something different

While I was looking through some photoshop tutorials i came across one that incorporated a"paintbrush slpatter" brush that I liked and thought I could make a cool image.  I downloaded the set of brushes and went to work.  I played with it using different themes and images I found online but none of the compositions came out as well as I had excpected.

I kept searching through the endless piles tutorials and I just used all of my new found knowlegde to create one decent background/ image.

• First I Filled the background with a solid black color.
• I created a new layer and used Layer> Layer Style> Gradient Overlay and made a gradient that followed a desired color x black x desired color scheme.
• Next I clicked on one of the many different Splatter brushes and evenly filled space with that color. (overdoing it would just make the image looking sloppy... not messy)
• Repeat that step as many times as you'd like with different colors
• Next Find a font you like and write your text.  
• Use the Quick Selection Tool and select the text then alter the color by using Layer> Layer Style> Gradient Overlay and fill the text with your desired gradient.