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Our base. Crop, resize, sharpen, soften, etc. Do whatever you like to make your base look pretty. xD
So, my base is a wee bit dark. So, I duplicated my base and set it to Screen 100%
I love adding soft light layers. I think it gives the base more texture and depth. So, I duplicated the Screen layer and set it to Soft Light 100%.
Alas, the infamous exclusion layer. I, personally, always add one. This time I used #0c1838 Exclusion at 73%
Then, I made a new raster layer and floodfilled it with #bbebeb Burn at 71%
My new favorite coloring is adding a ruby-red lighten layer. I think it brings out the colors beautifully without darkening it. I used #4e211a Lighten at 67%
Lastly, I added a Color Balance layer. Layers - New Adjustment Layer - Color Balance. My settings were:
Cyan-Red = 14
Magenta-Green = 6
Yellow-Blue = -19
Make sure Midtones and Preserver Luminance are checked.
And you're done! Add or remove anything. I'd love to see what you made.
Other icons using this method:
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sing_swing_sing(me) and rogueee(my graphics LJ) for more tutorials and icons and groovy stuff like that. xD
PS - I love comments. ^_^
Go from
to Our base. Crop, resize, sharpen, soften, etc. Do whatever you like to make your base look pretty. xD
So, my base is a wee bit dark. So, I duplicated my base and set it to Screen 100%
I love adding soft light layers. I think it gives the base more texture and depth. So, I duplicated the Screen layer and set it to Soft Light 100%.
Alas, the infamous exclusion layer. I, personally, always add one. This time I used #0c1838 Exclusion at 73%
Then, I made a new raster layer and floodfilled it with #bbebeb Burn at 71%
My new favorite coloring is adding a ruby-red lighten layer. I think it brings out the colors beautifully without darkening it. I used #4e211a Lighten at 67%
Lastly, I added a Color Balance layer. Layers - New Adjustment Layer - Color Balance. My settings were:
Cyan-Red = 14
Magenta-Green = 6
Yellow-Blue = -19
Make sure Midtones and Preserver Luminance are checked.
And you're done! Add or remove anything. I'd love to see what you made.
Other icons using this method:
Add
sing_swing_sing(me) and rogueee(my graphics LJ) for more tutorials and icons and groovy stuff like that. xDPS - I love comments. ^_^