Make a new document, pick a something big size. And fill it with a darker color from your sprite.
Make a new layer (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N) and fill it with black. Then go to Filter>>Render>>Lens Flare to add a 105 mm Prime lens flare. Now put it where you are going to put your sprite at. Then turn that layer to Screen and lower the opacity to 60%.
Then, take a soft round brush and smudge the lens flare (at 60% strength) in the general direction your flow will be going.
Now add your sprite.
Time for the c4d's! Take out a good effect render, bring it into your sig. Resize it with Ctrl+T, if needed, re-color it with Ctrl+U, if needed. But make sure its going in the flow direction of your tag. Set it at Lighten.
Repeat the last step, except set it to Color Dodge.
Repeat. Set to Color Dodge again.
Again, but try to have a line in the c4d.
Now, take out a nice splatter brush. Set your foreground color to white. Do a little bit of brushing. then take out your eraser, and erase, and erase a bit of it with a different splatter brush.
Then take out another c4d (with a black background). And put it in the general area of the splatter brushes where is detail in the c4d. Then press Ctrl+G. Move it around until you get some sex.
Make a new layer, then go to Image>>Apply image. Then go to Filter>>Distort>>Ocean Ripple. Do something that looks nice with the settings. erase what looks bad, then sharpen it (Filter>>Sharpen>>Sharpen).
Add another c4d on lighten.
Make a new layer, then apply the image again, then press Ctrl+U to desaturate it. But don't lower it all the way.
Then I added a splatter brush with a good color to end up with.
Then I added another c4d, and set it on color. Be sure to have it flow.
Then I brushed a little in white an lowered the opacity to add lighting to my tag.
Then I added a slight color balance layer.
New layer. Then apply the image. then go to Filter>>Distort>>Ripple and use some nice settings. then sharpen it (Filter>>Sharpen>>Sharpen). erase what looks bad.
New layer. Apply it. Sharpen it. erase what looks bad.
New layer. Apply it. And go to Filter>>Blur>>gaussian Blur. set it to 2.0. And set the layer to LIghten, 30% opacity.
Add another c4d, desaturate it (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U) and go to Filter>>Distort>>wave. Play with the settings a bit. then set it to Color Dodge. erase what looks bad.
Add one last c4d. make sure it has some nice lines. desaturate it, set it to Lighten, 80% opacity, and sharpen it.
Add text, a border, and you're done! looks nice eh?
