icon tutorial 02-- "darkened"

[girls_are_weird]

as requested, here's a tutorial for this icon:

Comments

[catlove]

Great explanation. Very easy to follow. That's a gorgeous icon!

[girls_are_weird]

thanks! i'm glad it came out right. i was worried people would get confused.

[katers02]

Wow, that's really helpful! Thank you so much!

[girls_are_weird]

you're welcome ^^

[randi_lynn]

Great tutorial! I just have one quick question. When I rotate the picture of Harry, instead of it being a blank backgroud like yours is, it gets filled with a colour...does that make sense?

[b2kslilangel]

omg I love your icon!

[randi_lynn]

thanks! missandrony made it.

[girls_are_weird]

well, there are a few things to consider in that case:

_was the background of the pic originally transparent?
_there are two ways to rotate a pic in PS7: you can go to edit>transform>rotate, which is the way i used, or you can go image>rotate canvas>arbitrary and put in the number of degrees you want to rotate. sometimes, depending of your settings, if you use the second way you might get a colored background.

if it's none of these two options then... i'm stumped. but you can fix it anyway, just make sure in your settings you have a transparent background image and then just use the magic wand to select the color and delete it.

[midnightzstorm]

You are freaking awesome! I have been wanting to learn how to do that for awhile!

[girls_are_weird]

oh, thanks! =^^= glad i could help you.

[_theblackpearl]

lovely tutorial! I'm nominating a few of your icons at hp_awards, BTW. <3

[girls_are_weird]

thanks =^^= what an honor!

[_theblackpearl]

I feel honored to have assosiation with you! I must show everyone how awesome your icons are <333