Photoshop

"Banana style text effect. Free PSD file."

• Used Images:
• Palm Leaf
• Font
• Download Psd file.
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• Create a new document 1024* 683 px.
• Apply Gradient Overlay effect to background layer.

• Insert Palm Leaf image and duplicate it.
• Make bottom leaf layer black and white by using Image Adjustments settings.

• Apply Overlay Blending Mode effect to the black and white layer.

• Make active second colorful leaf layer and create a path like on the screen shot below. Use Pen Tool, Convert Point Tool and Direct selection Tool to correct and move points.

• Click Ctrl+Enter to create selection from the path, then Shift + Ctrl + I to inverse selection and add Layer Mask(click small marked icon in the bottom of layer palette).

• Type the text with Anja Eliane, 220 pt font.

• Right click to the type layer and choose Convert to Shape.

• Now we can correct letters shape.

• Move tip point little bit up to create banana "tail" shape.

• In order to create desired contour you may add new by using Add Anchor Point Tool.

• Right click to text layer again and choose Rasterize Layer.

• Apply following layer style effects to rasterized layer.

• Create a new layer above banana text. Fill it wit white color.
• Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Apply following settings.

• Then apply Gaussian Blur filter. Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

• Choose Filter > Render > Fibers. Press button Randomize until you will get similar result like on the screen shot.

• You should get something like this:

 

• Make this layer temporary translucent, to see bottom text layer.
• Make elliptical selection with Elliptical Marquee Tool. Selected area should cover text shape fully.
• Go to Filter > Distort > Spherize You may find settings on the screen shot below.

• Apply Color Burn Blending Mode to created layer and opacity 55%. Then load selection for "Banana" text layer(ctrl + click text layer thumbnail) and add Layer Mask. Superfluous areas of texture layer should become invisible.

• You should have similar texture.

• Duplicate "Banana" text layer and place the duplicate above texture layer.
• Apply Inner Shadow and Pattern layer style effects to created layer. Adjust Fill = 0%.

• Select dark blue areas and erase them.

• You may find this pattern in the preset "Grayscale paper" group of patterns.

• Load selection for text layer and create a new layer.
• Choose Soft Brush Tool, select green color and Opacity around 40%. Create spots just like on the example below.

• Apply Color Blending Mode to this layer and Opacity 65%.

• Create a new layer and choose darker color(#766d08) and touch top parts of letters.
• Apply Multiply Blending mode and Opacity 60% to this layer.

• Create a new layer again and marked area of each dark tip with small dark color #453b06

• Create one more layer and fill selected text area with white color.

• Apply Soft Light Blending mode to white layer and move it like on the example below.

• Load selection for the original text layer again and keep active white text layer.

• Inverse selection and and clear outside white area(marked on the screen shot).

• You will have similar result:

 

• Apply Inner Shadow effect to created layer, adjust Fill = 50%.

• Create a new layer and draw small brown spots on the "banana" letters.

• You may use different small brushes or one brush with following settings:

• Create white text layer again and move it little bit down and left like on the example below.

• First, load selection for original "banana" layer(ctrl+click original text layer thumbnail), then cut out white shape selection(ctrl+alt+click white layer thumbnail). You should get similar selected area, fill it with any color in a new layer. You may delete white shape from previous step.

• Apply Fill=0% and Multiply Blending Mode.

• Group "banana" shape layers(all layers except background and temporary layer), duplicate the group.

• Open copied group folder and find first "banana" text layer with layer style effects like on the screen shot, make Drop Shadow effect inactive.

• Then, Merge duplicated group.

• Move created layer below "Banana text" layers and above background. We will use this layer to create reflection.

• Apply Gaussian Blur Filter to reflection. Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

• Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise.

• Apply Opacity 30% to this layer.

• Load selection for banana text layer one more time, Make folder with "banana text" invisible.
• Keep selection active and create a new layer above reflection layer.
• Fill selection with any color(brown on the screen shot).

• Go to the Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Apply following settings.

• Adjust Fill = 0% and Gradient Overlay effect.

• Make group with banana layers visible.

• Erase small right part of created shadow layer next to the last "a" letter with soft Eraser Tool.

And here is result!

source: http://alfoart.com/banana_text_1.html