Tutorial for Creating Graffiti Art and Text in Photoshop

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   Open your brick wall image. Select the text tool and then choose a font and font color. Type in your desired text onto the image.
2. Rasterize the text: right click on the text layer and then select rasterize.
3. Select the text using the Magic Wand tool.
4. Expand your selection using by 3px (Select > Modify > Expand).
5. Add a new layer behind the current text layer (Shift + Ctrl + N).
6. Fill the selection with a color of your choosing.

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1. Select both of the layers (text and background layers).
2. Merge the two layers together (Ctrl+E).
3. Select the erase tool, and choose a round brush 250px size.
4. Adjust the brush hardness to 0.
5. Erase some of the text edges and portions of text. Reduce the fill to 90%.
6. Save your image. And you are done!

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2. Rasterize the text: right click on the text layer and then select rasterize.

3. Expand your selection using by 3px (Select > Modify > Expand).

4, Add a new layer behind the current text layer (Shift + Ctrl + N).

5. Fill the selection with a color of your choice.

6. Select the text layer. Select the text color using magic wand tool, and then delete the color.

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8. Add this scheme to your selection.

9. Give it a worn look by following the steps in Section #2 above.

10. Save your image. And you are done!

Add graphic elements s to your graffiti to add some flair. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will add a love heart.

1. Create a heart shape using Photoshop’s custom shapes.

2. Feather the shape’s outline by 6px (Select > Feather).

3. Fill the heart with a color of your choice. We have used orange in our example.

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4. Contract the selection (Select > Modify > Contract) by 3px.

5. Fill the selection with more of the same color

6. Give the heart a 3D-look by adding a white portion to the upper left or right corner of the heart shape.

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