Alyssa Milano Tutorial

Here's my first tutorial! I use PSP 9 but I'm sure it's translatable. ^_^ Basic knowledge of PSP is required.

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First we start off with this image of Alyssa Milano (click it to get a larger version). Crop, resize, and adjust to your liking.

I sharpened the image once, softened the skin in her face a little, and sharpened her eyes, lips and hair. Then I went to Adjust > Automatic Saturation Enhancement and selected Normal, Normal, and Skin Tones Present.

We get:


Then we add a new layer and fill it with color #00002c and set to Exclusion.

We get:


Next we add another new layer and fill it with color #ba9264 and set it to Multiply with 70% opacity.

We get:


Now we sharpen the lips, eyes, and hair using the Sharpen Brush.

We get:


Another new layer, this time a gold gradient ( a default one in PSP ), and set it to Screen.

We get:


Now we add another new layer, this time a light texture by colorfilter.

We get:


Now we add one final layer settings Luminance (Legacy) at 85% opacity, and add the text to it. All done!

We end up with:



I hope that was understandable enough. If you are unclear on anything just let me know.
If you want to use this icon please credit smallvillefan90.
If you try this out please show me what you come up with!