Hello, my name is Alex Beltechi, a designer that is currently studying in college and working in the print media realm. I would love to explain my vast experience and overwhelming knowledge to you, but due to the fact that I have no such qualities, I’ll stick to sharing what skills I’ve been developing lately, through tutorials. Among keyboard shortcuts and mouse clicks, I enthusiastically tap piano keys and dream of adjusting a lens’ focus. And in case you’d like to find me on the web, you can read my tutorials on PSDTUTS or see more of my work on my Behance portfolio.
Introduction
In this tutorial, we’re going to create a 3D Typography based design. All the elements will revolve around the centerpiece and theme: dreaming. The word will dictate the entire layout and control the space by allowing everything else to emerge from within. The trees will grow out of the letters; the mountains will show themselves behind the word and overshadow the glowing moon.
Dreaming often takes you to different places and unites bits and pieces of your memory. It basically takes you to a whole new world, but that is usually made up of real elements. We’ll illustrate this by making everything float in mid air, as if suspended in time, yet maintain realism by using common elements of nature.
Naturally, people dream at night, so the overall lighting will be dark and predominated by a cold color palette: cyan and lime green.
Also, the typography should have a classic, storytelling look; one that would complete the eerie atmosphere.
Feel free to download the PSD at the bottom of the post that contains the final image. Now that we’ve planned everything, let’s begin.
Create the 3D text
The first thing to do is get this free font called Storybook. It’s a font that fits our context well, and that will look well with 3D decorations due to its elegant serifs and bold stature. Type up the first letter of your word and give it this color: 4C3F38.
Now add a 3D effect by going to Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel. Play around with the settings yourself to get the angle, lighting and form you want. You can recreate my treatment by using the same settings. Don’t forget to use a ‘Complex 2’ Bevel.
Once you finish the first letter, repeat the process on the remaining letters. The only modifications you should make are to alter the position. Then copy (Ctrl+C) each individual letter and paste (Ctrl+V) them in Photoshop one at a time. Once you try pasting them, you’ll be prompted to choose a method of importing. Choose the ‘Smart Object’ Option. By doing this you can make simple adjustments at all times to the Illustrator file right inside Photoshop by double clicking the layer icon.
Position the letters onto an empty Photoshop canvas. I’m working at a rather large resolution of approximately 6300 x 4500 px at 300 ppi.
Also, fill the background layer with this color: 17151d.
At this point we’ll begin stylizing the letters. Get the Magic Wand Tool (W) and make a selection of the letter’s foreground. Right click, select Make Work Path and specify a tolerance level of 1,5.
Now that it’s a work path, we’ll fill it with a color by going to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Fill it with white. The path should now be a vector shape. Double click on its layer and give it a bevel. Use the settings shown in the image below and choose the highlight color (94aa53) and shadow color (6c6f64).
It’s now time to create a pattern that will cover the front of each letter. I’m using a Go Media vector freebie: Seamless Swirls. Go on and download it if you haven’t already, and open the provided Illustrator file. Change its color to this: 94aa52 and copy (Ctrl+C). Open a new Photoshop project with the clipboard size (235 x 235 px) and fill the background color with another color: ebe77f. To make it into o a pattern go to Edit > Define Pattern. Your new pattern will be saved in the pattern set that is currently opened.
Now that you’ve created the pattern, you need to add the pattern to the face of the letter. Double click on the white shape’s layer and add a Layer Style: Pattern Overlay. Your newly created pattern should already be selected.
One last touch is a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer that we’ll place on top of the letter’s body. While having the layer selected, go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient Map. Then play around with the colors until you get a similar result. My colors, from left to right are: d8c67f, 94aa53, 262628, and 141416. Make sure that the Adjustment Layer Applies only to the letter. To do this, make it a clipping mask for the letter layer by holding Alt and clicking right in between the two layers.
Now copy the layer style of the letter face and duplicate the Gradient Map. Apply these effects to the remaining letters.
Draw the scenery
The text is now finished. Let’s add the trees and foliage.
This technique I’m about to show you is what I have developed for myself. It reduces complex imagery to simple shape. A simple splatter, when grouped in a pattern begins to take a certain role, thus resembling an element of nature. You may find it useful or dull, but it’s what we’ll use for this design.
All you need is a standard Photoshop round brush and a mouse. Choose one using your Brush Tool (B) and input the settings found in the images below.
