50 Dirty, Filthy Grunge Photoshop Effects

Oct 10th in Effects, Web Roundups by Danny Outlaw

The grunge movement in design combines rips, tears, decay, smears and scratches to form a dark and gritty result. Here we've collected fifty of the best ever Photoshop grunge tutorials for your enjoyment and education.

Author: Danny Outlaw

Danny Outlaw runs the Outlaw Design Blog.

1. Old Poster

2. Grunge Type Photoshop Tutorial

3. Urban Style Art Work

4. Add Texture to Improve Artwork

5. Urban City on a Grunge Background

6. Easy Photo Grunge Effect

7. Creating Dirty Grunge Text in Photoshop

8. Antique Ace Of Spades

9. Making a Grungy Business Card

10. Old college Effect Poster

11. The Dark Knight Grunge Wallpaper

12. Gigposter Design: The New Sex

13. Designing Ultra SceneXCore Apparel!

14. Grunge Portrait

15. How to Create a Grunge Web Design in Photoshop

16. Design a Unique Grungy Website Layout

17. Create an Artistic One Eye TV Man in a Grunge Vector Design

18. Awesome Grunge Text Effect

19. Design a Grungy Floating Island

20. Music Logo on a Grunge Background

21. The Ultimate Grunge Design Tutorial

22. Create a Grunge Construction Box

23. Distressed Effects in Photoshop

24. Create Your Own Movie Poster

25. Create a Wicked-Worn Vintage Pop Art Design

26. Decaying metal Sign

27. Graffiti stamps

28. Making of Urban

29. The Louis Daguerre Effect

30. Grunge Rubber Stamp

31. Trendy Geometric Lines

32. Ripped and Torn Edges

33. Grunge Borders

34. Creating Old Paper With Custom Brushes

35. Create an Impressive Mock-up of a Grunge Box

36. Photo Transfer Edge Effect

37. Custom Hang Tag

38. Dark Grunge Photo Effect

39. Hero Header Part II

40. Virtual Duct Tape

41. Freakish Zombie in 11 Steps

42. Music Band Website

43. Building Textures from Scanned Art

44. Grunge Layer Styles

45. Getting Dirty in Photoshop

46. Grunge Design Effect

47. Post Processing Your Photos

48. Worn look Tutorial

49. Make it Worn

50. Retro Grunge Poster

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  1. Abu October 10th

    Thank you for this!


  2. David B October 10th

    This is Awesome! Thank you sir!


  3. Daniel October 10th

    Wow, I’m really honored to be featured again! I will definitely be doing some more grunge tutorials, they seem to go over really well!


  4. Drew Douglass October 10th

    Wow! I cant imagine how long this post took to make, thanks for all the fantastic resources, I have bookmarked over a dozen of these :)


  5. Dainis Graveris October 10th

    Nice collection, pity I’ve seen almost all of them already! Grunge is very interesting style actually..huh but not for me I guess.


  6. diesel October 10th

    This is superb, great compilation, thanks!


  7. Conrad Gorny October 10th

    Wow this is an awesome collection. I really like number 9, just the technique and style it has.

    Deffinately trying out 41 with myself. Thanks,

    Conrad Gorny
    Freelance Graphic Designer
    http://www.conradgorny.com


  8. hiperkarma October 10th

    Wow :) Thank you


  9. Mathis October 10th

    enjoy your grunge responsibly!!!
    But still this is nice to have all these tutorials!!!


  10. Radu Chelariu October 10th

    While all of the links here are awesome in their own respect I can’t help but state that Nr. 28 is simply the most professional, comprehensive and encompasing of all of them. In fact I would go to such extent as to say that it is the best tutorial on photo manipulation that I have ever come across. It, to this very day, still baffles me. Truly amazing.

    Anyway, lovely to see more roundups here on PSDTuts, always a pleasure. keep up the good work guys!


  11. MaNshY October 10th

    it’s a gr8 Collection, thank you :)


  12. Jana October 10th

    Some of those are very unique and awesome looking — the portrait and businesscard ones are my favourites. A few, however, look kinda lame and amateur. Great list though.

    And dear god, when can we finally retire the term grunge for anything that’s worn or distressed looking? Grunge makes me think of flannel shirts and bad hygeine!


  13. RUGRLN October 10th

    Yup..No28 I think is by far the best Photoshoped image I’ve seen ever! Trule fantastic, work of art!


  14. Danielle October 10th

    WOW… thanks so much for this… it’s an awsome resource!!!!


  15. Afrix October 10th

    Thenk you very much 4 this pack very nice tuts!!
    DA
    http://afrix99.deviantart.com/


  16. EdpeppeRs October 10th

    thx a lot, man!! i’ll need it all to inspire myself!

    great stuffs! :D

    peace out!

