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I made a banner/signature in Photo Shop this morning :3

Two versions. One with brushes, and the other, without brushes.

with brushes

External Image

without brushes

What I did:

I enhanced colors(burn, dodge, hue & saturation) .Cropped it. Added lighting. Added new colors. Added brushes. Tweaked brightness and contrast. Adjusted curves. Added text. Made a new text layer (the same text (splash)) >Motion blur. I inserted my name :3

So, which is better?

Credits:

Original scan: [minitokyo.net]

Brush: Midnight City by ShiftyJ

Layers: 12

Time: About 30 minutes.

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