Get ready folks, because Halloween is coming and it’s time for you to be prepared with all the necessary resources, and I hope that my next quick tutorial is going to be one of it. So without any other introduction, let’s see how to create a simple cartoonish text effect suitable for any Halloween poster or design.
We start by creating a new document in Photoshop, it can be in any size, but let’s make it 680×440. Now, on your Layers panel, double click on the Background layer to activate it so you can make it a little bit more prettier. Double click the layer again to open the style window or click on the “Add a layer style” icon so we can add add a radial gradient overlay (use #704017 for the lighter color and #0c0804 for the darker area) like this:
Time to add the text now. Try to use a spooky or at least a little bit weird font. If you don’t have any, look for some on www.dafont.com. I used “Wiked scary movie” and typed the “Halloweeeeeen” in a kinda large font, to make it a little bit more scary. Use #de6e09 for the text color:
And now for the grand finale: the styling. First, just add a small drop shadow:
Then a little bit of Bevel and Emboss (use #e88a0f at 100% for the Highlight mode and #de6e09 at 52% for Shadow mode):
Let’s not forget to add just a hint of satin and a color overlay:
And at the end, some stroke to make the text a little bit bolder:
And we have our cartoonish Halloween text ready in under 5 minutes. Ok, let’s say 10 🙂
But if you really want to push this forward, try to add some pattern to the background and add some more Halloween specifics elements, like some bats, a spooky house. Just let your imagination fly…on a broomstick 🙂
A, and one more thing. If you are too lazy to make it on your own, you can download a small Photoshop Style and apply it to any text with just one click:
