Every new release of Photoshop includes some kind of tool that automates something we are used to doing manually.
Many times it makes tedious tasks go by faster without having much effect on the final outcome of our designs. Sometimes, however, taking the time to do something by hand can yield more interesting results.
This tutorial by Design Panoply will show you how to use some very basic skills, along with high quality Photoshop brushes, to achieve an ethereal cloud text effect.