Good Tutorials For Drawing Graffiti-style Text?

[Guest dimond]

Does anyone have a good graffiti tutorial? I've been searching all over, and can't find one. I just want to learn the basics, like drawing it with a wacon or something similar.

[F0X]

ehm... if you mean to use it in photoshop for skins and such.. ok.. but reallife graffiti?......... wrong board mate.. wrong board..

[Guest dimond]

Oh. Yeah, I meant drawing it in photoshop. I just don't like using graffiti fonts/brushes, and wanted to make some more "original" stuff.

[till]

God, I know a good tutorial but I didn't find it, if I find it I'll add it via edit

Here a logo of mine:

Click

Do you mean something like that?

Here I made all by myself, the font I done with the pen tool.

I can give you some little tips,

try to draw some letters with the Pen Tool (p),

then u can customize the letter, with grabbing an edge from the path, until you like it.

Add some filters and colors to the letters and, have a look for the details.

Damn gonna search this tutorial I saw it a long time ago, there it explains all very good

Best Regards,

Till.ch

Edited April 13, 2007 by Till.ch

[zako]

Here a logo of mine:

Talented guy, that is nice.

[Ox87k]

@Till.ch: Fabulous! I'd like to make something like this but..

[Guest dimond]

Yeah, that is exactly what I'd like to be able to do! That tut would be great!

[till]

Ok, bad news, I didn't found the tut, sry

That tut would be great!

For this logo it don't exist a tut, cause I done all by myself

@zako thx!

@Ox87k and dimond, I could write a tut about it , when I've some free time.

Best Regards,

Till.ch

Edited April 13, 2007 by Till.ch

[ECLiPTiC]

I think this may be the tut that Till was thinking of.... If not, it's got a few good pointers.

http://kung-fu.nu/tutorial/

[till]

I think this may be the tut that Till was thinking of.... If not, it's got a few good pointers.

http://kung-fu.nu/tutorial/

Didn't mean this, but this is indeed a very nice tut!

Edited April 13, 2007 by Till.ch

[Loki]

Till.ch... love your work. Impressive!

[Guest SHiFT]

Does anyone have a good graffiti tutorial? I've been searching all over, and can't find one. I just want to learn the basics, like drawing it with a wacon or something similar.

I'd do it in pencil first. Develop the letters individually, connect them, then bring it into photoshop (or whatever application you use). It helps if you tag (practice graffiti).

The photoshop stuff is extra and all dependent on what you want to do with the piece (ie, is it some sort of futuristic mech-look you are getting at, something organic, just stone 'breaks', etc, etc). Honestly, developing good form of the letters first ("simple" pencil lines is good), in my opinion, is most effective. Then I would layout the color scheme. Finally, I'd work out the detail.

SHiFT

[antrobs]

I think this may be the tut that Till was thinking of.... If not, it's got a few good pointers.

http://kung-fu.nu/tutorial/

Thanks for the link it's a very nice tut...

@Till.ch

I hope you can make the tut A.S.A.P

aNtRoBs

[Guest P43]

Try this make a fast sketch in PS and do the final lines with the pencil tool. When I started with PS I never liked it or used it, now man i LOVE THAT TOOL. For real graffiti well, you cant learn it from a tutorial because the hard thing of graffiti is controlling the can.