Creepy bloody text effect in Photoshop


In this Photoshop text effect tutorial we will learn how to create realistic horror, bloody text effect on wood bark texture. At first we will create wood bark texture and than with some filters, blending modes and layers styles we will create pretty realistic text written in blood. I hope in this photoshop tutorial you will learn some new techniques that you will create in your works.


Final Image Preview

bloody text effect

1.Step

Create new document, size: 550 *350 px. At first we must create wood textures. To do that, go to Filter > Render > Fibers. Set Variance to 15, Strength= 4, click Ok. You can use Randomize to set more realistic wood texture.
Result:

bloody text effect

2.Step

Click Ctrl +S to save this texture as psd file. Now we must color our wood. Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Set parameters like below:

bloody text effect

Result:

bloody text effect


3.Step

Texture looks too light, so we need to shade it. Go to Image > Adjustments > Curves. Set parameters like below:

bloody text effect

Result:

bloody text effect

4.Step

Activate Channels palette. By holding Ctrl, click on channel RGB, this action will select light parts of texture. Now go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Select Hue to 100, Saturation = - 56. Go to Edit > Fade. Turn down Opacity to 50%. Click Ok and than Ctrl + D, to deselect.
Result:

bloody text effect

5.Step

Our Wood texture is ready, now we must write text. We will use text: Psdeluxe ;) We will use standard font: Comic Sans Ms. I think everybody have this font. So, write your text. After you written your text, select Free transform tool and select best text placement for you.

bloody text effect


6.Step

Now go you can play with text: set different size of letters.

bloody text effect

7.Step

After you will done your text modification, go to Filter > Distort > Displace. On popup window say Yes, to rasterize text, set Horizontal and Vertical Scale 8 and select psd file, that you saved in 2 step. Now your text look little bit creepy.

bloody text effect

8.Step

Now to make tree bark looks more realistic, we need to curve it. Activate background layer, click Ctrl + A. Go to Filter > Distort > Pherize, set Mode to Horizontal Only and set amount to 60%. Now activate layer with text and click Ctrl + F to repeat this filter to text.

bloody text effect


9.Step

Create new layer, fill it with black color and drag it below background. Now activate wood texture, take Free Transform tool turn down texture width.

bloody text effect

10.Step

Now select Gradient tool, take Linear Gradient. Select Foreground to Transparent gradient. Create new layer. Again take Gradient tool and click in left side and pull to center, that will overshade left side of texture. Do same with right side.
Result:

bloody text effect


11.Step

Now activate text layer and change it Blending mode to Color Burn. Duplicate text layer, to second text layer set Blending mode to Linear Light and set Fill to 30%.

bloody text effect


12.Step

And the last step. Now we must add some layer styles to second text layer. Add Bevel and Emboss, set Depth to 40%, size 5 px, soften 0 px. Click on Gloss Contour and select Cove Deep and that's all folks. And for more horror effect you can download blood and splatter brushes from brusheezy and add it to our image. So, here is result. We create creepy bloody text on wood bark texture. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you want get more tutorials from us, please subscribe to our Rss feed and you will get latest tutorials and posts directly to email.

bloody text effect

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Dainis is Webmaster of Psdeluxe - Design related website, where you will find newest photoshop tutorials, inspiration for designers and free design resources.

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