B-Factor:
I dont have any professional qualifications... im all self taught.... and using online tutorials i have come across over the years.
best way to find out how PS works is to try it out... my first reason for eva using photoshop was so i could swap some heads on some pictures for a laugh.... now im way better
Pugsly:
OK to add the dirty look to the circles...hmm this is gonna be complicated to just explain with no pictures.......wait ill get a couple of small pics to add to this reply
..ok
Firstly you need to find which layer has allyour holes on it..... click the little picture of the eye next to the layers in the layers palette.. that switches the layer to 'hide' or 'visable' mode.... use that method to find the layer your after. You might as well hide all the layers from the top down to the holes layer.... so you only see the holes you created, this will make it easier to see what your doing.... you can unhide them after we have finished.
when u find the layer with the holes.... make sure that layer is selected in the layers palette... then click the 'add new layer' button at the bottom of the layers palette..( refer to the tutorial if you cant remeber where some of these buttons are )
you now have a new layer over the layer with the holes.
then,
1. Select the 'Brush tool' from the Toolbox
2. Select the Brush shown below
now with that brush selected, make sure you have the layer above your holes still selected in the layers palette.
just before we move on... make sure your 'Opacity' for the brush is on 100%..... when you have the brush tool selected... the opacity percentage level should be shown up near the top of the screen.
now select a brown colour in the swatches palette i picked this one as shown below
Now all you need to do is click over each hole, 4 times.... as shown below
Once you have done that over each hole.
Select the 'Eraser tool' , get a soft edge Eraser Brush as shown below
now erase off around the edges of the brown speckles.... try to erase more from the tops and bottoms of each hole so the brown doesnt touch the top or bottom of the sig edge.
Below shows the general areas to erase, do that for each hole.
Now when all 3 holes are completed
Make sure the layer with the holes is still selected...
Over on the layers palette set the options for the layer as shown here
You should now have this
Thats how i made those
But in my final version.... i made 3 layers of this...... 1 layer with brown shown above.... 1 with black.... and 1 with white
i just erased them a little differently.... and made the the black layer blending mode 'Overlay' instead of 'Darken'... and took the opacity down more to. The white layer was same as the black except the opacity didnt need to be taken down so far.
Hope That Helps!!!
Good luck guys
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