xxxi. tutorial - suzy

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I started off with this as my base.


I wanted to brighten things up and add in some contrast, so I used levels.
20, 1.0, 199


Things were a little too vibrant for my taste (I wanted the icon to look a little old and faded) so I added the following gradient map (010101 to e5dacd) at 20%.




Next I added a +50 vibrance layer set to color.


I wanted things to be warmer, so I added a warming photo filter.


I forget why I did this (I think one of the later steps made it neccessary...) but I went to levels and used the following settings to make it darker.
48, 1.00, 255


I wanted the colors to stand out more, so I used color balance (only on the midtones).
+38, +30,-36


I had gotten away from the faded look, so I duplicated the gradient map used earlier, dragged it to the top, and set it to 50%.


I wanted it to be a little brighter, so I used levels.
0, 1.00, 212 (but I made the opacity 55%).


I copy-merged and sharpened it, then I applied the following texture (I don't remember who it's by, but it was a big tumblr texture that I cropped and I think inverted?) set to screen.

 

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