Create Cosmic Typo Wallpaper in Photoshop and

Illustrator
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create a Cosmic Typo Wallpaper using some nice textures and layer styles also creating a custom typo in Illustrator.

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A few weeks ago I created wallpaper called Cosmic Typo with some nice texture I found on deviantART, vibrant
colours and light lines.

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Resource needed for this Tutorial:

- Light Scratches Textures by =kuschelirmel-stock
- Starfield Textures on deviantART
- Discarded Spacestuff17 by *Fune-Stock

Step 1 – COSMIC Custom Typo in Illustrator

Let’s start this wallpaper by creating the custom typo in Illustrator, I like using basic shapes such as circles, so I
kept it simple and used circle shape for most of the letters. Start by opening Illustrator, create a new document
and create a circle using the Ellipse Tool (L). Next create another circle of about half the size of the original
circle, place this new circle on the original circle, then select both circles we created and with the Pathfinder,
Window – Pathfinder select the Subtract option. Duplicate this circle 5 times we’ll need the duplicated circles
for the other letters.
Select the Rectangle Tool (M), and create a square shape, place this square shape on the bottom right of the
circle we worked on previously. Next select the circle and the square shape and click on the Subtract option in
the Pathfinder window.
Select one of the duplicated circle layers and place it on the right to make the “O”.
Let’s create the “S”, select one of the duplicated circles and place it on the right of the “O”. Select the Rectangle
Tool and create a horizontal stripe in the centre of the circle. Select both circle and stripe shapes then use the
Add option in the Pathfinder panel to merge those shapes.
Create two other horizontal smaller stripes using the Rectangle Tool, we’ll use those stripes to cut out some
parts of the circles to create the “S”, place them like below and then select the two stripes and the circle
together and use the Subtract option in the Pathfinder panel.
Now let’s create the “M”, select one of the circle shape we duplicated at the beginning and place it on the right
of the “S”, create a square shape, then rotate this shape 45°, Object – Transform – Rotate and enter 45°, next
place this square shape on the centre bottom of the circle, select both and use the Subtract option in the
Pathfinder. Next create a Vertical stripe with the Rectangle Tool in the centre of the “M”, use the Add option in
the Pathfinder to merge both shapes, To finish create the “I” with the Rectangle Tool, duplicate the first “C”,
and place the one on the right of the “I”, here we are with a custom typo text, change the colour of the text to
white, copy the custom typo, Edit – Copy and save your document.
Step 2 – THE new document and Background Texture

Open up Photoshop, create a new document, I used 1680x1050px with a transparent background, fill the
background with black, Edit – Fill – Black and rename the layer Background.
I used a texture for the background I found on deviantART in a texture pack called Light Scratches Textures by
=kuschelirmel-stock, I used texture Number 3; you can find the link to download this pack in the Resources
Needed section. Open the texture in Photoshop and drag it into the document. Use the Free Transform Tool
(Ctrl+T) to rotate or resize it, then desaturate the texture, Ctrl+Shift+U or Image – Adjustments – Desaturate.
Rename the layer Scratch Texture 1 B & W.
Step 3 – COSMIC Text

Paste the COSMIC text we created in Illustrator into the wallpaper document. In order to modify each letters
easily later, I created a layer for each letters, use the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) and select a letter then
right click on the selection and select Layer via Cut. You should have 6 layers; place those 6 layers in a new
group named Text. Create a blank Layer Mask on the C letter layer, Select the Brush Tool (B) with a soft
rounded brush, and make sure you have the layer mask selected, start painting on the layer mask in black to
erase some parts of the letter. Repeat the same process for the other letters. Change the Opacity of the Text
group to 40% when you’re done.
Step 4 – Colour on Text

