Beg-Adv Photoshop making tips

[D-Tektive]

*wrote this after k98|sharpshooter requested this
few pointers
a spray needs to be what represents the NAME of the person your making this for
for example
woodstock: well woodstock
snakeeyes: snake no kidding
Iceman: do i really have 2 say it?

a spray also have a background that gives off the same genre or theme

for example:
woodstock: cartoony
snakeeyes: im thinking tatoos
Iceman: something frosty of cave-ish

Filling the Empty Rooms
scenero: you have an empty area and you have no idea wut 2 put in

i say, put some words...some confucious? some sayings from batman movies? or just boring plain old server listings
(hey the numbers and dots make it look cool)

but by referring to really complicated backgrounds, i prefer to not over do it because a nice signature is the one that tastes sweet to the eyes

Like Dude...the text just blends in...what can i do?

yea even i had problems on this and my solution is:
add an outer glow
bevel or emboss it
drop or inner shadow

where you can find it? just press FX while choosing the layer

Really common and repetitive questions:
where can i find images... : STOP just go to google, yahoo, or even msn if your desperate
how do i install more fonts? quite a smart question and you have to download a text file from the net (i use google) and then drag and drop into this trail:
C:\Windows\Fonts

if you guys want me 2 tell more tips, it will take 5 PMs from different people to make me get off the TV

 

[Bundy]

where can i find images... : STOP just go to google, yahoo, or even msn if your desperate

I disagree with this. You can run into copyrighted images doing this. While it may not be a big deal if your simply making a spray, If you decide to do work professionally, this could be a terrible habbit to get into.

 

[D-Tektive]

yea i know of this, but it is not copyrighted if you alter the picture in a way that it would be unrecognizatble (you wouldnt believe what would Invert could do)

also my friend once survived a copyright sue from using a picture in a school project lol (used it as the background for a poster)

 

[Bundy]

Its still likely recognizable if you alter it as such. I suggest planetrenders.net, or simply some stock photobuckets ( you can find at most resource sections of websites )

Just remember to be VERY careful if you use anything commercially.