This tutorial shows the path I took to create this Diablo III Inspired Grunge Text Effect.
I was looking for some design inspirations on the net and I bumped into the Diablo III website. I was intrigued by the design of the title text and I thought: what happen if I add something extra to it? What will the end result like if I apply a cracked texture on top of the text? The story begins…
Just a sneak-peak of the final text effect:
Step 1
Firstly we need a nice font and a texture for overlay effect. You can use any font you like, I chose this font from dafont.com. After choosing your font, donwload a copy of this texture below (click to download)
Step 2
Create a new document of any size, I chose 800*600px because it provides more room later on if I want to add something extra on. Fill the background layer with black.
Use the type tool to type some text onto it using the white colour. Name this layer as “text”, right-click on the layer and go to Blending Options, use the follow settings:
Drop shadow
Bevel and Emboss
Hightlight Mode colour for Bevel and Emboss option
Gradient Overlay
Step 3
Open the texture image file you downloaded, use the selection tool to select a portion of the image and drag your selection on top of the “text” layer. Name it “texture”, right-click it and choose “create clipping mask”.
Use the curve tool to adjust the colour mixture of this layer a bit. See below for detailed curve tool setting:
Step 4
Change the layer blending option of this layer to “screen”, apply inner glow and some dark brown satin in the blending options. See below for details:
Step 5
On the “texture” layer, use a big circle brush with a low opacity and flow (30% each) and dark yellow colour to add some colour contrast on it. Below is the text effect so far:
Step 6
Duplicate the “texture” layer once, apply the “Glass” filter onto it. See below for detailed settings:
Then set the layer blending option to “Color Burn”.
Step 7
Optional: you can some extra effects on top of the duplicated texture layer. I added a dupilcated layer with a “Medium” filter on and set the layer blending option to “Color Dodge”. See below image for details:
Medium filter
Layer blending option
Ok, that’s it for this tutorial! You may want to add some more creativity onto this text effect, go ahead with it!
Below is my finished work, I added some brush effects and motion blur:
I hope you enjoy this tutorial. Any questions or feedback, just drop me a comment!
