Optik Tutorials |

Outcome:

Set this layer to lighten and 100% opacity. Now add some dots with a color that matches your render and go with your
flow.

Now you need to add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. This can be done by clicking the half white half black circle
on the bottom of your layers palette and selecting Hue and Saturation. This layer won’t effect much because you need
to black most of it out (just brush around with a black brush). This is the settings used and the layer mask:

Add some more shapes with the pen tool or just brush some dots into your signature.

Now add a Color Balance Layer to your signature.

Add a bit of C4D into your signature. This shouldn’t be extremely noticeable, but should look nice.

Now add some light and dark shades of black with a hard round (around 9-13px) brush. Now get out a hard round smudge brush with a little bit of scattering and smudge it around a bit. Set this layer to Linear Dodge.

Repeat step 16 two times, in the same area. This time set it to Soft light on 100% opacity though.

Add a gradient map on Lighten. Mask the bulk of this layer in a dark gray.

Repeat step 16 again. This time set the layer to Screen at 100% opacity. This should help with the lighting source.

Now grab around a 100px soft round brush and brush in an appropriate place to help amplify your lighting. Set this layer to Soft Light at 100% opacity.