Create Delicious Donut Text That Will Make You Hungry

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by

Kim Chen
In this tutorial, I will walk you through the process of making a yummy sweet text in Photoshop. We will use the basic tools and effects along to achieve the final outcome in short time. So let’s begin!

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What you will be creating
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Tutorial Details

  • Program: Adobe Photoshop CS6
  • Estimated Completion Time:45 minutes
  • Difficulty:Beginner-Intermediate
  • Tutorial Resources:https://www.dafont.com/joint-by-pizzadude.font

Step 1

Open a new file (File > New) in Adobe Photoshop with the following settings.
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Step 2

Fill background with any color you like. Then double – click to open Layer Style and set this gradient for our background.
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Create a new Curve adjustment layer and use soft large Black brush with Opacity =50% then we erase the center part.
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And we use soft large Black brush with Opacity =50% then we erase the center part.
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You should get result like this.
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Step 3

Now we create a new group and name this group as ” S “. We will create text in separately. Now we begin with ” S ” text first. Add the text, I’ve choosen joint-by-pizzadude font which set 90px font size. We name this text layer as ” base 1 “
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Step 4

Double – click on text layer, from menu choose Blending mode . Add ” Drop shadow “.
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Add ” Gradient Overlay “.
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Then set ” Bevel and Emboss “.
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Step 5

Duplicate the (Cmd + J) ” base 1 ” then we rename this copy as ” base 2 “. Move the ” base 2 ” to upper a little bit.
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Now we change Layer Style a little bit. We begin with ” Drop Shadow ” first.
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Next is ” Gradient Overlay “
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Next is ” Bevel and Emboss “
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You should get result like this.
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Step 6

Duplicate the (Cmd + J) ” base 2 ” then we rename this copy as ” base 3 “. In this step, we just change the Gradient Overlay a little bit.
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Then we add ” Pattern Overlay “
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You should get result like this.
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Step 7

In this step, we will make frosting. Now we create new layer and put on top, just press Ctrl/Cmd and click on “base 3 ” to make selection, then go to Select > Modify > Contract and set the values. We name layer as ” Cream S “
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Step 8

Fill the frosting with any color you like. Then double – click to open Layer Style. Now we add ” Drop Shadow “.
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Next is ” Gradient Overlay “
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Next is ” Bevel and Emboss “
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And we add ” Contour “
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As you know , the frosting is never perfect. Now we add layer mask on ” Cream S ” layer and erase some outside part of the frosting.

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28 responses to “Create Delicious Donut Text That Will Make You Hungry”

  1. boyee Avatar
    boyee

    good toturioul

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  2. Avatar
    Anonymous

    how do you change the text S to W

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  3. James Avatar
    James

    Hi, I can’t seem to add a pattern overlay to the S lettering. Followed the steps to add but doesn’t change anything. Please help!

    Reply
  4. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    Same

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  5. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Lmao truth

    Reply
  6. Avatar
    Anonymous

    I rather bake the cookies than to do this tutorial in class.

    Reply
  7. doooraa theee explorahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Avatar
    doooraa theee explorahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    naseau heet burn incojusted upsit stumoch direah

    Reply
  8. Sergio Avatar
    Sergio

    how can I get the grain on step 6?

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    1. Photoshop Tutorials Staff Avatar
      Photoshop Tutorials Staff

      Go to Window > Patterns. Click on the panel menu and select “Legacy Patterns and More”.

      https://i.imgur.com/rgQcuTv.jpg

  9. ellie miami Avatar
    ellie miami

    Thank you for sharing, it looks great.

    Reply
  10. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Luv this❤❤

    Reply
  11. Sophie Sarah Avatar
    Sophie Sarah

    I can’t control my hungry stomach. Just Kidding!

    Reply
  12. m kashif Avatar
    m kashif

    Oh my God that looks so good! I cannot believe you created these from scratch! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  13. PK Chêw Avatar
    PK Chêw

    Thanks

    Reply
  14. Jervie Petenio Avatar
    Jervie Petenio

    Mahal ko save mopo ito o iscreenshot galing sa link nayan kpag free ka gawa rin tayo ng donut na font ng text, Rochelle Bantayan ayaw magload po sakin maganda to, using photoshop

    Reply
  15. Lenie Verhagen Avatar
    Lenie Verhagen

    Heel leuk om te maken

    Reply
  16. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Thank you, it was very fun and easy to do !

    Reply
  17. Ruby Yaw Avatar
    Ruby Yaw

    Thanks for sharing :) it’s very nice and i made myself one :”>

    Reply
  18. J Avatar
    J

    After Step 6 (creating “base 3” with gradient change), my donut becomes burnt. :(

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  19. Avatar
    Anonymous

    After Step 6 (creating “base 3” with gradient change), my donut becomes burnt. :(

    Reply
  20. Carlos Torres Avatar
    Carlos Torres

    I use CS5 and I don’t have this pattern

    Reply
  21. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Reminds me of the time I attempted to eat a donut

    Reply
  22. A Avatar
    A

    so I’m not have thats pattern

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    1. Le Avatar
      Le

      Look in your defaults patterns, because came with photoshop

  23. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    Mmm! This looks tasty! I can see this being used for things such as cupcake or donut shops. The little droplets of frosting are a nice touch! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  24. Alcides Avatar
    Alcides

    Very nice tutorial, thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  25. Kesha Avatar
    Kesha

    Thanks

    Reply
  26. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Nice tutorial

    Reply

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