YeSung Tutorial 2;
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Because I always love making tutorials for you guys, this time, I bring a very simple black and white coloring tutorial. ♥
We first start off with our base: a high-quality image of our favorite, adorable dork, YeSung 8D
Of course, high-quality images are always preferred for the BEST results.
To make our image grayscale, go to image>adjustments>gradient map. Click on the little arrow on the bar you see with the gradient and it should give you a few more other gradient options. Choose the one that's going from black to white and click OK.
I know this looks icky, but it helps with balancing out our next step ^^
Duplicate your base and set it to SCREEN 100%.
Now to make this skintone toasty~or warmer. Duplicate your base again and drag it to the top of the screen layer. Set this to MULTIPLY 50%.
Sharpen this layer once 8D brings out details more I think.
This is where it looks a little more metallic?The whites become brighter, and the blacks darker. Duplicate your base one last time and set it to SOFT LIGHT 50%. Drag it all the way to the top.
So now we're gonna make our skintone even more toasty. Make a new LEVELS layer and give it the following settings:
INPUT: 12, 0.71, 242
OUTPUT: 21, 255
This step is entirely optional, but if you want to make it just a tad less contrasted, make a new layer and fill it with the color white (#FFFFFF).
Set this layer to SOFT LIGHT 15%.
And there you go~!*w* Hopefully this method will work with other icons, I know it's worked with various other images I've tried. Hope this helps~
BTW I hope my tutorials are helping anyone at all...so if you could show me an icon you made using one of my tutorials I'm always happy to see them ^^