Now that your brush settings are all ready, begin painting a tree. It’s important to know that you shouldn’t create the whole tree with the same brush settings. There is one adjustment you need to make along the way. If you look under Shape Dynamics in your Brushes Window, you’ll see a setting we’re using: Fade. This fades out your brush depending on how much you put in the adjacent field. A Fade set at 100 will end faster than one set at 250. You can use whatever settings you find appropriate. I used 100 for the trunk, 150 for extensions of the trunk, and 250 for thick branches. As you increase the fade, reduce the brush size at the same time.
Continue using this technique in creating the rest of the trees and draw some roots too. Reduce the size considerably for the thin branches and add even more fading when necessary.
It’s time for foliage. Prepare a separate brush using these settings.
Now begin painting. Begin with a larger size using this green: 94aa53. In a layer underneath, with a smaller sized brush, paint with a darker green: 55612f. Again over the light green layer, use the same color (94aa53) with an even smaller size. For highlights, use the same size as the last one, but with this yellow: e3e07d. Here is an image you can use as a reference in creating your own trees.
I drew my inspiration from acacia trees, while coming up with the shape of the trunk and volume of the foliage.
Following the branches as a reference, draw away!
Add more nature elements now. I added a mountain and a moon. They will give depth to the image, and prevent the composition from being scarce. Use the pen tool (P) and create them as vector shapes.
Make the mountain fade out on the bottom. An easy way to do it would be to create a new layer on top, clip it to the mountain layer and paint with a large soft brush with the background color. I also added a glow on the moon. To add one yourself, add a layer style: Outer Glow. Keep the standard color, increase its size and reduce the opacity to 25%.
Some more improvements include adding dark accents to the lower part of the tree trunks and shadows that stretch across the face of the letters. You can create those in the same way – clip a new layer to the one you want darkened and paint with a soft brush using a dark color. This applies to the mountain, trees and roots. Use a sharp brush to draw the tree shadow though.
Finalize the design
In order to complete the artistic feel of this design, add this texture to your canvas. Simply paste it on a new layer, over all the other ones. Set the layer’s blending mode to Linear Burn and its opacity to 30%.
Now invert the texture (Ctrl+I) and change its hue by going to Image > Adjustments > Hue and Saturation. Change the hue to 153 and saturation to -73.
One last touch – add the watercolor texture inside the mountain and moon, once more, with clipping masks. Put their layers on Overlay (Mountain) and Multiply (Moon). Adjust the opacity.
And that concludes it. Now go on and create your own, one of a kind, dream design.
Go Media is a creative agency based in Cleveland, Ohio. Besides the GoMediaZine, we also work for clients and sell stock artwork and design files on the Arsenal.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:29 am -
awesome tutorial alex, i like how you created the foliage for the trees, excellent final result too.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:38 am -
That is pretty sweet! The only thing that would make it better for me is rich brown bark on the trees.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:40 am -
Nice tutorial, I love the type treatment.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am -
Amazing tut!! bookmarked!!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:48 am -
very cool tutorial.i love how it done.keep it up!!!
Ronald
October 13th, 2008 at 10:50 am -
Savage tutorial. The tip for the trees is excellent. I like how you turned something so basic into the finished product without much work. The 3d text with the pattern is nice.
October 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am -
睇緊: “Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography | GoMediaZine” http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6 3D機能。CS2にはしょぼいのしかついてなかった気がする。
October 13th, 2008 at 11:12 am -
gorgeous
October 13th, 2008 at 11:27 am -
Cool tutorial
October 13th, 2008 at 11:36 am -
Sexy!
October 13th, 2008 at 11:46 am -
Really nice. I’ve got to get into photoshop more.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:11 pm -
Hey great tutorial, you’ve got a good understanding of PS. Did you get paid for writing this tutorial? If so, I’ve got to get into making some.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:54 pm -
Our first tutorial since we publcly opened up the GoMediaZine to contributors: Deam Design with 3D Type: http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6
October 13th, 2008 at 12:59 pm -
Nice one. I really like the method used to create the trees.
October 13th, 2008 at 1:15 pm -
You might want to mention that you’re starting this in Illustrator. I was a little lost there for a second.
Nice tut though!
October 13th, 2008 at 2:26 pm -
Hello everyone, thanks for the support! The method can be adapted with ease to your own style (such as adding bark).
@Eric: Thanks for pointing that out. I’m not sure how I missed that… Apologies.
