Tutorial #7

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Requested by tearcreek. Sorry it took so long!

For this icon, I used a tutorial I really love, for making icons bright and colourful without using curves.

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Created in PSE 4.0

• Tutorial #7

1. Take this image of Dominic Purcell & Wentworth Miller of Prison Break.




2. Go to File -> New -> Blank File.
Create a square (icon) 100 x 100 pixels, resolution 72. Drag your image into that square.
Go to Image -> Transform -> Free Transform. Reduce width & height to 55%, 0% rotation.
Your result is this:




3. Duplicate base and set to Screen 100% opacity.




4. Go to Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color.
Fill layer with #53BBE1 and set to Saturation 60% opacity.




5. Fill layer with #042D4A and set to Exclusion 100% opacity.




6. Fill layer with #F5C88D and set to Multiply 100% opacity.




7. Fill layer with #FF99CC and set to Soft Light 100% opacity.




8. Fill layer with #66CC99 and set to Soft Light 100% opacity.




9. Fill layer with #2A88C4 and set to Color Burn 100% opacity.




10. Duplicate base and bring to top. Set to Screen 100% opacity.




11. Duplicate base and bring to top. Set to Soft Light 100% opacity.
Sharpen this layer (Filter -> Sharpen -> Sharpen).




12. I brightened up the icon a little more by:

Adjusting the RGB Levels (Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Levels): 7 ~ 1.15 ~ 255
Adjusting the Brightness/Contrast (Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Brightness/Contrast): +11 / 0




11. Take this tiny text brush by fangirls_inc.




Invert it (Ctrl I).




Drag it onto your icon, and set to Screen 80% opacity.




Voila, we're done!

Hope you enjoyed the tut. Comments are ♥... thanx!
Image courtesy of Prison Break Online
Cross-posted at elementheads