Tutorial #18 - Wesley Gibson & Tutorial #19 - Zanessa

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Tutorial #18 - Wesley Gibson..

Learn how to many the following icon.

from this
to this

In 3 easy steps . Done in Photoshop, using Brightness/Contrast and Channel Mixer .

Step 1 [a] : I'm using this screen cap from Wanted . Crop and resize the image 100x100.


[b]: And then you desaturate the icon ( shift+ctrl+U)


Step 2: Brightness/Contract
Brightness: -23
Contrast: +2


Step 3: Channel Mixer
Click on the box where it says Monochrome [ bottom left corner ]

Red: +66%
Green: +22%
Blue: +20%
Constant: -6


& your done , you can add text or texture up to you. :)
Other icons made with same coloring but tweaked abit



Tutorial #19 - Zanessa

Learn how to make the following icon.

from this
to this

Done in Photoshop, using Selective Coloring, Curves, Channel Mixer +more

Step 1: Crop and resize image 100x100.


Step 2: Channel Mixer
Output channel: Red
Source channels

RED: +100%
GREEN: -20%
BLUE: -40%
CONSTANT: +20%


Step 3: Color Balance
Midtones: -32,+5,+8
Hightlights: +11, -18, -17
Shadows: +11, +10, -6


Step 4: Selective Coloring
Reds: -100, 0, +79, +78
Whites: -100, -100, -100, 0


Step 5: Curves
Input : 116 Output : 139


Step 6: Selective Coloring
Greens: +100, 0, 0, 0
Cyans: +93, +100, -97, 0


and your finished. i added some text and a Soft Round 70 pixels brush and then Gaussian Blur it.

Other icons made with same coloring but tweaked abit




hope you found these tutorials helpful :)