Alex
October 13th, 2008 at 4:52 pm -
awesome tutorial…I work in the architecture and built environment,I love the trees they are ubber cool.
October 13th, 2008 at 5:15 pm -
Wow, amazing tut. Not seeing the end result until the end increased the impact
October 13th, 2008 at 8:35 pm -
you have a problem with this tutorial ^^How to Create a Vector Harley Davidson Pin-up Tee^^, i got it in my email but in your page it says:404:/page not found!sorry,but the page you were looking for is not here.
and by the way great post!!!
October 13th, 2008 at 11:18 pm -
considering the number of steps in the tutorial that is by far one of the most impressive end products ive seen!!! genius man.
October 14th, 2008 at 7:46 am -
Thank you for sharing and providing the PSD. :) Keep ‘em coming.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:10 pm -
NIce tut, but what happened to the Harley tut? I had it open to look at but now it’s gone.
October 14th, 2008 at 4:01 pm -
sweet
October 14th, 2008 at 6:15 pm -
awesome tutorial.
October 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pm -
Beautiful! Really open to a whole host of adaptions too.
Thankyou!
October 15th, 2008 at 8:55 am -
What version of photoshop/illustrator is this? I cant find the 3d bit anywhere.
October 15th, 2008 at 9:47 am -
One day I will work with you …
October 15th, 2008 at 11:21 am -
@Matt:
I created the effect using Illustrator CS3. While having the type selected, go to Effect > 3D > Extrude and Bevel. I’m not sure which previous versions have or don’t have this feature, as CS3 is the first version I have ever worked with.
Alex
October 15th, 2008 at 12:43 pm -
great tutorial
October 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm -
I lot of tecniques. Thank you.
October 16th, 2008 at 4:06 am -
Ok, thanks alex. I hope this feature is on cs4 if I get it soon. I have cs2 now though so I cant do it :(
October 16th, 2008 at 4:09 am -
Actually, nevermind lol. I just didnt explore illustrator. I got it lol. Thanks again, great tutorial.
October 17th, 2008 at 2:51 am -
http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6 – 3d-typography
October 19th, 2008 at 7:46 am -
pretty kewl. thanx man
October 19th, 2008 at 12:14 pm -
i’m a novice… and i have problems when trying to use de W and selecting the top layer of the letter… please help. thanks…(and sorry about the english).
October 20th, 2008 at 8:45 am -
@Augustus:
I understand it’s difficult for you to tell me exactly what your problem is due to the language barrier. However, I’m not sure what it is that you’re having trouble with. To be able to help, I’m going to need more specific info. Either way, here are a few general tips:
1. You need Illustrator to create the 3D text.
2. In Photoshop, select the magic wand tool (press W) and click inside the face of the letter. That will make a selection of ‘face’ of the text. Then just continue using the provided steps as a reference.
Alex
October 21st, 2008 at 3:49 am -
Dreaming often takes you to different places and unites bits and pieces of your memory. http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6
October 24th, 2008 at 10:14 am -
Are there no limits to GoMEDIA coolness???!!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 10:01 pm -
wow really a very good tutorial… Your explanation is very good.. Thanks for the article..
October 28th, 2008 at 7:55 pm -
what program do u need i have cs and i cant find the effects thing to change the letters to 3d
October 29th, 2008 at 2:54 pm -
http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6 another great tutorial from gomedia guys
October 30th, 2008 at 11:52 am -
CoOo1
October 30th, 2008 at 8:01 pm -
i’m a noob in photoshop
i havw qu. :$
where i can found Effect > 3D > Extrude
many thanx
October 30th, 2008 at 8:27 pm -
i have Adobe.Photoshop.CS3.Extended but i can’t find 3D
November 1st, 2008 at 6:07 am -
“1. You need Illustrator to create the 3D text.”
November 1st, 2008 at 3:26 pm -
Pretty cool! My favorite part is where you draw the trees and the leaves. Thanks!
November 1st, 2008 at 3:30 pm -
Amazing! Fab!
November 1st, 2008 at 3:57 pm -
Thanks Really great
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 am -
very nice !
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm -
hear where I can get extruder & bevel look everywhere or comes with the photoshop I can respond on my flickr? is http://www.flickr.com / photos / goycox
thanks in advance
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm -
Impressive! Let me try this out!
