Clara Tutorial

[amazingchi]

First things first, thank you applepips16 for requesting this (also, thanks for a wonderful text tutorial, it's one I've gone back to many times). I'll start thinking of ideas to stuff into the cropping guide you also asked for, but for now, I know I can do this!

Comments

[applepips16]

THAT WAS FAST. :O And magical! Honestly, I dont know why it never occurred to be that a blurred base can act as an interesting background too. It gives your icon the element of interest that the textures enhanced really well. I always cut stuff out and put them on solid colour backgrounds. Next time, I am trying the blurred base thing. :D

Also, I never ever tend to touch the Curves layer. I dont know why but I tend to find it so intimidating. Maybe its time I started though. :D

Many thanks for the lovely and quick tutorial. And hush up. It wasn't all over the place at all! Very neat and concise. :D

[amazingchi]

"Auto" Curves is usually my first port of call [didn't work here though, this required a bit of fiddling of my own]. :P

Sometimes I just 'feel' solid colour background [as with a few in my latest set], sometimes I just blur the background manually a bit, and sometimes I use a very blurred base [or a texture, since a blurred base is essentialy a homemade texture] behind a cutout, like here. Depends on my mood, really! :D

Thank you for all the compliments!