simple teal to flesh color gradient tutorial

I haven't done a tutorial in a while, so I'm gettin' back into the swing of this with a super easy 5 step tut, featuring Steve Sandvoss.
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I started with this picture of Steve Sandvoss

Then cropped it down and resized it too 100x100 pixels.

then I went to image>adjustments>brightness/contrast, I set the Brightness to +9 and Contrast to +35

Next, I added a gradient map that went from a teal color to a flesh color. I adore the look of this gradient. Set to Linear Burn. If it's too dark for you, play with the opacity. I kind of like it, so I let it be.

I duplicated the base and added a 2 pixel stroke.


Easy as pie.

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to in 5 super easy steps.