, here is a tutorial about how to make a gravestone

 

1. Make a new document with the resolution 600?450

 

 

 

 

2. use Paint Bucket Tool and use color grey

 

 

and paint it grey

 

 

 

3. now go Filter > Texture > Texturizer and press OK

 

 

 

4. now go Filter > Noise > Add Noise and press OK

 

 

 

5. now go Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen

 

 

 

 

6. now copy this:

 

 

 

 

and paste it

 

 

7. now add Hard Light and fix the Opacity and it will become like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. now go to Filter > Render > Lighting Effects

 

 

 

 

and a new box will appear and fix it as im doing here:

 

 

 

 

and hit okOK

 

it will become like this:

 

 

 

 

9. now use Horizontal Type Tool and write something like this:

 

 

 

you may need this symbol: †

 

also you have to use Multiply

 

 

 

10. now go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options...

 

 

and select Bevel and Embleess then Texture and hit ok

 

 

 

 

 

ok as you did it now you are rdy to make your own real gravestone

 

 

(start from step 8 )

 

Hope you like, i know, this isnt what you're expexted but its my try

 

Credits to me and my friend kostas

[Blane]

And of course, you can use something else, than blending options which gives you the sense of something 3D, which is awful considering this is a gravestone.

 

Great tut, btw :)

-Blane

[BellaVeladorn]

This is a very good an easy to understand tutorial,thank you   :)