When the color's too bright...
I hope this question is specific enough. I've had this sort of issue before, and usually ended up just giving up on the icon and starting a totally different one.
i wanted to use this certain picture for an icon, so i made this base so far:
Except for adjusting the levels a little bit (which made his face brighter, and didn't change the background too much) and sharpening, I didn't do anything to the image yet. However you can see that the background color is REALLY bright. I think it looks pretty bad, and I don't really know how I can make it look better.
Using a dark blue exclusion layer just makes it really yellow and gross. Lately, another technique that I've started to really like is Pin Light, but I can't get that to look right either. Does anyone have any tips that might help out in this case?
i wanted to use this certain picture for an icon, so i made this base so far:
Except for adjusting the levels a little bit (which made his face brighter, and didn't change the background too much) and sharpening, I didn't do anything to the image yet. However you can see that the background color is REALLY bright. I think it looks pretty bad, and I don't really know how I can make it look better.
Using a dark blue exclusion layer just makes it really yellow and gross. Lately, another technique that I've started to really like is Pin Light, but I can't get that to look right either. Does anyone have any tips that might help out in this case?