So I am trying to distress a one color image. I am looking to do something like this... http://www.bustedtees.com/getoff . Just wondering what you guys had in the way of advice.
So I am trying to distress a one color image. I am looking to do something like this... http://www.bustedtees.com/getoff . Just wondering what you guys had in the way of advice.
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Hoodlumpr said about 1 month ago
theres always photoshop grunge brushes
Simply Complicated said about 1 month ago
if you are in illustrator then what you could do is...
take whatever grunge you have, make sure its one color, paste in front of the illy, select all, and subtract from shape area with the pathfinder tool..
did you like the placement i put up in the tees section?
volatile v said about 1 month ago
Yeah, I think your best bet is brushing in this case. Check bittbox's freebie section.
mattschoch said about 1 month ago
don't use brushes, make your own grunge so it's completely different from other people's.
get a picture of a texture(cgtextures is amazing)
in photoshop convert it to grayscale, then change the contrast all the way up(i think) so it's just black and white(that step is optional)
then mess with the levels until you have as much or as little contrast in it as you like.
now, if your making your design in ps, then just go to select>color range> highlights, then click delete(or if you like how the whites look better, then select inverse and delete all the black)
now ctrl+click the grunge layer to create a selection, and, with the image layer selected, click delete. or you can just put the grunge on top, and play with blend modes.
if your using illy, then drag the edited texture into illy, live trace it(the type setting work very well), expand, double click to isolate group, select something white, go to object>select>same fill color. delete that.
now change the black grunge to whatever your bg color is and there you have it. that might slow your computer down depending on how crappy it is(like mine) so you might want to use the pathfinder pallette and subtract from shape area.
that was really long, you don't actually have to go through all those steps, thats just a way to make really nice, custom grunge exactly how you want it.
hope that helps, and i hope its not too confusing
Truman325i said about 1 month ago
Yeah I just don't know how realistic it is to print that? unless anyone wants to chime in.
Simply Complicated said about 1 month ago
well not really that ginormous but just coming from the shoulder like that
sentimentaladam said about 1 month ago
check out jimiyo's tuttorial on distressing with cat hair. You can make a texture with about anything.
explodingtoes said about 1 month ago
illegally download these:
http://www.misterretro.com/image_filters.html
Simply Complicated said about 1 month ago
yes
sockmonkee said about 1 month ago
this looked like he printed the image on a laser printer, distressed it manually by hand, and then rescanned it...
i could be wrong, but either way, thats a technique that a lot of people use.
Randomentity said about 1 month ago
go somewhere with a laser b/w copier, lift the lid, run off about 10 sheets, it'll show up all black, take a razor and scrape it across the toner, it'll start to flake off.scan that in, and use it as an overlay and play with your layer blending modes.
keep the others on hand and you can do some pretty neat stuff with white out, tape and an x-acto.
feel free to use these
http://www.randomentity.com/rippedandtorndestruction.jpg
http://www.randomentity.com/starsbwdestruction.jpg
Truman325i said about 1 month ago
Yes sir that was the plan.
Also , thanks everyone for the distress advice, but after seeing the mock I might not even distress it.
So what do you guys think distress or no? http://www.emptees.com/tees/5956-super-soaker
AndrewOliv said about 1 month ago
almost word for word what I have been doing!
conor said about 1 month ago
Easy distress texture: Take any hires stock picture of concrete, wood, paper. Hit D to reset your pallette to black and white, Filter > Sketch > Torn edges > set the levels however you want them > delete either the black or the white > color overlay the color of the shirt.
Examples:
AndrewOliv said about 1 month ago
Lastest Destressing Attempt.
I used almost everytime type of texture w/ inverted lighten's and such.
Truman325i said about 1 month ago
what did you end up using.
AndrewOliv said about 1 month ago
I took stock textures > make black and white > cranked contrast > selective color to the white parts whiter > then invert > combine all the adjustments with the texture (copy then crtl + e) > then used the blending mode lighten...
did this multiple times with different things and messed with opacity aswell as some watercolor textures.
cajun metal said about 1 month ago
that looks like a poor photocopy, but whatever texture you choose all you have to do is erase it (or its inverse) from the image. I suggest using a layer mask on the image and erasing from the mask rather than the original art.
Ameeee said about 1 month ago
I can haz Jimiyo tute:
Truman325i said about 1 month ago
sweet thanks a bunch guys
Boycott Christian HC said about 1 month ago
Before I heard it on Emptees, I didn't even know "distressing" was the correct term. I do it pretty often though.
Sometimes I take textural photos on purpose, but usually any random picture will do.
Open the picture in Photoshop, grayscale, reduce contrast, push up brightness, slap the stamp filter on it, select color range, copy selection and paste. And there you have it, a texture you can drag into your T-shirt file and simply put on top of the layer you want to distress.
Cat hair is of course perfect for this :)
hyperhyphen said about 1 month ago
Machine Wash filters are pretty nice