simple Bakura coloring tutorial. :3

[gemichix]

This is my first tutorial i've ever posted here x_o;;

I'm using Paint Shop Pro 8. You WILL need the following:
- Curves
- Hue/Saturation/Lightness
- Brightness and Contrast [maybe]
- Color Balance


 to..


 to..


1. Duplicate your base and set it to SCREEN 100%
2. Duplicate your base again, and set it to SOFTLIGHT 50-100% [your the judge of that. :3 ]
3. New color layer, fill it with #030122 set it to EXCLUSION 100%
4. New adjustment layer, Curves. [make a new point, of course.]
RGB:
INPUT:         OUTPUT:
 100                   85
5. New adjustment layer, Hue/Saturation/Lightness
HUE: 0
SAT: 30
LIGHTNESS: -5
6. New Adjustment layer, Color Balance [midtones]
-30 0 40
7. New color layer, #EDE2D3 set it to MULTIPLY 100%
8. Duplicate base, set it to SCREEN 20-80% [It all depends on your picture. x3]
9. Duplicate base, desaturate it, [make it black and white basically..] and set it to SOFTLIGHT 50-100%
10. Add some tiny text, and some textures and your done. :3

I used these textures:

 Set to SCREEN 100% [texture by graphic_sl I believe..]

 Set to SCREEN 100% [yikes. I'm not sure who made this x__o; please tell me if you know!]

I hope my tutorial helped~
Here are some other examples using this tutorial:


 

If you want to see some more stuff, I'm working on getting some more graphics onto my journal. :3 Feel free to add me if you'd like! ^_^♥