Ok, this is my first tutorial, I'm not copying anyones idea, and theres probably another tut like it...Here we go

First, open up an image (preferebly 420 by 120 pxls)

Now you should have a blank, white image

Select one of your abstract or grunge brushes, or anything you want

If you dont have any brushes, go to [url]deviantart.com[/url]
Brush around untill the whole image is covered
You should have something like this:

Now open up one of your renders, if your too lazy to make one go to [url]planetrenders.net[/url]

copy your render (ctrl C) and paste (ctrl V) it to your brushed picture
now enlargen your render if needed (Image>Scale Image), to cover up your whole background

since you pasted the render, it should have automatically opened it as a new layer, so set its layer mode to overlay

Yours should be similar to this

now create a new layer, select the lasso tool and make a small selection somewhere on your screen

Select the Paint Box Tool and color your selection with any color you want

Now deselect (Ctrl>Shift>A) set the painted layers mode to overlay

Select the smudge tool, and use one off your big fluffy brushes, and if you don't have one, click on the dialog on your brushes console that says new brush, make the radius about 45 and mess around with the hardness

Now, smudge your painted...thingy until you have something like me

Hint:If you can bearly see what youve done, duplicate the layer a few times

Now repeat the steps how ever much you feel starting from creating the new layer (new layer>small selection>paint box>overlay>smudge) with a new color and possibly a bigger selection
Now, you should have something like this:

Create a new layer
I hope you didn't exit out of your render, because we're using it now
So select your render document, shrink it if nececary, copy and paste it to your background document, deselect and there you go :w:

Optional Info:You can add some text if you want

well... of course, I'm done now

k, thought you gave up there

Make it done soon i must try this tut its good ....just stop finish it plz plz plz.... :l:

ok, im done

i'd love to see some peoples results

My outcome. I rather like the look.

nice outcome, I love it

Im going to try now ill post my outcome soon
[EDIT/]
Well i hate the outcome but here it is...
i hate that outcome...:S

kk

I like it, but I'd smudge the red a little more if I were u, then possibly duplicate the layer

Ok just i try most tuts i can then i try make my first without pictures....

maybe with pictures

ya

my signature is my best result doing the same steps as my tut
well, I actually used photoshop...but its the same consept

really i though it was you just plin with gimp i guess i was wrong but anyways i allways make sigs avatars and wallpapers all day so soon i be really good because i dont have one game on my comp... XP

well i must go make my tut now it will take a while though... :l: :w:

good luck
send it to me

im done now it has pictures its not that hard im going to post it now its going to be called Yugihalo's Full Sig Tut

here is my outcome

nice result arachn1d

nice could you try my tutorial

there yugihalo, I did your tut, and me likey

thats good its my first tut since i have done a couple of tuts here in gimptalk all i did was put some parts of it in my tut to make that...
your sig came out great too asome...

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