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 am -
Hi, I am having trouble with coloring the part of the text that is 3D, I can’t get the shades to change with the gradients…. could anyone explain? thanx
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 am -
wow! beyond words! genius!
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 am -
The 3D effects in your screen shot do not work with illustrator CS3. I tried your exact setting three times and got what appeared to be a giant blob on the page.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 am -
Illustrator CS3 for the Web or what?
thanx 4 helping
November 6th, 2008 at 6:51 am -
Hi there,
I can’t seem to get the gradient mapping to the actual 3d text working properly, when i apply it using alt+click it makes the text lose its 3D and it just looks like one big gradient blob, i was wondering if you knew if there was a difference between CS3 and CS4 as im currently using CS4 for both Photoshop and Illustrator.
Any help is much appreciated.
Matt
November 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pm -
I fixed the problem, i did it in photoshop CS3 instead and i was presented with that Grayscale Gradient map dialog, in CS4 you press ok and it just goes to the main window with no option to edit the gradient, if anyone knows how to do this in CS4 it’d be nice to learn :)
November 6th, 2008 at 1:46 pm -
@ Matt,
Sorry, i don’t have cs4, but I’m glad you were able to get over that problem.
Alex
November 7th, 2008 at 6:46 am -
Nice tutorial
November 7th, 2008 at 7:18 pm -
@Hemi Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography | GoMediaZine: n this tutorial we re going to creat.. http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6
November 11th, 2008 at 3:05 pm -
just a question…if i want to use a stripe pattern how can i make the stripe to follow the direction of the shape?
November 15th, 2008 at 3:51 pm -
d: Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography | GoMediaZine http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6
November 15th, 2008 at 3:51 pm -
delicious: Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography | GoMediaZine http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6
November 15th, 2008 at 6:19 pm -
dreamy! nicely presented tut – thanks
November 15th, 2008 at 11:06 pm -
horrible. 1998 called.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:12 pm -
Nik Ainley http://www.shinybinary.com
this is the way to do it
November 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pm -
One word: Perfect :)
November 21st, 2008 at 7:44 pm -
This tutorial is amazing. I’ve been using photoshop for a few years now, and I have to admit that never would have thought of some of these techniques. Thanks so much for this tutorial!
November 24th, 2008 at 9:43 pm -
One more before I go to bed. Skillz: http://tinyurl.com/3uzvd6
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:44 am -
That was just plain fun – thank you. I sort of had trouble with the branches using a Wacom tablet, but the I can tell just by playing with the brush settings we can get some great tree like shapes. With the wacom – it seems to understand pressure and fade and it sort of conflicts the results.
December 7th, 2008 at 5:11 pm -
excelente tuto!! y muy buen trabajo. gracias
December 9th, 2008 at 10:52 pm -
a good tutorial,thanks.
could you make all in Illustrator ?
December 18th, 2008 at 2:05 pm -
I really appreciated this tutorial, however, are you using a 3-D plugin? I have Photoshop CS3 and I apparently don’t have the 3-D effect. Thank you for your time and excellent tutorials.
December 18th, 2008 at 3:00 pm -
Nevermind about my initial comment, I realized that the program is Illustrator – thankfully I have that! ;) Ur tutorial worked like a charm! Thanks so much!
December 20th, 2008 at 12:44 am -
Many many thanks for this tutorial! I’m just now getting deep into Photoshop and Illustrator, and this one project helped me learn so much. I really appreciate it!
January 4th, 2009 at 9:41 am -
i wish i can do this effect ;)
January 9th, 2009 at 1:54 am -
hm. “mind blowing extrardinary”. am not say like this type of words .
It is good
February 14th, 2009 at 4:26 pm -
Really having trouble with the type in the very beginning. Lots of weird clipping/graphical holes in my letters that also show up when I copy to Photoshop. Might be very useful to know what the pt. size your starting with as that seems to significantly alter the 3-D bevel.
February 15th, 2009 at 5:11 am -
this is good
February 17th, 2009 at 4:41 am -
When I copy the letter into photoshop they are back to normal ..
So no more 3D effects attached to it .. Could you help me out? ^^
Great tutorial mate!
February 26th, 2009 at 3:31 pm -
Hi there, I’m having difficulty using the wand tool to select only the ‘face’ of the letter in Photoshop. It always selects the whole of the letter – what am I doing wrong?
March 12th, 2009 at 12:47 pm -
WOw…great work here…congratulations on the talent you've got. Keep it growing buddy..
