Nick Jonas icon tutorial

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In 7 steps!
Program: Photoshop
Translateable?: No
Difficulty: Very Easy


1. First off, duplicate your base, set it to softlight 41%

2. Then go to Layer>>New Adjustment Layer>>Selective coloring:
The settings are:

Reds: -100,0,100,0
Yellows: -100,-28,-100,-13
Neutrals: 15,3,-16,-10

3. Duplicate your base again, set to softlight 43% and bring it to the top

4. Make a new Fill Layer (Layer>>New Fill Layer>>Solid Color) fill it with 1F2530. and set to Exclusion 55%

5. Make another new fill layer, this time fill with E9E1BC and set to multiply 100%

6. Then go color balance (Layer>>New Adjustment Layer>>Color Balance) and do these settings:

Shadows: -26,-15,12
Midtones: -4,9,15
Highlights: -23,-6,-25

7. Since it seemed a little dark for me, I duplicated my base, set it to screen 13%, and then bring it to the top.

Add text, or anything else you want and you're done!
I would love to see your results!
Here's the PSD



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