#53. Ask the maker: Teen Wolf
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Requested by: monstersinyou at my Ask the Maker thread.
As I said in the introductory Ask the Maker post, the tutorials I'll be making will be quite simple. Getting into details would lead me to drop the activity at some point and I refuse to let the ones requesting down once again. That being said, these are going to be VERY straightforward but there are going to be a lot of images to illustrate what happens in each step. I hope you find them useful!
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STEP 1: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
Rgb: input, 128 and output 192
Red: input, 128 and output 121
Green: input, 122 and output 129
Blue (point 1): input, 18 and output 18
Blue (point 2): input, 186 and output 196
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STEP 2: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast
Brightness: 20
Contrast: -10
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STEP 3: Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color
Color: #a0864f, set to screen 20% opacity.
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STEP 4: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
Midtones: +10, -5, -7
Shadows: +8, -2, +3
Highlights: -3, +2, -5
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STEP 5: Create a new layer and then go to Image > Apply Image. Then go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. After that, go to Filters > Gaussian Blur > Radius: 1px. Set this layer to soft light, 40% opacity.
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STEP 6: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
Midtones: +10, +8, -5
Shadows: -3, 0, +7
Highlights: -3, +5, +12
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STEP 7: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast
Brightness: 21
Contrast: 10
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STEP 8: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color
Reds: -12, 0, +10, +6
Yellows: +18, -4, -1, +5
Whites: +39, +17, -8, -2
Neutrals: +6, +1, +1, -4
Blacks: 0, 0, 0, +12
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STEP 9: Create a new layer and then go to Image > Apply Image. Then go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. After that, go to Filters > Gaussian Blur > Radius: 1px. Set this layer to soft light, 20% opacity.
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STEP 10: Texture time! Take this texture and drag it to the icon. Set it to screen, 100% opacity. Then, duplicate the texture and set it to 50% opacity, still in screen mode. If you know the maker, please tell me so I can credit them properly.
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STEP 11: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient Map. Choose the default black and white gradient and set it to soft light, 50% opacity.
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STEP 12: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
Midtones: +10, +8, -2
Shadows: +2, +2, -3
Highlights: -3, +5, +2
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STEP 13: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo filter
Color: #ec0000, 25% density.
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STEP 14: Drag and drop this texture to your icon and set it to screen, 100% opacity. If you know the maker, please tell me so I can credit them properly!
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STEP 15: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
Midtones: +5, +2, +8
Shadows: +10, +5, 0
Highlights: -3, +3, +3
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STEP 16: Sharpen! Depending on the icon, I used different techniques. Here I went for a gaussian blur layer set to normal, 20% opacity and then for a sharpen layer set to norma, 8% opacity.
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And that's it! Please, don't replicate this icon exactly and let me know if you have any questions!