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Well, well, well. Another day, another tutorial.
Requested by sarajayechan, and we're going from
to
1. Our base stars Emeraude from CLAMP's Magic Knight Rayearth. It's kinda plain-looking, no?
2. Let's start working on it, then!
Firstly, use this texture
[I believe it's by silverque, correct me if I'm wrong] and set it to Screen, 100%.
...Well, not exactly right.
3. Now, duplicate your base, bring it to top and set it to Screen, 40%.
... Still not exactly right. Damn.
4. Now, make a new layer and fill it with #092d65 [
] and set it to Exclusion, 50%.
... Oh god, it's getting worse and worse ;_;
5. That means we have to FIX IT.
Duplicate your base, desaturate it [Adjust -> Hue and Saturation -> Hue/Saturation/Lightness; My settings were -100 and 0] and set it to Overlay, 80%.
WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING AWESOME ISN'T IT.
6. The coloring looks kinda blah, so let's change it. Use this gradient
[by me], and set it to Lighten, 80%.
7. But we're certainly not finished. Remember PSPX's awesome pattern by the name of Canvas? Make a new layer and fill it with the pattern [or just paste this
] and set it to Burn, 100%.
8. Let's use another gradient. Use this
[by me, too] and set it to Soft Light, 100%.
9. Now, take your desaturated base, duplicate it, bring it to top and set it to Soft Light, 100%.
10. Now, duplicate the Exclusion layer from before and bring it to top. Make sure it's at 50%.
11. Duplicate the desaturated base, bring it to top, and make sure it's at Overlay, 80%.
12. On a new layer, use this gradient
[mine, too] and set it to Screen, 55%.
13. Here comes something new. Curves.
Recreating this very exact effect would be really, really hard, because Curves settings change according to bases. However, for this particular one, I essentially darkened it and upped Red and Blue a bit.
[My exact settings:
RGB: Input 135, Output 82
Red: Input 175, Output 175
Blue: Input 125, Output 142]
Anyway, that produced this!
14. Now, let's add borders. I assume you remember Selection Borders? [Selections -> Modify -> Selection Borders.]
Using Selection Borders (or Stroke in PS, or just a brush], make a three-pixel border in #fdfaf1, and a one-pixel border in #d4b378.
15. I could say the icon is finished, but nooo. There was something lacking.
So I made a new layer, filled it with #afd7ef [
], and set it to Burn, 100%.
And the finished product is...!
Requested by sarajayechan, and we're going from
to
1. Our base stars Emeraude from CLAMP's Magic Knight Rayearth. It's kinda plain-looking, no?
2. Let's start working on it, then!
Firstly, use this texture
[I believe it's by silverque, correct me if I'm wrong] and set it to Screen, 100%.
...Well, not exactly right.
3. Now, duplicate your base, bring it to top and set it to Screen, 40%.
... Still not exactly right. Damn.
4. Now, make a new layer and fill it with #092d65 [
] and set it to Exclusion, 50%.
... Oh god, it's getting worse and worse ;_;
5. That means we have to FIX IT.
Duplicate your base, desaturate it [Adjust -> Hue and Saturation -> Hue/Saturation/Lightness; My settings were -100 and 0] and set it to Overlay, 80%.
WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING AWESOME ISN'T IT.
6. The coloring looks kinda blah, so let's change it. Use this gradient
[by me], and set it to Lighten, 80%.
7. But we're certainly not finished. Remember PSPX's awesome pattern by the name of Canvas? Make a new layer and fill it with the pattern [or just paste this
] and set it to Burn, 100%.
8. Let's use another gradient. Use this
[by me, too] and set it to Soft Light, 100%.
9. Now, take your desaturated base, duplicate it, bring it to top and set it to Soft Light, 100%.
10. Now, duplicate the Exclusion layer from before and bring it to top. Make sure it's at 50%.
11. Duplicate the desaturated base, bring it to top, and make sure it's at Overlay, 80%.
12. On a new layer, use this gradient
[mine, too] and set it to Screen, 55%.
13. Here comes something new. Curves.
Recreating this very exact effect would be really, really hard, because Curves settings change according to bases. However, for this particular one, I essentially darkened it and upped Red and Blue a bit.
[My exact settings:
RGB: Input 135, Output 82
Red: Input 175, Output 175
Blue: Input 125, Output 142]
Anyway, that produced this!
14. Now, let's add borders. I assume you remember Selection Borders? [Selections -> Modify -> Selection Borders.]
Using Selection Borders (or Stroke in PS, or just a brush], make a three-pixel border in #fdfaf1, and a one-pixel border in #d4b378.
15. I could say the icon is finished, but nooo. There was something lacking.
So I made a new layer, filled it with #afd7ef [
], and set it to Burn, 100%.
And the finished product is...!