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_alyssia.
How to go from
to 
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(Created in Photoshop 7, uses selective coloring.)
I would prefer it if you left comments here at my journal.
Original screencap from Homeofthenutty.com.
First, you crop your image.
The first thing I notice is that the image is too dark. So I duplicate the layer and set it to Screen, opacity 80%.
To get some more color into it, I created a new selective coloring layer.
Reds:
Cyan -100
Magenta +18
Yellow +16
Black 0
Yellows:
Cyan -100
Magenta +14
Yellow +17
Black 0
Cyans:
Cyan +100
Magenta -100
Yellow -100
Black +100
Neutrals:
Cyan +18
Magenta -8
Yellow -8
Black 0
I still wanted the sky to be bluer, so I did some more selective coloring. Create a new selective coloring layer:
Cyans:
Cyan +100
Magenta -46
Yellow -46
Black +100
Whites:
Cyan +42
Magenta -35
Yellow -34
Black +27
Now it looks a little bit brighter. To create a little more contrast, I duplicated the base, dragged it to the top, and set it to Soft Light, opacity 30%.
To make the colors more vivid, I did another layer of selective coloring:
Reds:
Cyan -100
Magenta +15
Yellow +16
Black 0
Cyans:
Cyan +100
Magenta --41
Yellow -43
Black 0
Neutrals:
Cyan +18
Magenta -12
Yellow -11
Black +12
Merge all (Ctrl+Shift+E).
I thought it looked too dark now, so I duplicated my merged layer and set it to Screen, opacity 50%.
You can probably stop there, but I added a texture on Multiply, opacity 50% to kind of fill up the empty space and neutralize the brightness/oversaturation.
Original icon can be found here.
♣ enchantedteacup
_alyssia.How to go from
to . (Created in Photoshop 7, uses selective coloring.)
I would prefer it if you left comments here at my journal.
Original screencap from Homeofthenutty.com.
First, you crop your image.
The first thing I notice is that the image is too dark. So I duplicate the layer and set it to Screen, opacity 80%.
To get some more color into it, I created a new selective coloring layer.
Reds:
Cyan -100
Magenta +18
Yellow +16
Black 0
Yellows:
Cyan -100
Magenta +14
Yellow +17
Black 0
Cyans:
Cyan +100
Magenta -100
Yellow -100
Black +100
Neutrals:
Cyan +18
Magenta -8
Yellow -8
Black 0
I still wanted the sky to be bluer, so I did some more selective coloring. Create a new selective coloring layer:
Cyans:
Cyan +100
Magenta -46
Yellow -46
Black +100
Whites:
Cyan +42
Magenta -35
Yellow -34
Black +27
Now it looks a little bit brighter. To create a little more contrast, I duplicated the base, dragged it to the top, and set it to Soft Light, opacity 30%.
To make the colors more vivid, I did another layer of selective coloring:
Reds:
Cyan -100
Magenta +15
Yellow +16
Black 0
Cyans:
Cyan +100
Magenta --41
Yellow -43
Black 0
Neutrals:
Cyan +18
Magenta -12
Yellow -11
Black +12
Merge all (Ctrl+Shift+E).
I thought it looked too dark now, so I duplicated my merged layer and set it to Screen, opacity 50%.
You can probably stop there, but I added a texture on Multiply, opacity 50% to kind of fill up the empty space and neutralize the brightness/oversaturation.
Original icon can be found here.
♣ enchantedteacup