I wanted to give the piece an organic feel – something that will support the natural look of this artwork. To do this, I made a sketch on paper that I used as the basis of a vector drawing in Illustrator. I then copied and pasted this into Photoshop as a smart object. My original drawing is in the project files (Silent_Spring_Drawing.jpg). You should create some similar type using your favourite method.
Apply layer styles to the letters to give them depth and make them look like clouds. I used Bevel and Emboss with the settings as shown (above). Also apply a Color Overlay layer style, using #faf2dc as the colour.