Graffiti with gimp - how it works

With Gimp you can paint graffiti without really damaging house walls. We will show you how to create the effect using a virtual spray can in the tutorial and a picture gallery.

Gimp: Graffiti completely legal and free of charge

You don't need spray cans for a graffiti: With Gimp you can create graffiti conveniently and free of charge from home. We have summarized the individual steps in our picture gallery.

1. In Gimp, open the picture you want to add graffiti to. If you want to convert an image as graffiti instead of a font, insert it as a new layer. Otherwise, first write the word / sentence.
2. Then use the rotate tool to rotate the graffiti a little.
3. First of all, the picture needs a white frame. To do this, right-click on the graffiti layer and select "Selection from alpha channel".
4. Create a new layer with a transparent background. Slide the new layer under the graffiti layer. Then go to "Selection"> "Enlarge" and add 15 px. You fill the selection with "Edit"> "Fill with foreground color" (white). Switch to the Graffiti layer, right click on the layer and choose "Merge Down". Reduce the opacity until you can see the background structure.
5. You create a drop shadow with "Filter"> "Light and shadow"> "Drop shadow". Play around with the values ​​here until you get a shadow of the desired size. The opacity should be around 70%.
6. With the "Filter"> "Distort"> "Jagged" you bring the typical jaggedness into the graffiti. Activate "Sawtooth" here. You play with the other settings until you are satisfied with the preview result.
7. Then add a cartoon effect with "Filter"> "Artistic"> "Cartoon". Here you can easily set slightly higher values.
8. Finally correct the color curve: Go to "Colors"> "Curves" and change the curve according to the picture on the right. The graffiti is done.
9. We will show you all the steps again in detail in our picture gallery.