March 12th, 2009 at 12:47 pm -
WOw…great work here…congratulations on the talent you've got. Keep it growing buddy..
March 12th, 2009 at 12:47 pm -
WOw…great work here…congratulations on the talent you've got. Keep it growing buddy..
March 13th, 2009 at 12:28 pm -
I am also having problems copying the 3D text from illustrator over to PS. When I do, I lose the 3D elements and only a flat 2D letter appears in PS.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:28 pm -
I am also having problems copying the 3D text from illustrator over to PS. When I do, I lose the 3D elements and only a flat 2D letter appears in PS.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:28 pm -
I am also having problems copying the 3D text from illustrator over to PS. When I do, I lose the 3D elements and only a flat 2D letter appears in PS.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:57 am -
Hi, really enjoyed this one… See you've tweeked it and recycled it in February issue of Digital Arts?
March 16th, 2009 at 11:57 am -
Hi, really enjoyed this one… See you've tweeked it and recycled it in February issue of Digital Arts?
March 16th, 2009 at 11:57 am -
Hi, really enjoyed this one… See you've tweeked it and recycled it in February issue of Digital Arts?
March 19th, 2009 at 5:27 pm -
Great tut!! I just wonder, how come you don´t use fading masking to get the branches to merge into the letters smother?
March 19th, 2009 at 5:27 pm -
Great tut!! I just wonder, how come you don´t use fading masking to get the branches to merge into the letters smother?
March 19th, 2009 at 5:27 pm -
Great tut!! I just wonder, how come you don´t use fading masking to get the branches to merge into the letters smother?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm -
I am having the same issue and I'm not so novice. When I use the wand tool and place it inside the face it doesn't recognize the face alone but instead surrounds the whole entire object. Any ideas?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm -
I am having the same issue and I'm not so novice. When I use the wand tool and place it inside the face it doesn't recognize the face alone but instead surrounds the whole entire object. Any ideas?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm -
I am having the same issue and I'm not so novice. When I use the wand tool and place it inside the face it doesn't recognize the face alone but instead surrounds the whole entire object. Any ideas?
April 14th, 2009 at 3:29 pm -
Very good Photoshop Tutorial.
I will try it right away on one of my webb designs!!
Keep up the good work!
April 14th, 2009 at 3:29 pm -
Very good Photoshop Tutorial.
I will try it right away on one of my webb designs!!
Keep up the good work!
April 14th, 2009 at 3:29 pm -
Very good Photoshop Tutorial.
I will try it right away on one of my webb designs!!
Keep up the good work!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:41 am -
ROCKING
April 15th, 2009 at 5:41 am -
ROCKING
April 15th, 2009 at 5:41 am -
ROCKING
April 30th, 2009 at 11:58 am -
Aweswome design and great tutorial. Thanks a lot!
April 30th, 2009 at 11:58 am -
Aweswome design and great tutorial. Thanks a lot!
April 30th, 2009 at 11:58 am -
Aweswome design and great tutorial. Thanks a lot!
May 10th, 2009 at 1:18 pm -
Really great tutorial. I will be back for more of the same!
May 10th, 2009 at 1:18 pm -
Really great tutorial. I will be back for more of the same!
May 10th, 2009 at 1:18 pm -
Really great tutorial. I will be back for more of the same!
May 14th, 2009 at 7:04 pm -
I just figured out why just the face wasn't being selected when I was using the magic wand tool. The problem is that the color is too dark and photoshop isn't recognizing that there are different faces to it. As soon as I lightened the image, it worked.
Hope this helped!!
PS- LOVE this tutorial. Its a fun and easy way to create 3d text without buying another expensive program. THANKS!!
May 14th, 2009 at 7:04 pm -
I just figured out why just the face wasn't being selected when I was using the magic wand tool. The problem is that the color is too dark and photoshop isn't recognizing that there are different faces to it. As soon as I lightened the image, it worked.
Hope this helped!!
PS- LOVE this tutorial. Its a fun and easy way to create 3d text without buying another expensive program. THANKS!!
May 14th, 2009 at 7:04 pm -
I just figured out why just the face wasn't being selected when I was using the magic wand tool. The problem is that the color is too dark and photoshop isn't recognizing that there are different faces to it. As soon as I lightened the image, it worked.
Hope this helped!!
PS- LOVE this tutorial. Its a fun and easy way to create 3d text without buying another expensive program. THANKS!!
