Gears of War Sig Tut

[BouncingBalls]

<div align="center">.glass's Gears of War Tut</span>


<span style="color:white">Hi all! Today, we are going to make a nice photomanip sig using a stock.

So lets begin!

First of all, create a new canvas. Take the size of your choice. Once the file is created, fill the background with white.
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/2619/image1pc1.jpg

Hard, isn't it? :P

Ok, lets be serious. Now, find a good stock. I'll use this one :
http://games.shizzle.be/wp-content/images/060803-gears-of-war.jpg
Resize it (if needed) and put it into your canvas.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4862/image2jb8.png

Duplicate your layer, and then go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen and set the layer opacity to 80.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6069/image1ci1.png

See the diference?
Now, create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and then go to Image > Apply Image. Click ok. After that, go to Filter > Brush Strokes > Spatter
- Spray Radius : 23
- Smoothness : 15

Set that layer to Lighten and erase the parts that you don't like.
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2852/image5nj7.png

Create a new layer, go to Image > Apply Image and then go to Filter > Brush Strokes > Angled Strokes
- Direction Balance : 100
- Stroke Lenght : 50
- Sharpness : 3

Set the layer to ighten, drop the opacity to 80 and erase the parts that you don't like.
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/2861/image1ku4.png

Create a new layer, go to Image > Apply Image and then go to Filter > Distort > Ripple.
- Amount : 204
- Medium

Set the layer to lighten and erase the parts that you don't like.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3926/image3iq4.png

New layer, go to Image > Apply Image and then go to Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges
- Edge Widht : 1
- Edge Brightness : 12
- Smoothness : 7

Then go to Filter > Distort > Ripple, use the same settings as before and set this layer to lighten. Don't forget to erase the parts that you don't like.
Then, apply a Black'N'Wite gradient map and set it to lighten too.
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2010/image4ps8.png

We are almost finishing.
New layer, go to Image > Apply Image, then add some patterns, C4Ds or whatever you want.

Create a new layer and then take a 200 pixels white soft brush and brush somewhere in your sig to create a "Focal Point". Lower the opacity to 70. I'll do it over the warrior's head.
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/3549/image5et4.png

Now, add some Photo Filters and Gradient Maps to give the sig some nice colors. Then, add another Sharpen (Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen)
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6426/image6zq9.png

Add a border, text, and you're done!
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1737/gowv2go7.png

Hope you enjoyed, and please, post your outcomes.

Cya!




Special thanks to Nuclear Wizard for his help.




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[intact]

Theres actually alot less work in that than i thought :)

[freecandy]

^^Same,nice tut dude

[drugi]

Realy nice tut thx for sharing it with us ;)

[BouncingBalls]

Thanks for comments!

[SaIRoS]

:thanks:

[Lea Walker]

I like the tut. Here my outcome:

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n160/Lea_Walker/outcome.jpg

(I don't like it :P )

[Sabe]

I like it :) i got a nice outcome, ill post it asap

[flaims]

heres my outcome
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/flaims/NEWSTYLESIG1.jpg

[BASGTA]

My outcome.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/OppositeOfPerfect/CSBannercopy.jpg

I didn't know what colours to add at the end. xD

[evil sess]

I'm not too fond of the outcome. The tut seems a bit too easy IMO and the technique and style could use much more work. This is more of a pre-sig tut then a sig tut. Sorry dude.

Thanks for the share, however.

[.Envy]

the tuts too easy but thanks anyways

[EuR0p3aNv4]

nice i got sum nice outcomes from it :D
thxs :D :P

[SaIRoS]

please don't attack useless stuff to prevent bandwidth cosumption.

use www.imageshack.us for image uploading

[sniper1432]

used your tut and turned out with this :D
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/ace5_2006/awf2.gif

[account1]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/sexybeaver/beaversigcopy.png

Outcome, no C4Ds. I use this style for all of my sigs. ^_^ thanks so much!