Perhaps try creative use of the Dodge Tool with a very large brush and varying opacities.
Mike,
Scanning textures or photographing flecks of paint or creating a tattered piece of fabric screen by hand and then scanning that, then layering over your screen art (logo, whatever) and playing with various compositing in Photoshop will yield a wide array of grungy, distressed effects.
There are many Photoshop filters that can enhance these effects, but usually the best way to mimic an analog effect is to start with something real that already has elements of the effect you’re after.
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Make a full page black square in illustrator or photoshop, print it out, the crappier the printer the better (toner based are the ideal), screw up said piece of paper. The toner will fall of and break away leaving a distressed look, the more you crumple it the more distressed it becomes.
Scan the flatened out piece back into photoshop, use your curves to ste the didtressed look just right, save as a tiff if you want to use in your vector program or place it over your text if you doing it in PS. Make a selection of the type and apply a layer mask to the distressed layer, bingo, instant distressed type, as used by screen printers world wide.
Thanks D Sealn, I bought.. waiting on delivery. They look really good. And really useful unlike most 3rd party filters.
Scott,
They do look great, don’t they? I hope you have a lot of fun and success with them. And to Stevie J V, that’s a great tip. The freedom Photoshop affords is amazing.
