Look what I made!

i created this with the help of an online tutorial!

first, i created a jelly bean shape brush in Illustrator using the ellipse tool and altering the shape using the direct selection tool. to save this brush, go to Edit > Define Brush Preset.

next, i created a document with a grey radial gradient background. then, i added a pattern to the background in the Pattern Overlay tab under Layer Style. this was the pattern:

and then created the text, MAGIC BEANS, using a downloaded font, Insaniburger. the reason why this font is being used is because it is thick and this will allow the design to be shown. after this, i adjusted the font size, tracking, stroke. 

then i created a work path around the text, and this enables me to stroke/outline the text with a brush, namely the jelly bean brush. this brush can be imported. so that it doesn't look awkward, the shape dynamics is adjusted. 

after that, we style the beans - add colour and depth. i changed several settings under the Bevel & Emboss, Inner Glow, Colour Overlay,  and Drop Shadow tabs. i also added a White Sand texture.

this is an example of a style sheet! this layer style (with the texture, inner glow, etc) can be used for other bean layers so that we don't have to go through the same thing over and over again. the only thing that needs to be changed is the colour, which is under the Colour Overlay tab. 

create a new layer, and using the modified bean brush, we can fill the the text sparsely with it. just remember to copy the layer style from before and paste it onto this layer, then change the colour overlay!

repeat this step for other colours so that the entirety of the text is filled!

i also made the beans look like it's been opened and spilled from the 'M'. 

next, for the beans. i created a path of each letter using the pen tool, then stroked it with the bean brush and applied the layer style from before, then change its colour. 

then we're done!!