May 19th, 2009 at 6:27 pm -
I just LOVE your tutorial, best Photoshop tutorial I've ever done ! Im always using my tablet, but I had no idea Tree Trunks and Fast leaves could be done so fast and so easy! Ive learned so much from this tutorial. Thank you so much :D
May 19th, 2009 at 7:27 pm -
I just LOVE your tutorial, best Photoshop tutorial I've ever done ! Im always using my tablet, but I had no idea Tree Trunks and Fast leaves could be done so fast and so easy! Ive learned so much from this tutorial. Thank you so much :D
May 19th, 2009 at 7:27 pm -
I just LOVE your tutorial, best Photoshop tutorial I've ever done ! Im always using my tablet, but I had no idea Tree Trunks and Fast leaves could be done so fast and so easy! Ive learned so much from this tutorial. Thank you so much :D
May 20th, 2009 at 10:59 pm -
IT IS NOT PHOTOSHOP IT IS ILLUSTRATOR!!!!!!!!!! GOSH!!!!
May 20th, 2009 at 11:59 pm -
IT IS NOT PHOTOSHOP IT IS ILLUSTRATOR!!!!!!!!!! GOSH!!!!
May 20th, 2009 at 11:59 pm -
IT IS NOT PHOTOSHOP IT IS ILLUSTRATOR!!!!!!!!!! GOSH!!!!
June 1st, 2009 at 1:32 pm -
Im not sure if you still look at these posts… But I recently just came upon this tut and love it. My only question is…. I used your exact numbers for the bevel- but when I put it into photoshop… and use the wand tool.. it is highlighting the entire Letter. Im not sure if its the font size that im using, or if its the difference of me using CS2.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:32 pm -
Im not sure if you still look at these posts… But I recently just came upon this tut and love it. My only question is…. I used your exact numbers for the bevel- but when I put it into photoshop… and use the wand tool.. it is highlighting the entire Letter. Im not sure if its the font size that im using, or if its the difference of me using CS2.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:32 pm -
Im not sure if you still look at these posts… But I recently just came upon this tut and love it. My only question is…. I used your exact numbers for the bevel- but when I put it into photoshop… and use the wand tool.. it is highlighting the entire Letter. Im not sure if its the font size that im using, or if its the difference of me using CS2.
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 pm -
I can't see any of the images! I'm using Firefox 3.0.10 w/ Vista
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:00 pm -
I can't see any of the images! I'm using Firefox 3.0.10 w/ Vista
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:00 pm -
I can't see any of the images! I'm using Firefox 3.0.10 w/ Vista
June 4th, 2009 at 2:43 am -
I'm having difficulty using the wand tool to select only the 'face' of the letter in Photoshop. It always selects the whole of the letter – what am I doing wrong?
June 4th, 2009 at 3:43 am -
I'm having difficulty using the wand tool to select only the 'face' of the letter in Photoshop. It always selects the whole of the letter – what am I doing wrong?
June 4th, 2009 at 3:43 am -
I'm having difficulty using the wand tool to select only the 'face' of the letter in Photoshop. It always selects the whole of the letter – what am I doing wrong?
June 9th, 2009 at 6:15 am -
awesome man, just awesome.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:15 am -
awesome man, just awesome.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:15 am -
awesome man, just awesome.
June 10th, 2009 at 1:03 am -
Is that where the 3D options were? It confused the shit out of me.
I thought he might of been using some fancey pants version of PS.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:03 am -
Is that where the 3D options were? It confused the shit out of me.
I thought he might of been using some fancey pants version of PS.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:03 am -
Is that where the 3D options were? It confused the shit out of me.
I thought he might of been using some fancey pants version of PS.
June 15th, 2009 at 1:51 pm -
Muito bom!
June 15th, 2009 at 2:51 pm -
Muito bom!
June 15th, 2009 at 2:51 pm -
Muito bom!
June 15th, 2009 at 2:51 pm -
Muito bom!
June 25th, 2009 at 6:18 pm -
Having a problem with the Magic Wand Tool. It selects the hole letter instead of just the face. :(
June 27th, 2009 at 7:03 am -
Please edit the tut in the 2nd instructions, adding that you are using Illustrator…so as not to confuse others in the future(some wouldn't think to read the comments to solve this problem). That's the only thing that prevents the tut from being a really useful and awesome tut(complimenting the effectiveness of it) Heh. Nevertheless, thumbs up (:
June 28th, 2009 at 1:23 am -
“add the watercolor texture inside the mountain and moon, once more, with clipping masks. “
don't get that part please explain? ):
July 10th, 2009 at 1:42 am -
Nice tutorial. Good treatment.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:42 am -
Nice tutorial. Good treatment.
