Tutorial #4: Eyes
Go from this to this in 10 quick steps. PSP8, easily translated. (I think)
1. Start out with your picture of choice. I'm feeling oddly narcissistic today, so I'm using a picture of my eye. :P
2. As is standard procedure, crop your picture to a workable size.
3. Since I obviously wasn't blessed with perfect skin, I did a bit of editing. I do this when the picture is still at full size because to be honest, I'm horrible at it and resizing hides my errors. :3
4. Resize your icon to 100x100, then sharpen it. Ooh, fancy.
5. Using the Freehand Selection tool (Point to Point, Feather: 1, Smoothing: 0, Anti-alias checked), select the iris.
6. Go to Adjust » Sharpness » Sharpen More twice. Yes, I know it'll look weird, but you're going to have to trust me on this one.
7. Make a new layer and flood fill your selection with the color of your choice (I used a light blue, #5988FF). Set this layer to Hue (Legacy), 100%.
8. While the iris is still selected, go to Selections » Invert (CTRL + Shift + I). Make another new layer and flood fill it with Black (#000000). Set this layer to Color (Legacy), 100%
9. If you want, add some text. I used the font Ketchup Spaghetti, size 11, color #0C2157. Set this layer to whatever mode and opacity you think works. (Mine's set to Normal, 50%)
10. Finally, make a new layer and put a 1px wide black (#000000) border around your icon. Set this layer to Overlay, 100% and voila!
Any questions, comments, concerns, or examples welcomed. :)
1. Start out with your picture of choice. I'm feeling oddly narcissistic today, so I'm using a picture of my eye. :P
2. As is standard procedure, crop your picture to a workable size.
3. Since I obviously wasn't blessed with perfect skin, I did a bit of editing. I do this when the picture is still at full size because to be honest, I'm horrible at it and resizing hides my errors. :3
4. Resize your icon to 100x100, then sharpen it. Ooh, fancy.
5. Using the Freehand Selection tool (Point to Point, Feather: 1, Smoothing: 0, Anti-alias checked), select the iris.
6. Go to Adjust » Sharpness » Sharpen More twice. Yes, I know it'll look weird, but you're going to have to trust me on this one.
7. Make a new layer and flood fill your selection with the color of your choice (I used a light blue, #5988FF). Set this layer to Hue (Legacy), 100%.
8. While the iris is still selected, go to Selections » Invert (CTRL + Shift + I). Make another new layer and flood fill it with Black (#000000). Set this layer to Color (Legacy), 100%
9. If you want, add some text. I used the font Ketchup Spaghetti, size 11, color #0C2157. Set this layer to whatever mode and opacity you think works. (Mine's set to Normal, 50%)
10. Finally, make a new layer and put a 1px wide black (#000000) border around your icon. Set this layer to Overlay, 100% and voila!
Any questions, comments, concerns, or examples welcomed. :)