Tutorial #3
I'm actually surprised this icon won and by a long shot too! I thought for sure the Card Captor Sakura or Clover icon would've gotten the most votes ^.^ Anyways here you go! :)
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Made with Photoshop CS3. Is graphic heavy with a lot of steps and involves selective colouring.
Start off with our base. I add a Curves Adjustment Layer to adjust the colours a bit and bring out the pink colours.
Create a new layer and fill with #021948 and set to Exclusion, 100%.
Add a new layer and fill with #4B0D0D and set to Exclusion. I kept the opacity at 100%, but you can always lower the opacity.
Fill another new layer with #CECECE, and set to Color Burn, 60%. This is really nice for giving the icon some contrast.
Add a new layer and fill with #FDC2D9, set to Soft Light, 50-80%.
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I've finished adding the colour layers I wanted. Now, because I duplicate my base, bring it to the top and set to Soft Light at 100% opacity.
At this point, I decided that I wanted the icon to have mostly soft pink and some yellow colouring. So I grabbed the following textures by vol4itca and soaked respectively. Then I set both to Screen 100% and moved them to the right side of the icon. vol4itca's texture I added a Gaussian Blur to make it looks softer. (Normally this step comes after I add the colour adjustment layers but the textures ended up looking brighter and better under all the adjustment layers)
Next step involve colour adjustment layers, as usual. First I start off with a Colour Balance Adjustment Layer and then a Selective Colour Adjustment Layer to bring out some of the colours and tone down some others.
The icon doesn't look like a lot at this point. The colours are bland and I haven't achieved bringing out a soft pink colouring yet. So my next steps involve adding a Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer to do just that and a Levels Adjustment Layer to brighten the icon.
The colouring is done for the most part and now I want to make the icon a but softer. So I Select > All and then Copy Merged and paste it as a new layer. You should get a new layer that looks exactly like the icon so far. I do this rather than merging everything because I can still go back and edit the colour adjustment layers, colour layers, etc. Set the new layer to Soft Light and lower the opacity to around 50%. Now add a 2-3 pixel Gaussian Blur.
Lastly, I add some finishing touches. And because it's me, I add a Selective Colour Adjustment Layer and a Brightness/Contrast Adjustment Layer. And voila!
As always, tutorials require experimentation as results will vary depending on your image and the settings you use. Feel free to ask any questions, give feedback or show me your results. :3
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Made with Photoshop CS3. Is graphic heavy with a lot of steps and involves selective colouring.
Start off with our base. I add a Curves Adjustment Layer to adjust the colours a bit and bring out the pink colours.
Create a new layer and fill with #021948 and set to Exclusion, 100%.
Add a new layer and fill with #4B0D0D and set to Exclusion. I kept the opacity at 100%, but you can always lower the opacity.
Fill another new layer with #CECECE, and set to Color Burn, 60%. This is really nice for giving the icon some contrast.
Add a new layer and fill with #FDC2D9, set to Soft Light, 50-80%.
I've finished adding the colour layers I wanted. Now, because I duplicate my base, bring it to the top and set to Soft Light at 100% opacity.
At this point, I decided that I wanted the icon to have mostly soft pink and some yellow colouring. So I grabbed the following textures by vol4itca and soaked respectively. Then I set both to Screen 100% and moved them to the right side of the icon. vol4itca's texture I added a Gaussian Blur to make it looks softer. (Normally this step comes after I add the colour adjustment layers but the textures ended up looking brighter and better under all the adjustment layers)
Next step involve colour adjustment layers, as usual. First I start off with a Colour Balance Adjustment Layer and then a Selective Colour Adjustment Layer to bring out some of the colours and tone down some others.
The icon doesn't look like a lot at this point. The colours are bland and I haven't achieved bringing out a soft pink colouring yet. So my next steps involve adding a Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer to do just that and a Levels Adjustment Layer to brighten the icon.
The colouring is done for the most part and now I want to make the icon a but softer. So I Select > All and then Copy Merged and paste it as a new layer. You should get a new layer that looks exactly like the icon so far. I do this rather than merging everything because I can still go back and edit the colour adjustment layers, colour layers, etc. Set the new layer to Soft Light and lower the opacity to around 50%. Now add a 2-3 pixel Gaussian Blur.
Lastly, I add some finishing touches. And because it's me, I add a Selective Colour Adjustment Layer and a Brightness/Contrast Adjustment Layer. And voila!
As always, tutorials require experimentation as results will vary depending on your image and the settings you use. Feel free to ask any questions, give feedback or show me your results. :3
Watch amarylis?
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