# First grunge attempt!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 9, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884 "2002-11-09T17:08:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Eberth](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/eberth/32/41_2.png) [@Eberth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eberth)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/1 "2002-11-09T17:08:35Z")

</div>

hi, this is my first grunge image, check it out!! 😃

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/2 "2002-11-09T18:01:05Z")

</div>

It has kind of a spilled paint look…lol.

Did you use guassian blur on the grunge part? If so, I think it would look better without considering grunge is supposed to grungy, not smooth and blurry.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/3 "2002-11-09T18:14:03Z")

</div>

i used drop shadow

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/4 "2002-11-09T18:19:17Z")

</div>

is this better???  
i deleted the drop shadow and i standarized the color

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/5 "2002-11-09T18:24:00Z")

</div>

Actually, that does look better. Definitely better without the drop shadow 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/6 "2002-11-09T18:27:25Z")

</div>

yes! much better! i love it now.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/7 "2002-11-09T18:30:25Z")

</div>

The Sephia tone also adds an extremely nice touch 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/8 "2002-11-09T19:08:25Z")

</div>

thanks!!! 😛 I’ll do more , soon!!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-grunge-attempt/7884/9 "2002-11-09T19:34:49Z")

</div>

the second one looks much better but they are both cool