Last updated: Sep 3, 2024 11:46

How we did that bloody good logo!!!

A little steppy-by-steppy guide by Jackson Pollock.

Jackson Pollock says: Believe it or not, people have been asking us how we did our nice cool Killer Nut logo. They have even been asking if... it's been ripped off from a certain other programme.

Well, of course it isn't. I'm a totally original artist and I do all my own work! Of course I did the "Killer Nut" logo! In fact, it was a really easy logo to do, in fact so easy that I can now tell you how I did it!

Prepare to be astounded by the ultimate sense of easiness and ordinaryness of the seven little magic steps, using your average common or garden Photoshop (Version 3 or later...), or any image manipulation prog that can do RGB colours, layers, text, fill, and blur. (GIMP for example.)

Step one:

Make a nice background!

It's dead easy, just fill in the background with any colour you like- Red, blue, cyan, puce, or any other Teletubbies colours!! Except GREEN, or BLACK!!!

Step two:

Do the text in green!

This is really easy too! Just make a new layer with the text "Killer Nut" in bright green (0,255,0) in the font Impact in 48pt, and stick in the centre of the image.

Step three:

Do a copy of the text in black!

Now you can see why I told you not to fill the background in green or black, can't you? Anyway, this is also very easy-peasy! Just duplicate the layer with the text in it, and colour it black.

Step four:

Blur the green text!

Go to the layer with the green verion of the text, and do a Gaussian Blur at level of 5.0 ... Easy huh?

Step five:

Blur a copy of the blur!

Now duplicate that blurred layer, and blur the copy in exactly the same way. I know what you're thinking, this art business is too easy. Wait until you see the next bit!

Step six:

Add it all together!

Make all the layers visible, and make sure the black text is on the top- hey presto, instant "Killer Nut" logo on a red background!!! Now all that remains is...

Step seven:

Change the background to black!

Yes, just fill the layer with the background colour with black! And there you are- a lovely "Killer Nut" logo of your very own! Wow, isn't this art business easy? Well it is if you've got a genius like me guiding you!