Teaching and c&c from Gokua

[Aero]

Originally posted by Corniss
I mean for most of the sigs that I have made before, I make an abstract background purely from different brushes and effects. If I use a stock photo, I would do basic blending and probably a texturization effect like brick or patchwork. What do you do to make it sexy?

Well, I start off with a cloud BG. Then I only brush with the color black or white. I pop the pic on there. Then, after that, I use: layer > layer adjustments > color balance.

Then after that, it should blend in more. Also, feel free to glance at my tutorial for the part I just mentioned.