Let’s add some colour on this text, create a new layer, and make a selection of the text letters (Shift + Ctrl + left
click on the preview thumbnails of the text letters layers) when you’ve got the selection, select the Brush Tool
(B) with a purple tone colour and start painting in the selection. Repeat the same process on a new layer this
time with a blue tone colour. Rename the layers Text Purple and Text Blue.
Create a new layer, Rename it Blue Light, pick a big sized soft rounded brush and paint a blue circle in the
centre of the wallpaper, change the opacity of the layer to 75% to finish place the 3 layers we just created in a
new group named Half Transparent Text and change the blending mode of this group to Color Dodge, this will
give a nice light effect for the background.
Step 5 – Light Lines

Let’s create some line light on the text and the rest of the wallpaper, Pick the Pen Tool (P) and start creating
some Paths lines on the letters. When you like the result, create a new layer rename this layer Lines 1, select
the Brush Tool (B) with a small brush of around 2px and white for the colour then reselect the Pen Tool (P),
right click on the paths lines and select Stroke Path.
Next add some layer styles on the Lines 1 layer double click on the Lines 1 layer and enter those values: Make
sure you change the Opacity of the layer to 75% and the Fill to 0%.
Next duplicate the Lines 1 layer, rename the new one Line 2.
Create new layer, name it Lines 3 and create some light lines on the rest of the wallpaper using the same
process. Place those 3 layers in a new group named Lines.
Step 6 – Colour Light

Create a new layer, select the Brush Tool with a big soft rounded brush and paint on top left corner of the
wallpaper with a pink tone colour, change the blending mode to Color and the Opacity to 35%, repeat the same
process on a new layer with yellow tone colour, this time in the centre of the wallpaper, the opacity to 20%.
Rename those two layers Pink Light and Yellow Light.
Step 7 – Transparent Triangles

For this step I switched back to Illustrator, create a new document with the A4 format. We’ll create some
transparent triangle shapes to put on the wallpaper. I first created the triangles in plain colour so you can see
them better, when you like the result apply a Gradient on each triangles going from Transparent to Black, try to
play with the angle of the gradient. When you’re done select all the triangles copy them, switch back to
Photoshop and paste the triangles in the wallpaper. Use the Free Transform Tool to rotate and resize them.
Rename the Triangles layer Shadow Light Black and change its Blending Mode to Soft Light.
Step 8 – Star Texture

Let’s add some stars on the background; I used a Starfield texture I found on deviantART, you can find the link
to download a Starfield texture in the Resources Needed section. When you’ve choose the Starfield you like,
open it in photoshop, drag it into the wallpaper document. Use the Free Transform Tool (Ctrl+T) to resize or
rotate it. Desaturate the image, Ctrl+Shift+U then place the layer between the Half Transparent Text group and
the Scratch Texture 1 B & W layer. Rename the layer Star Texture; change its Blending Mode to Color Dodge
and its Opacity to 80%.
With the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L), make some triangles selections on the wallpaper, when you like the
selection, make sure you’ve got the Star Texture layer selected, created a layer mask, Layer – Layer Mask –
Hide Selection.
With the same process we’ll hide some parts of the text, pick the Polygonal Lasso Tool again, and make a
selection of some parts of the text, I selected the bottom parts of the “O” and the “I”, create a layer mask with
this selection or fill the selection in black if there’s already a layer mask on the layer, I filled this selection on the
I and O layers in the Text group hen created a layer mask with the same selection on Lines layers and on the
Text Purple and Text Blue layers in the Half Transparent Text group.
Step 9 – Triangles

Next we’ll add some depth on the wallpaper using some triangle, create a few triangles using the Pen Tool,
Next use a space texture called discarded_spacestuff17_by_Fune_Stock, you can find the link to download it in
the Resources Needed section. Drag the texture in the poster document, resize it so it fits the whole wallpaper,
rename the layer Star Texture 2, place it on top of the Triangles layer, right click on the layer and select Create
Clipping Mask. To finish create a Gradient Map Adjustment, I used Purple and Yellow for the colours, create a
Clipping Mask on this layer to.
Repeat the same process on other triangles, this time create bigger ones. And add a Gaussian Blur Filter of a
10px radius.
That’s it, you now have a nice cosmic typo wallpaper with light effect and shapes, I hope you enjoyed this
Tutorial and learned some new trick; you can download the PSD file or leave a comment if you need help: