Anime Tutorial #4

1-3.png image by disenchanted866 >> finishedproduct.png image by disenchanted866

Difficulty: easy
Program used: Adobe Photoshop 7
translatable: has seletive colouring, but it can be avoided and replaced with
your choice of color balance :)
mostly texture dumping.

1. Prepare your base
2. New Selective Colouring Layer:

Neutrals: +32, 0, -40, 0

1-3.png image by disenchanted866 >> 2-1.png image by disenchanted866
3. Paste this texture and set it to multiply.
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hmm... looks a little bit dark doesn't it?
We'll fix that in a bit.
4. New brightness/contrast layer:
brightness: +39
contrast: +21
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5. Paste this circle texture and set it to screen. Move it around anywherre you like.
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6. Paste this texture and set it to screen. Erase any parts you want if it's covering anything important.
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7. Paste this texture and set it to overlay.
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8. Paste this texture and set it to screen. Move it around to anywhere you wish.
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9. Add this last texture and set it to screen. You might want to dupicate that texture and play with the opacity if you don't want the blue to be that transparent.
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10.Add some tiny text

And you're done! Adding your own stuff and experimenting always makes the icon look at its best.

finished product: finishedproduct.png image by disenchanted866