Lava Crust Sig

Step 1.

Create a new document of any size, I'm using 800x600 and fill the background with black (#000000).

Step 2.

Create a new layer

Tip: press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N on your keyboard to do this quickly.

Go to Filter->Render->Clouds

Go to Filter->Render->Difference clouds. Now press Ctrl + F on your keyboard 8 times in a row to repeat the "difference clouds" filter 8 times:

Step 3.

Set your background color to a bright color, I'm using a bright red here (#FF0000) and your foreground color to black (#000000)

Go to Filter->Artistic->Neon Glow and apply these setting:

Result:

Step 4.

Go to Filter->Stylize->Glowing Edges, and apply these settings:

Result:

Step 5.

Go to Filter->Artistic->Plastic Wrap, and apply these settings:

Result:

Step 6.

Press Ctrl + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer, and change the blending option to "screen":

Result:

Step 7.

Press Ctrl + E to merge these two layers together. Create a new layer, and press D on your keyboard to reset your color pallet to black (#00000) and white (#FFFFFF)

Go to Filter->Render->Clouds

Change the blending mode of this layer to "Darken" and drop the opacity down to 65 percent:

And that completes the tutorial, here's how my final result ended up after touching it up and adding some text and a little border effects:

Just have fun, and experiment with some of the settings in any of the steps. Thanks for reading!