July 16th, 2009 at 11:00 pm -
Great Tutorial!
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 pm -
it's actually both – text starts out in illy/paste to photoshop
August 2nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm -
really amazing work in this 3D design.
August 2nd, 2009 at 2:11 pm -
Very kind to share. Thank you.
August 7th, 2009 at 3:27 am -
it will be cool, just if you take tree texture от your plastic trees))
August 13th, 2009 at 6:21 pm -
thank you much
August 16th, 2009 at 2:38 am -
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August 23rd, 2009 at 7:54 am -
This is a really beautiful way to use 3D type in a design. Usually when people slap together 3D text it looks garish but I like this approach a lot.
August 24th, 2009 at 10:05 am -
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August 25th, 2009 at 12:28 am -
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August 28th, 2009 at 2:31 pm -
I'm a purist when it comes to typography. Although this isn't my usual style, I'm very impressed. I love the technique you used for the branches. Keep playing around, exercise your talent!
September 12th, 2009 at 11:36 pm -
This is the best tutorial i've ever seen. i will try this and i hope i can have the same result. Thank you
September 17th, 2009 at 7:36 am -
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September 24th, 2009 at 2:10 am -
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October 10th, 2009 at 9:25 pm -
hey nice tut really helped me out :D!
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm -
Make sure the Tolarence of the wand is really low. I used “1″.
December 8th, 2009 at 12:32 pm -
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December 26th, 2009 at 4:01 pm -
Wow.Cool tutorial.Thank you.
December 28th, 2009 at 4:39 pm -
We can use this tutorial any way we wish correct? I could use this idea towards an advertisement design?
December 31st, 2009 at 12:39 am -
lengthy but very nice.thanks for sharing.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:18 pm -
yes, i was also wondering which program it was made in. Although its a basic question it obviously should of been said in the tutorial. So no need to write in caps as if shouting and angry for a basic question. I also cant find it in the tutorial yet… but if it is appoligies…
But yes it shoulb be noted in the tutorial.
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January 23rd, 2010 at 8:22 pm -
This is the best tutorial i've ever seen. i will try this and i hope i can have the same result. Thank you
February 16th, 2010 at 8:47 pm -
Tutorial unfortunately assumes many things. “Change color to…” and “Give it this color” but does not explain how. Even uses bizarre “color codes” I have never heard of (Perhaps not bizarre, but for someone that doesn't know hot to use them, they are useless.) Doesn't even explain to start in Illustrator. Perhaps a good tutorial for those with some knowledge (seems good if you know a bit), but I chose this as my first learning project, and unfortunately cannot follow it as I do not have the information the tutorial assumes I have..
February 24th, 2010 at 12:22 am -
I tried this tutorial on some images and they look really nice.
March 10th, 2010 at 7:12 pm -
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March 20th, 2010 at 12:36 am -
what a fantastic tuts it is! it catches my eyes! thanks :-)
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:45 am -
i did it in photoshop CS3 instead and i was presented with that Grayscale Gradient map dialog, in CS4 you press ok and it just goes to the main window with no option to edit the gradient, if anyone knows how to do this in CS4 it'd be nice to learn
March 28th, 2010 at 6:48 am -
Hello !!!
I want to know something.
Now you draw the amazing text I want to knoe what software do u use to draw that picture.
Please reply me ..Thank you.!!!
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April 8th, 2010 at 5:46 pm -
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April 11th, 2010 at 1:49 pm -
I just LOVE your tutorial, best Photoshop tutorial I've ever done ! Im always using my tablet, but I had no idea Tree Trunks and Fast leaves could be done so fast and so easy! Ive learned so much from this tutorial. Thank you so much :D
April 13th, 2010 at 12:50 pm -
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April 15th, 2010 at 9:53 am -
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April 28th, 2010 at 12:13 pm -
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April 29th, 2010 at 7:30 am -
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April 30th, 2010 at 5:53 pm -
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May 5th, 2010 at 3:52 am -
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May 5th, 2010 at 3:53 am -
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May 5th, 2010 at 3:59 am -
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May 5th, 2010 at 4:01 am -
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May 5th, 2010 at 4:01 am -
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May 11th, 2010 at 10:13 pm -
I love the texture but the bevel can look a little dated. Over all I love it.
