personal design blog of christine kistner

Here is a tutorial I did recently which covers the 80’s Style Design using photoshop.

This is the original design from the tutorial.

Here is my creation.

A few things I did differently:

• I started in Illustrator and created some 3D text. From there, I saved and imported my text file into Photoshop as a PDF.
• Make sure to save your gradients and brushes as you go. You will always use them at a later time.
• I mixed up the color schemes when it came to the gradients.
• Seeing as I used 3D text for my lettering, I added an inner glow to show its depth. I also used the the burn tool to emphasize the shadows between the letters. If you have the patience, you can import each letter individually. This will give you a greater illusion of depth and shadow.

Thanks to Rahul Jha for creating this short but fun tutorial.