Now you can change the pattern position: just Left-click and Drag your mouse over the text in the document to move the pattern up or down.

Click on the Pattern box and choose the Red Dots pattern.

Click on the Color box and choose the color #fff000Īdd a Pattern Overlay with these settings:.

Uncheck the Use Global Light before setting Angle: 180°.

Blend Mode: Normal with the Color #fff000.

Second gradient stop Color #000000 and Location at 59%.

First gradient stop Color #f80000 and Location at 45%.

Set the Gradient with these 2 color stops:.

Select the layer SMASH! and Double-click the layer to apply the following layer style: 3. How to Create a Cartoon Text Effect Step 1

Set the Style to Arc, select Horizontal, and set the Bend to 30% and Horizontal Distortion to -30%. Right-click with your mouse on the text layer and select Warp Text from the menu. The last step before we start applying the layer style is to warp our text. If you can't see the character panel icon, go to Type > Panels > Character Panel. Select the text layer, and then go to the Character panel and change the Tracking to -20. Now we need to stretch the letter spaces.

Write 'SMASH!' with capital letters and with any color. Pick the Type Tool and select the Brady Bunch Remastered font. This text effect is made of one layer, so you can save it as a new style in your Styles palette when you are done. Go to File > Open and open star-background.jpg. We will use the Stars background from the Tutorial Assets as our document background. The following assets were used during this tutorial:īefore you start creating the cartoon text effect, download and install the font and the pattern into your Photoshop, and also download the background.

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