    ;)


  17. Emely October 10th

    Wooooooooooow!!
    Wanna make them all


  18. Craigsnedeker October 10th

    THANKS SO MUCH!!!! jack pot for me.


  19. revy October 11th

    Very cool! Loves me some dirty grunge!


  20. shagdirty October 11th

    So is Grunge considered a “Web 2.1″ look? seems to be all over the place now. don’t get me wrong I like the aesthetic but I would love to see a “cutting edge design trends” post on a semi-regular basis.


  21. Adam October 11th

    some great ones in there, but is it just me, or are the “50 best this, 20 best that, 30 super the other” getting a bit boring now? Whats happened to the good old tutorials? I look forward to opening up psdtuts.com to see the latest great tutorial and I get a list of effects off the net that absolutely anybody could collect - half of them aren’t even that good - granted, some are, but either way - bring back the TUTS!


  22. Howard Pinsky October 11th

    Great collection. This will definitely help my grunge addiction. =)


  23. Dan Harper October 11th

    Thanks for this! I’ve been trying for the past few weeks to make a nice grunge web design, however I keep failing miserably.
    Hopefully these will help me out a bit. :)


  24. Alvaro October 11th

    there’s three of my tuts in this list… hehehe I love the grunge!


  25. insic October 11th

    wow! awesome list! great job.


  26. Carlos Zambrano October 11th

    Great list, awesome


  27. Jim Mason October 11th

    Wow, outstanding! Excellent list and a must have!

    JIff
    http://www.privacy.de.tc


  28. Bender October 11th

    The year 2002 called, it want it’s grunge files back.


  29. r4ge October 11th

    very nice! thanks alot my main art style is grunge. keep up the great work! :D


  30. Duo October 11th

    Nice collection, worth seeing


  31. honour chick October 11th

    grunge grunge grunge :) I LIKE GRUNGE


  32. GDS October 11th

    “Urban City on a Grunge Background”?

    As opposed to those ever-popular rural cities?


  33. graphic design October 11th

    A very nice round up of tutorials, now to start trying some out :)


  34. Jad Graphics October 11th

    Thank you very much for this excellent resource. I might use some of these one day to redesign my site in a grunge form.

    Jad Graphics - Long Beach
    http://www.jadgraphics.net


  35. NaldzGraphics October 12th

    Nice roundup:)thanks for the include on my tutorial.keep rocking danny and psdtuts:)

    Ronald


  36. Willy October 12th

    Define Grunge or Kurt Cobain will get you!


  37. Designer October 12th

    absolutely top class…… i love your website


  38. Roshan October 12th

    Wow, cool 50 effects. Some great ones in there and I will be trying few of them on my projects.
    Specially with logos and typo. I am more towards typography. :)

    Great collection. Thank you.

    Roshan
    Freelance Developer
    http://www.instantshift.com


  39. Robby October 12th

    Once again, thanks for this amazing list psdtuts!


  40. 800HighTech October 13th

    Another great Photoshop collection! The possibilities are endless!


  41. Ariful Alam Khan October 13th

    Great Great Compilations! Thanks for sharing


  42. Love October 13th

    Nice collection, Thanks for sharing. i love your website


  43. AL October 13th

    Sucks that “making of urban” isn’t a tutorial but rather just a general “how I did this.” Still, this list is badass. Thanks.


  44. RayDeeA October 13th

    You’re so cool


  45. Music October 14th

    Cool!


  46. Jimi October 15th

    A lot of work in there… Thanks for aggregating them for us.


  47. yusufguleryuz October 15th

    these are great. thanks man


  48. Susil October 15th

    these r really awesome man
    keep it up


  49. Ben October 18th

    Awesome Links. Awesome Webpage.I have been reading PSDTUTS for awhile and love everything here. Thanks to PSDTUTS I have been able to get paid to do graphics design! I love it. Thanks


  50. subi October 22nd

    ohhhhh……… very nice 50 effects..


  51. mo October 23rd

    very nice

    Mo
    http://www.pchackerz.com


  52. Tiqits October 27th

    Excellent work! I feel all grunged out now.


  53. Jakki November 3rd

    Oh gawd does this mean grunge is back in again!? Good thing I saved all my grunge PS brushes from 2003 lmao…


  54. Arch November 3rd

    This is by far the best Photoshop tutorials site I have ever seen.


  55. Marluxia November 3rd

    Great effects i posted this page link on my forum http://www.imagecrossing.com


  56. SRS November 6th

    Oh yeah! I will use these soon. Thanks for posting.


  57. Tim November 11th

    Superb collection of tuts…

    This has inspired me to try a few over the next few weeks…

    How about a grunge Christmas card!


  58. Naveen November 11th

    cool man,all r gud..


  59. Dreams November 13th

    Pretty solid effects. I am impressed.


  60. bryan Adams, Liverpool November 19th

    This is really good. very useful stuff!


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