In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a gorgeous badge with
ribbons and a stitch effect in Photoshop. We will use textures and
various blending options to achieve this effect.
Tutorial Details
Program: Photoshop CS5
Estimated Completion Time: 30 Minutes
Tutorial Assets
The following assets were used in this tutorial:
Step 1
Create a new document with width 1400px and height 1000px.
Step 2
First of all, we’ll make our background. Create a new layer by going
to Layer> New> Layer. Fill it with #bdb293 color using ‘paint
bucket tool’. Now open ‘wood texture’, copy and paste it on a new layer.
Set its blending mode to ‘Hard light’ and reduce opacity of this layer
to ‘75%’. Go to Filter> Texture> Texturizer to add more character
to this texture layer. Then click on Filter> Brush strokes>
Spatter and we’ll get a nice background to move on.
Step 3
We’ll move ahead to draw the basic shape of our badge. For this, pick
the ‘ellipse tool’ and draw 3 circles of different sizes, I labeled
these as base circle, middle circle and front circle. Fill these with
different shades of any color you want. You should get something like
this till now.
Step 4:
Now we will add some texture to our badge. Open the grunge texture,
copy and paste it on a new layer just above ‘base circle’ layer. Click
on the texture layer and then click Ctrl + base circle layer. Then click
‘add layer mask’. In this way, texture would be confined to this base
circle only. Now select the texture layer and set the blending mode to
‘overlay’ and reduce the fill of this texture layer to 80%. Repeat the
same step to give texture to the middle and front circles.
Step 5
It’s time to style these circles to add more depth. For this select
the base circle, go to Layer> Layer style> Blending options and
use the following settings to get the effect as shown below.
Step 6
Use the following layer style settings for the middle circle.
Step 7
For the front circle, use the displayed values.
Step 8
Now we are going to create a stitched circle to make our badge more
attractive. Use #d36b42 color for this. Select the ‘brush tool’ and open
the ‘brush panel’. Then use the setting displayed below to make
stitches.
After that, create a new layer, select the ‘pen tool’ and draw a
circle using ‘pen tool’, then Right click> Stroke path> Brush and
then again ‘right click’ and select the option of ‘delete path’. Now
click Layer> Layer style> Drop shadow. We’ll get a nice stitched
circle by doing so.
Step 9
It’s time to add text to our badge. So, type in your text using ‘type
tool’ in the font and color of your choice. Play a little bit with the
blending options to give more character to the text.
I wrote ‘Quality Template’ text in a circle. To do that, select
‘ellipse tool’ and click on ‘path’ option from the top tool bar and then
draw a circle. Now select ‘type tool’ and take it to the circle we have
just drawn; now whatever you type would be in a circle. For having the
text written in the lower half of the circle as displayed, select the
‘path selection tool’, take it to the text and simply drag it inside the
circle. We will notice 2 points on the circle, a ’x’ and a ‘?’. Here
‘x’ shows the starting point of text and ‘?’ means your text would end
here. so, drag ‘?’ first to the end of lower half of circle and then
drag ’x’ to the start of lower half of circle. That’s it. Additionally, I
made stars and a line to enhance text display.
Step 10
Now we’ll make ribbon for our badge. Select the ‘pen tool’ to draw ribbon. Then right click on it and select “Stroke path”.
Now again, right click on the path and select “Make selection” and fill it with color # 024678.
Step 11
Now add grunge texture to it using the same technique as explained in
step 4 and use the settings displayed below for layer styling.
After that, add stitches to it in the same way as explained in step
8. But here you already have required stitch brush settings. So, just
draw borders for your ribbon using ‘pen tool’ and apply brush. We are
all done.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Don’t forget to share your thoughts. We’ll be back soon with something interesting.
