In this tutorial i'll show you how to create a Quake 3 logo.
1. Set your grids to 10px (edit > prefs > guides grids slices) and make a transparent 400x400px image.
2. Hit D to reset your colors, and use the elliptical marquee tool to make a 220x50 oval (use fixed size). Show Me!
3. Fill it black, and deselect. Now set your elliptical marquee tool to 200x40 and create a selection in the middle where the tops of the ovals connect. Hit delete to clear the selection and then deselect. You should have something like this.
4. Now turn on grids if you haven't already and using the rectangular marquee tool, select the thin line on top and hit delete, so the shape has a gap between. Before | After
5. Now set your rectangular marquee tool to 20x50 and delete 2 gaps 10px from the center, look at this pic because it's confusing.
6. Heres the fun part. Make a new layer and get your polygonal lasso tool out. Make nice long triangular selection from the middle, make sure the point of the triangle is aligned to the center of the small rectangle. Here's what I got so far. Now simply fill it black.
7. Ok, now do the same thing for the other edges, make sure the triangle is not wider than the middle piece, and the sides must be shorter than the middle spike (about 20-50px is good). Heres the result.
8. Now make the final spike going upward from the middle spike. This is my result.
9. All thats left is to merge your layers and your done! Add some color overlay, bevel, and glows to give your image some life! Heres my final (click for full):
Back To Site