A Work in Progress: Bubba's Neon Sign



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Created this for a pattern.

Creation of Bubba's Neon Sign: Step 1

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Made new file. Created an ALPHA channel and filled with pattern.

Creation of Bubba's Neon Sign: Step 2

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To the background layer I applied lighting effects (spotlight.) The brick effect is a combination of noise filter, gaussian blur, and levels adjustments. Applied to a copy of the ALPHA channel.

Creation of Bubba's Neon Sign: Step 3

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The color is the effect from light filter.

Creation of Bubba's Neon Sign: Step 4
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The martini glass and the neon mounts were drawn using pen tool and stroking with round brush. The words are text.
Bevel/emboss, drop shadow, outer and inner glow layer effects applied.

The tutorial listed provided the font used and was inspirational.

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Some highlighting beneath the sign done with brush tool set low opacity.

Creation of Bubba's Neon Sign: Step 6

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The marquee sign is shapes with gradient fill, text and brush work. Dodge and burn used sparingly for shading.

Creation of Bubba's Neon Sign: Step 7

Final result

Creation of Bubba's Neon Sign: Final Result

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