First Tutorial
I've been dying to make a tutorial, and finally got around to making one. It's pretty simple, but it was fun to make. Oh, and I'm using Corel Painter 8, so all you lucky Photoshop people should be able to understand it fine.
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Alright, so start with this lovely picture on Princess Ai
Duplicate it and set to multiply
Then add this gradient and set to color. Erase Ai's body.
Next, add these three light textures. I flipped the first two horizontally and then set them all to screen (can't remember who they're by, if you know please tell me)
After that, use this light texture and set to overlay (also can't remember)
Then add this light texture (by
inxsomniax) on overlay as well
And you're pretty much done! Add a brush and font and you've got this:
I hope this helped, or at least inspired you to do something. Or at the most held your attention for three minutes. Feed back is appreciated, feel free to ask questions or point out something I may have missed. Oh, and be sure to credit if you use the icon!
Going from
to Alright, so start with this lovely picture on Princess Ai
Duplicate it and set to multiply
Then add this gradient and set to color. Erase Ai's body.
Next, add these three light textures. I flipped the first two horizontally and then set them all to screen (can't remember who they're by, if you know please tell me)
After that, use this light texture and set to overlay (also can't remember)
Then add this light texture (by
inxsomniax) on overlay as well And you're pretty much done! Add a brush and font and you've got this:
I hope this helped, or at least inspired you to do something. Or at the most held your attention for three minutes. Feed back is appreciated, feel free to ask questions or point out something I may have missed. Oh, and be sure to credit if you use the icon!