Mr Tumnus and his poking umbrella
Long time lurker, first time poster. :) This is for one of my favorite icons.. (I say this because, even after months of making it, I don't crinkle my nose and go "eew" :D)
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Not very image-heavy, as I have yet to master screenshot-ing every step. And maybe not for the beginners, since I didn't give every eensy weensy detail for every step.
Oh, and this was made in Photoshop CS. I haven't used any other program, so I don't know if it's translatable or not.
This was way back when.. Back before I knew about selective coloring, levels, and all that other tinkering short-cuts. My theory used to be: If it looks good in color, it should look good in black and white. :D So here's my (slightly outdated, but still hopefully useful) technique:
(I forgot my source, but I found the picture from a Google Image Search I did of "Mr Tumnus")
1) Take your base and and sharpen once.
2) Duplicate your base twice, and set both to SoftLight 100%
3) Create a new layer. Go over the background with AADBF4 (a light blue). Don't go over Mr Tumnus, his packages, or his umbrella! Set this layer to SoftLight 100%
4) Duplicate your base again and drag to top. Go to Filter >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur. I don't remember my settings, so just play around until it looks right. SoftLight 100%
5) He looked kind of orange.. So, duplicate base, drag to top, desaturate. (ctrl+shift+u) Screen 50%
6) But then! It sort of lacked contrast. Duplicate base, drag to top, desaturate. SoftLight 100%
7) But I decided that still wasn't enough of a contrast.. So.. Create a new layer, and fill with 000000 (black). Set to SoftLight 100%
8) I decided I was happy, so I put a black-and-white gradient map over it. Then I added a layer mask, and painted black the scarf and packages he was carrying (the parts I wanted in color).
Done! Of course, as is the mantra, this won't work for every picture, so you'll have to play around. :D (Or, to get a feel of it [and so you can understand some of my explanations], you can try it with the original base *points up*) Just don't claim as yours and I'll be very happy indeed.
Questions? Comments? Violent reactions? Please let me know! This was my first tutorial, and I'd really appreciate some feedback.
For this
From this
Not very image-heavy, as I have yet to master screenshot-ing every step. And maybe not for the beginners, since I didn't give every eensy weensy detail for every step.
Oh, and this was made in Photoshop CS. I haven't used any other program, so I don't know if it's translatable or not.
This was way back when.. Back before I knew about selective coloring, levels, and all that other tinkering short-cuts. My theory used to be: If it looks good in color, it should look good in black and white. :D So here's my (slightly outdated, but still hopefully useful) technique:
(I forgot my source, but I found the picture from a Google Image Search I did of "Mr Tumnus")
1) Take your base and and sharpen once.
2) Duplicate your base twice, and set both to SoftLight 100%
3) Create a new layer. Go over the background with AADBF4 (a light blue). Don't go over Mr Tumnus, his packages, or his umbrella! Set this layer to SoftLight 100%
4) Duplicate your base again and drag to top. Go to Filter >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur. I don't remember my settings, so just play around until it looks right. SoftLight 100%
5) He looked kind of orange.. So, duplicate base, drag to top, desaturate. (ctrl+shift+u) Screen 50%
6) But then! It sort of lacked contrast. Duplicate base, drag to top, desaturate. SoftLight 100%
7) But I decided that still wasn't enough of a contrast.. So.. Create a new layer, and fill with 000000 (black). Set to SoftLight 100%
8) I decided I was happy, so I put a black-and-white gradient map over it. Then I added a layer mask, and painted black the scarf and packages he was carrying (the parts I wanted in color).
Done! Of course, as is the mantra, this won't work for every picture, so you'll have to play around. :D (Or, to get a feel of it [and so you can understand some of my explanations], you can try it with the original base *points up*) Just don't claim as yours and I'll be very happy indeed.
Questions? Comments? Violent reactions? Please let me know! This was my first tutorial, and I'd really appreciate some feedback.