Step One
Make a new document, I'm going to use 500 pixels for the height and 150 pixels for the width. Make sure for background contents you set it to transparent. Choose a font, any font. I'm going to use one of my favorite fonts, Century Gothic, everyone should have it, it's pre-installed. Now using the font that you selected, type whatever text that you want somewhere in the canvas. By the end of this step you should have something like the image below.

Step Two
Right click on the text layer and select "Blending Options" and go to stroke. Set it to any color, and the size to something that you like, for the example I used 7 pixels.

Step Three
Make a new layer above the text layer. Grab the "Ellipse Tool" (You can do so by right clicking on the "Rectangle Tool" and select the circle shaped icon.) and zoom in to about 1000 %. Make sure your "Foreground" color is the same as the color that you used to stroke the text. Hold the "Shift" key down and make circles by clicking and dragging the mouse. You should start from where the stroke line ends, making a circle, and then making smaller ones as you are moving away from the text. You should have something like the image below.

(I've filled the background color with a tone of grey so that you can see the white dots.)

Step Four
Now that you've got the effect, you can experiment with other methods of adding the dots. Now I've added a repeating pattern for the background by making a new layout and moving it to the very bottom and filling it with a pattern. I've also went around the edge of the image on a new layer using the downloadable brush from the "Splash Image Tutorial". Then I've added a multi-color effect to it by making a new layer and filling it in with different colors using the downloadable brush and then I lowered the layer "Opacity". And to finish it off, I add a little circular fade at the top. If you have any questions about this tutorial, e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Thanks for reading and visiting animik.ca. (Don't forget to check out the rest of the site.)

*the article is taken from http://www.animik.ca.  

5 Comments

Shahrez March 13, 2007 Votes: +0	It's realy very good for begginers like me keep up the good work! report abuse vote down vote up
Fuqaha March 13, 2007 http://www.sayafuqaha.com Votes: +0	hi, its not mine, its animik.cas' tutorial.. =) -fuQaHa- report abuse vote down vote up
Me March 24, 2007 Votes: +0	could someone do this for me, I love it but I don't have the right program for it. If you will make it say Method and send the picture (in jpg, jpeg, bmp, etc) to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it report abuse vote down vote up
draxter June 29, 2007 http://draxter.fwenz.info Votes: +0	Could be nicer with adding some paint splatter kind a look to those text.Hmm report abuse vote down vote up
Horacio August 18, 2007 Votes: +0	Very helpful. Like to know where did you get the flowers in the background of your page. They are gorgeous!!!!! report abuse vote down vote up

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