Angst Poster Tutorial!

My first poster tutorial is finally made! Yay!

So... I know a lot of you have been asking for a cute poster tutorial, but I'm really not as good with cute posters as I am with angst.

SOO, I'll be making an angst poster tutorial first.


The stock/textures you need:

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Curves Pack : http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=gimp+curves#/d3fosqx

What are curves? Curves change the tone of an image, and can make it seem dark, vintage, bright, cartoonic, and many other styles.

 

 

Font: Jey

Download Here: http://www.dafont.com/jey.font

 

 


 

Step 1 >>  Start out with a 500x650 canvas.

Change the background color to a grey color (preferably dark grey).

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Step 2 >>  Resize image to fit canvas, and loose feather cut your stock images.

To do so, click on the lasso tool (1st row, 3rd tool) and loosely outline around the stock photo.

Click Select > Feather > Change selection to 50 > Ok

Click Select > Invert > Ok

Afterwards "right click" and select "clear".

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Step 3 >>  Loose Feather Cut all of your stock photos, and position them like so.

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Step 4 >>  Add Textures

***Add them exactly in this order***

Red Texture > Burn Mode || Blue Texture > Addition Mode > 60% Opacity || Grey Texture > Burn Mode

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Step 5 >>  Add Title

"Time Goes On" > Size 96 > Jey Font

Duplicate Layer > Change Font to white > Overlay Mode > Move to the left a little bit

Select text > Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow

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Step 6 >>  Add Credits

Times New Roman Font > Size 12 > White > Grain Merge Mode

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Step 7 >> Flatten Image and Add Curves 

To use the curves you downloaded go to:

Colors > Curves > triangle-box button > Import settings from file

Choose any curve from the 28 provided. Some curves match this poster better than others, and you can even use more than one.

I, myself, used two curves. I forgot which ones so don't ask me. XD

Adding curves is optional, and you can just end your poster here. Although, this step and the next one are recommended in enhancing your poster.

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Step 8 >> Add a border

In the layers dock, right click on the poster and select "alpha to selection".

Select Select > Border > 6 pixels > Ok

Select color-picker tool.

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This tool sets colors from the poster.

Click on the image until you see a color that might suit your poster.

After finding a color, fill in the border you created with either the paint bucket tool, or the paintbrush tool.

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Step 9 >>  Save your image.

I prefer saving the image as a png, just because the quality of a png is better than a jpg.

 

Here is my result: 

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Lol yeah. The title's kind of dark, but I was too lazy to fix it. XD

YOU CAN THOUGH! I'M NOT STOPPING YOU! :)

 



Post up a link to your poster result down below in the comments section! I at least want to know if people actually did understand this tutorial.

If you like it, or think it's confusing a bit, please say so that way I can make a clearer tutorial next time.

Yeah, my directions aren't so good for this one since it's my first tutorial. PLUS, there's a lot of steps. XD

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kyunglogy #1
Hello! Can I ask for your permission to use your textures? Thank you.
Hotcoco123pinkie #2
I really needed it!!
Hotcoco123pinkie #3
Thank you!!! ^^~
mjooyeon
#4
I'm confused on the second step. After I invert it, I right-clicked the image on the canvas and all that pops up is "File", "Edit", "Select", "View", "Image", "Layer", "Colors", "Tools", "Filters", "Windows", and "Help". Nothing says Clear...
shininglittlestar
#5
this is very helpful .. :) thanks .. :D
LadyComma
#6
Hey again! I followed your tutorial, here is the end result: http://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/182834

I didn't follow your tutorial step by step, but I did try... Feel free to critique it! Thank you again! :)
LadyComma
#7
Yes! Thank you! Please keep making tutorials!!!
risingfire
#8
made using photoshop :3 and yeah i kind of played around mine..and used a different texture and font ^^"

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab8/alyssajoy18/Untitled-1copy.jpg
NomightyCopYCaT
#9
Hi there, thanks for the tutorial. It really helped me out despite the fact that I use Photoshop, not Gimp. Of course, since I was using Photoshop the curves and text you suggested were of no use. But have a look at the finished product please, maybe tell me how it turned out too? =)
http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s496/chubbyfaceDiVa/Angstpractice.jpg
Thanks again!
ChubbyChibi #10
YOU DID A GOOD TUTORIAL (:
BUT I HAVE NO TIME TO TRY IT. SO SORRY T^T
ohgodwhat
#11
here .
http://i.imgur.com/HS5Pz.png

I was too lazy to download the font or curves l0l
YooniqueDJ
#12
I love you Kenna saengie <3
dream_keeper88
#13
Maybe you could use a lighter color for the title since the background is already dark ^^ But that is just an opinion, don't take my word for it. I can be wrong.

I use PS and not GIMP, but the tutorial looks simple enough to follow for me. I think you did well ^0^
yeojaboy
#14
wow! thanks for sharing this :)
it's alright! you're not actually obliged to do this but still you shared it with us. ^^
we can learn more using this tutorial. :)
it's okay if it's lacking in steps, we can manage to do it. ^^
i'm not a good poster maker so it's great that i clicked on this blog!
thanks again! :D