ICON TUTORIAL BY WESTERBREEZE
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PHOTOSHOP.DIFFICULTY: 06/10
we're going to use
THIS image from vanessa-hudgens.com
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FOR THE MORE EXPERIENCED USERS OF PHOTOSHOP:
WITHOUT THE IMAGES & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
01. Open a new Photoshop document. 100px100px
02. Paste the image and resize it.
03. Duplicate the image and set the new one to SCREEN
04. Merge the layers to 1 layer
05. Play around with the Heu/Saturation.
06. Duplicate the layer and move the upperlayer downwards.
07. Delete the background image
08. Insert a new layer a fill it with WHITE. Then MERGE it to 1 layer again.
09. Paste
THIS image of clouds. And RESIZE it + place it.
10. Duplicate the layer with the clouds and set the upperlayer to SCREEN.
11. MERGE DOWN the clouds upperlayer with the layer under it. NOT WITH THE FIRST LAYER.
12. Start ERASING the parts {on the layer with the clouds} where you don't want to see the clouds.
13. Paste
THIS texture by
regenat and set it to LIGHTEN
14. Select the image and copy it: CTRL + C
15. SHARPEN the image. Go to FILTER > SHARPEN > SHARPEN
16. PASTE the image you just copied and set that layer to 60%.
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17. For black&white; MERGE IT and DESURATE (CTRL+SHIFT+U}
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STEP #1.
+ Open a new Photoshop document.
{SHORTCUT TO OPEN A NEW DOC: CTRL+N}
WIDTH: 100px
HEIGHT: 100px
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STEP #2.
+ Paste the image and resize it.
{SHORTCUT TO RESIZE AN IMAGE: CTRL+T}
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STEP #3.
+ Duplicate the image and set the new one to SCREEN
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RESULT:
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STEP #4.
+ Merge the layers to 1 layer
{SHORTCUT TO MERGE: CTRL+SHIFT+E}
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RESULT:
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STEP #5.
+ Colouring to the image. Play around with the Heu/Saturation.
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STEP #6.
+ Duplicate the layer and move the upperlayer downwards.
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RESULT:
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STEP #7.
+ Delete the background image
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RIGHT MOUSE CLICK "DELETE" OR:
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STEP #8.
+ Insert a new layer a fill it with WHITE. Then MERGE it to 1 layer again.
{SHORTCUT TO INSERT A NEW LAYER: CTRL+SHIFT+N}
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FILL:
RESULT:
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STEP #9.
+ Paste
THIS image of clouds. And RESIZE it + place it.
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RESIZE: CTRL+T
RESULT:
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STEP #10.
+ Duplicate the layer with the clouds and set the upperlayer to SCREEN.
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STEP #11.
+ MERGE DOWN the clouds upperlayer with the layer under it. NOT WITH THE FIRST LAYER.
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STEP #12.
+ Start ERASING the parts {on the layer with the clouds} where you don't want to see the clouds.
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RESULT:
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STEP #13.
+ Paste this texture by
regenat and set it to LIGHTEN
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STEP #14.
+ Select the image and copy it: CTRL + C
{SHORTCUT TO SELECT THE IMAGE: CTRL+A}
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STEP #15.
+ SHARPEN the image. Go to FILTER > SHARPEN > SHARPEN
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RESULT:
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STEP #16.
+ PASTE the image you just copied and set that layer to 60%.
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RESULT:
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YOU'RE DONE!!!
+ If you want it B/W; MERGE IT and DESURATE (CTRL+SHIFT+U}
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Comment if you liked & show me what you got from the tut!
if you have any questions bout the tut, you can always ask.
EXCEPT IF YOU WANT THE PSD. FILE... IT'S MORE FUN IF YOU MESS AROUND WITH IT!