Tutorial #12 - Sam Winchester

[2bass]

Step one:
Crop your base and prepare it however you want.


Step two:
Add a new hue/saturation layer, saturation: +9


Step three:
Add a new curves layer:
RGB:
I: 80
O: 104


Step four:
New layer, filled with #FDFAA7, set to soft light at 100%.


Step five:
Add a new selective coloring layer with the following settings:
REDS:
C; -57
M; +14
Y; +8
B; 0

YELLOWS:
C; -38
M; 0
Y; -20
B; +10

NEUTRALS:
C; 0
M; 0
Y; -23
B; +6


Step six:
Add a new color balance layer with the following settings [make sure preserve luminosity is checked]:
MIDTONES:
+15, +10, +10
SHADOWS:
+5, -5, +10
HIGHLIGHTS:
-30, -10, +15


Step seven:
New brightness/contrast layer:
Brightness: -9
Contrast: +12


Step eight:
New layer filled with #E0DFDF, set to linear burn at 100%:


Step nine:
New hue/saturation layer with the following settings:
MASTER:
saturation; +13
YELLOW:
saturation; -15
CYAN:
saturation; +9


Step ten:
Add whatever text, textures, brushes, etc. that you want, and you're done!


OPTIONAL:
I didn't use this step on this icon, but I did on some of the others.
Add a new color balance layer with the following settings:
HIGHLIGHTS:
-27; -10; +18
This will give you results like this:




I'd love to see what you come up with, and comments are ♥

Other examples of this coloring: