Photoshop Wood Grain

I made the wood grain from scratch for the gun concept. I'm sure this has been done many times before but I stumbled upon it while working the other day.

Here is how I did it, the picture shows what is on each layer you need to create.

Step 1- Scribble two different browns on a layer as wood grain may look. (Pic 1) Then duplicate this layer

Step 2 - Use the Filter>Stylize>Wind a few times on each of the layers, Stagger seems to work best but use one of the others on one layer to make it different.

Step 3- Adjust the hue and saturation of the second layer to create a nicer color blend to whatever type of wood you like. Also you can offset the second layer a bit so it isn't in the exact same spot as the other layer.

Step 4- Create a lighter wood color background or any color you prefer.

Step 5- Use the Gaussian blur filter to soften the edges of the grain, a few pixels will work.

Step 5- Add an adjustment layer to the group of layers and change the hue and saturation to your liking.



I duplicated this group along the gun to create the final wood. I used the smudge, clone stamp, and liquefy tools to fill in areas that looked wrong or uninteresting.

In the lighter wood color pic you can see the grunge/shadows that are on the end of the gun.