Because we need a creative break, today I am going to show you how to make some vintage destroyed type, but with some flair. Anyone can take a grunge brush to text and call it a day. I am going to show you a few additional techniques that will make your grunge text stand out.
First you will need some grungy tools. I will be using these:
BittBox Light Grunge II Free Texture Tuesday (#212 from the download site) (free for commercial use with attribution)
Botched Ornaments Brushes
Grunge Brushes
Forque Font (Free for commercial use and @font-face approved)
We will start with a new file (mine is 600px x 300px, but any size will do). Place your newly downloaded grunge texture in the background.
Add a Levels and Hue/saturation adjustment layer to lighten and desaturate your background.
Next, pick a big fat vintage-y font and type your headline.
Rasterize your type layer and change the blending mode to multiply and the opacity to 80%.
Duplicate the layer and turn off the duplicate layer.
Create a new layer behind your type and with a grunge brush create some grunge in the same color and some similar colors as your type.
Using a different grunge brush, erase the splats and add more until you are happy with the grunge.
Set eraser opacity to 60% and pick a general grunge brush. Make your text a little destroyed.
Turn on your duplicated text and pick one of your fancy grunge brushes.
Voila! Cooler than most grunge text because the texture is more than just destroyed. You added flair, the flair is what makes you stand out as a designer.
I’m a designer-ish person myself and will definitely be using this! Thanks 
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