May 12th, 2010 at 1:49 am -
Nice job :)
May 12th, 2010 at 6:28 am -
nice consept very clearly
May 12th, 2010 at 6:35 am -
nice consept and very clearly nice to be here
May 13th, 2010 at 6:47 pm -
Excellent tutorial. Thanks Alex.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:56 pm -
Thanks. This is a very great tutorial.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:14 pm -
A bit lengthy, but this is amazing stuff. Breathtaking.
May 17th, 2010 at 6:19 pm -
Thank you
May 18th, 2010 at 7:27 pm -
3D Typography is very hard to understand :(
May 19th, 2010 at 2:37 am -
I like this tutorial, thanks for it…
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May 21st, 2010 at 2:30 pm -
Thanks a lot dude, for this documents… Awesome tutorial
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May 22nd, 2010 at 3:29 am -
thanks dude, i like this design…
May 23rd, 2010 at 9:21 am -
wow…nice design…thanks for sharing…awesome one..
May 23rd, 2010 at 11:35 am -
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May 25th, 2010 at 5:13 am -
This reminds me of essay writing. Perhaps, all the things in the world rely on how well the maker focus on the smallest details to make greater impact.
I kind of smile on my self that despite this, I can see moral implication. I just envy that some people can really take time on doing something to create big impact.
wonderful, I'll try this one!
May 28th, 2010 at 6:14 pm -
very cool tutorial.i love how it done.keep it up.
May 31st, 2010 at 11:10 pm -
Well, yeah… it does presume a prior knowledge. You can't just throw yourself in the deep end. However I do somewhat agree with you. I've been using photoshop for a few months now but this is the first tutorial I've started using Illustrator with. Yes, it confused me somewhat. But I think you'll find if you just explore a little you'll get through it. And colour codes? Well, they're used for everything… not just Adobe programs. Sounds to me like you should really consider your level of expertise before jumping to the more complex tuts.
P.S Very interesting tutorial. I'm halfway through at the moment. Learnt quite a few things already :) Thanks.
June 1st, 2010 at 1:01 am -
I am having the same issue. Did you work out how to fix it?
June 1st, 2010 at 3:54 am -
Yes, you are right about the exploring a little. I probably should have added another note, as I did explore allot, and do allot of web searching, as I was trying to make a logo, and the design of this one is EXACTLY what I was looking for. And when I am determined, very little can stop me. It took me about 4 hours total I think (Which, considering this was the first project beyond photo editing I did, was I think anyway, very quick.) I will even share the end result with you (And anyone else that's interested)
http://i50.tinypic.com/2ynfqrd.jpg
Feel free to comment, I would love the input.
June 2nd, 2010 at 8:50 am -
fantastic outcome… it looks charming but making of such typography is quite difficult, i think so. btw, thanks a lot for your good post. keep going on… :-)
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June 6th, 2010 at 12:20 am -
thank you very much for the tutorial.
June 7th, 2010 at 6:35 pm -
Hi Alex, great tutorial !
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June 7th, 2010 at 6:37 pm -
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June 10th, 2010 at 1:36 pm -
Very interesting. Thanks again for the information.
June 12th, 2010 at 6:54 pm -
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June 19th, 2010 at 5:28 am -
This tutorial is amazing. I’ve been using photoshop for a few years now, and I have to admit that never would have thought of some of these techniques. Thanks so much for this tutorial!photo retouching
June 23rd, 2010 at 8:52 pm -
Thanks! Great tutorial! Now my project will be a hit.
June 24th, 2010 at 3:02 am -
Now i can try to create my dream design with 3D Typography to follow this tutorial. Thanks for sharing.
June 26th, 2010 at 2:59 am -
Nice tutorial.I will try it by myself as you explain the tutorial in detail.Thanks.
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July 7th, 2010 at 5:01 am -
I don`t find Effect menu (going to Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel).Can somebody help me?
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That is pretty sweet! The only thing that would make it better for me is rich brown bark on the trees.
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August 13th, 2010 at 5:59 am -
I am really amazed with your tutorial. It's obviously need skill and experiences to get into your level of skill.
August 18th, 2010 at 11:54 pm -
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