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Open a new window, black background, approx. 300 x 300 pixels. (Don't worry, we're not going to use this on the web, so size doesn't count right now.)

Using the Spray Paint Tool, paint four large splotches of paint into the window.
Example Settings:

• Shape: round
• Size: 140
• Opacity: 43
• Density: 100
• Hardness: 0
• Step: 1

Create the pattern with the Smudge Tool by dragging it across your splotches. Be sure to drag some black into the red and red into the black. You may have to practice with this a bit, otherwise you could end up with a lopsided texture.

• Shape: horizontal
• Size: 73
• Opacity: 100
• Density: 100
• Hardness: 0
• Step: 58
• Paper Texture: none

Crop to remove the edges, rather than try to smudge all the way to the edge. No sense in ruining a perfect pattern by trying to touch up the edges.

Save your textures to a separate "texture" folder. When you want text or an object to be made with this texture open it and use the Fill Tool to pour it into your image.

For the example text I poured my texture into the text, expanded the selection by 1 and added a drop shadow in red, twice. (horizontal and vertical set to 0).

Just a little side note. For a 3D illusion, take your original four splotches of paint (if you made them round, I haven't tested this with other shapes), and pour the new background behind them!