A colouring tutorial, essentially
Hello there! Gee, I'm a tad nervous, it's my first tutorial. We'll see how I do. >.<
I'd greatly appreciate comments, good or bad. And I'd love to see your results!
Alrighty so today we're going from.....
this to
Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
1) So first, I got my image, and cropped it, then resized it to 100x100, as we usually do.
2) Next, I went to Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask and used these settings:
Amount: 55%
Radius: 1.0 pixels
Threshold: 0 levels
And clicked OK. And here's what I got:
3) So now I loved the contrast (you may choose to add a soft light layer, I didn't need to), but it was a tad dark. So I duplicated my image (Ctrl J) and set it to Screen 75%. Of course all images are different, you might need several, or no screen filters. Play around with the opacity until you like it. Now it looks like:
4) Next, I made a new layer (Ctrl Shift N) and filled it with 64e4f3 (a bright turquoise) and set that to Color Burn 100%. Now we have:
5) Now we have to add the good ol' dark blue exclusion layer. I made a new layer and chose 0f163a to fill it and set it to Exclusion 100%. My icon now looks like this:
6) Yet another new layer was added, and then it was filled with a light, yellow-tan color (0f163a), and set to Soft Light 100%. After that, we have:
7) Yes, add another layer! Don't worry, this is the last flood fill layer. Now fill it with a soft, light pink. I did fecdf2 and set it to Soft Light 100%. Now it looks like:
8) Now, duplicate your base twice, and bring both layers to the top. Set the one closest to the bottom to Multiply 28%, and then the very top one to Hard Light 75%. And voila! You're done! The final result:
I'd greatly appreciate comments, good or bad. And I'd love to see your results!
Alrighty so today we're going from.....
this to
Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
1) So first, I got my image, and cropped it, then resized it to 100x100, as we usually do.
2) Next, I went to Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask and used these settings:
Amount: 55%
Radius: 1.0 pixels
Threshold: 0 levels
And clicked OK. And here's what I got:
3) So now I loved the contrast (you may choose to add a soft light layer, I didn't need to), but it was a tad dark. So I duplicated my image (Ctrl J) and set it to Screen 75%. Of course all images are different, you might need several, or no screen filters. Play around with the opacity until you like it. Now it looks like:
4) Next, I made a new layer (Ctrl Shift N) and filled it with 64e4f3 (a bright turquoise) and set that to Color Burn 100%. Now we have:
5) Now we have to add the good ol' dark blue exclusion layer. I made a new layer and chose 0f163a to fill it and set it to Exclusion 100%. My icon now looks like this:
6) Yet another new layer was added, and then it was filled with a light, yellow-tan color (0f163a), and set to Soft Light 100%. After that, we have:
7) Yes, add another layer! Don't worry, this is the last flood fill layer. Now fill it with a soft, light pink. I did fecdf2 and set it to Soft Light 100%. Now it looks like:
8) Now, duplicate your base twice, and bring both layers to the top. Set the one closest to the bottom to Multiply 28%, and then the very top one to Hard Light 75%. And voila! You're done! The final result: