GIMP+Graffiti


 * GRAFFITI INSTRUCTIONS**

Step 1
Download the photo bellow and open up the Gimp. Open up the photo we just downloaded.

Step 2
Now you are going to need a type of logo. At this point, go ahead and use the Text Tool and type in whatever you want your graffiti to say. The font I have used is Kahootz Wobbl 1 but feel free to pick a different one. Position and size it. Don't worry about the perspective right now. We will get to that later.,



If you would like it to look a little more like graffiti try downloading a graffiti font to use.

Step 3
I decided to add a little bit of a background to the text. Duplicate the text layer and call it "text_bg." make sure it is the layer under the original text. Right click on the text layer and select Alpha to Selection. Go to Select > Grow. Grow by 6 pixels. Fill the selection with white on the text_bg layer using the Bucket Fill tool. Select the other text layer, Right click on the layer and again select Alpha to Selection. Change the foreground color to #00a2ff and the background color to #383838. Select the Blend Tool and apply a gradient from top to bottom of the text on the text_gradient layer. Go to Select > Deselect.Merge all the layers that make up the text logo.



Select the text layer, go to Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow. Set the X & Y radius to 8 and the blur radius to 0. Uncheck allow resizing. Set the opacity to 70%. Hit ok. Merge the text with the shadow. Our logo is done.
 * Step 4 **

= Step 5 =

Set the layer mode of the logo's layer to Overlay. At this point, the logo looks a little too sharp to be a logo. Let's fix that. Duplicate the logo's layer. Move the duplicate layer underneath the original text layer. Go to Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Enter 30 for both values. Hit ok.

Step 6
Use the eraser tool on both logo layers to erase the parts of the logo covering the pole.

Step 7
Duplicate the main logo's layer. Move the duplicate layer underneath the original text layer. Go to Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Enter 30 for both values. Hit ok.



If you load a graffiti text you may be able to get something more like this one.