I've started falling apart I'm not savouring life

scrapbook 2011

noeticquality — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:22:41 GMT

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noeticquality — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:15:11 GMT

I SHOULDN'T GO ON TUMBLR WHEN I HAVE MONEY IN MY BANK.

I BUY WAY TOO MUCH HIPSTER SHIT.

SRSLY

noeticquality — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:28:38 GMT

- It's happend again.
- I dislike everything I make.
- Nothing looks clean or sharp enough for me.
- I make something then look at something like this.
- And think 'God my stuff is fugly'.
- Just a woah is me post.

h&m

noeticquality — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:04:34 GMT

- I was up at bloody 6:45 am to get on you H&M
- And THIS is what I get.
- Oh no, no, no.
- I want me my Lavin dresses and shoes.
- Work now, I have saved and saved for this.
- And I'm not going to pay ebay prices for these.
- Work damn it.
- Also, South and North Korea.
- If you end the world before I get these dress I will be pissed.

hur dur

noeticquality — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:59:57 GMT

- You know what I hate? Research essays.
- I signed up for a Psychology degree, not a Maths course.
- So stop making me do them.
- X Factor was horrible.
- I hate the lack of icons in my journal, and the sudden influx of crap posts.
- All round a bit crappy.
- Not even my new awesome nail varnish can make up for it.
- Supernatural 06x09 was hilar.
- Fight the faries!

a boring saturday

noeticquality — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:58:01 GMT

- I have yet to see Harry Potter.
- I think I may be the only one on my friends page.
- X Factor was total shit tonight.
- Katie was exceptional crap, as normal.
- I can't stop listening to Lil Wayne - Knockout
- I'm off shoping tomorrow.
- In order to aviod my research essay.
- I'm in search of the perfect winter coat.
- I feel like spending money.
- Olsen twin movies are the best thing ever right now.
- Vanessa is still amaze.

Shit tone of icons.

noeticquality — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:19:41 GMT

Icons

Celebs
Kristen Stewart // Dakota Fanning // Katie Cassidy // Dianna Agron // Lea Michele // Vanessa Hudgens
TV Shows
True Blood // Supernatural // Glee // Dr Who
Movies
Shutter Island // I am Number Four // Resident Evil Afterlife // Breaking Dawn

Celebs

Kristen Stewart // Dakota Fanning // Katie Cassidy // Dianna Agron // Lea Michele // Vanessa Hudgens
1, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8
9, 10, 11, 12
13, 14, 15, 16
17, 18, 19, 20
21, 22, 23, 24
25, 26, 27, 28
29, 30, 31, 32
33, 34, 35, 36
37, 38, 39, 40
41, 42, 43, 44
45, 46, 47, 48
49, 50, 51, 52
53, 54, 55, 56
57, 58, 59, 60
61, 62, 63

TV Shows

True Blood // Supernatural // Glee // Dr Who
64, 65, 66, 67
68, 69, 70, 71
72, 73, 74, 75
76, 77, 78, 79
80, 81, 82, 83
84, 85, 86, 87
88, 89, 90, 91
92, 93, 94, 95
96, 97, 98, 99
100, 101, 102, 103
104, 105, 106, 107
108, 109, 110, 111
112, 113, 114, 115
116, 117, 118, 119
120, 121, 122, 123
124, 125, 126, 127
128, 129, 130, 131
132, 133, 134, 135
136, 137, 138, 139
140, 141, 142, 143
144

Movies

Shutter Island // I am Number Four // Resident Evil Afterlife // Breaking Dawn
145, 146, 147, 148
149, 150, 151, 152
153, 154, 155, 156
157, 158, 159, 160
161, 162, 163, 164
165, 166, 167, 168
169, 170, 171, 172
173, 174

If you couldplease comment and credit if you like, or snag anything.
I'd rather you credit.But i understand if you don't.
hotlinking is bad, please don't do it.
Otherwise please enjoy :3

I was tagged, sort of.

noeticquality — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:52:33 GMT

Lots of pillows or just one?
I like four, but to have that amount is impratical when you're staring a bed. So I only settle for two.

What kind of books do you read?
Bad addictive teen fiction.

What are your neighbors like?
Horrible. I think the guy must be in his 100's and can't figure out how to unlock his car without the alarm going off. He also cooks tripe for his two yappy dogs at 8 o'clock every, single. night, and we share a venting system.

What's the best lesson you've ever learned?
That people aren't always nice. A sad/emo lesson to learn. I went from a tiny village school, consiting of 60 student and 4 teachers to a secondary school of 1800 and some crule people. I am however better for it.
Also, don't mix drinks.

What's really creepy?
People who have no personal space, srsly?

What kind of movies are you in to?
Anything to be honest. I'm a movie junkie. I find it heard not to like movies for some reason.

Do you prefer your junk food sweet, salty or savory?
Do i have to pick one. I go through moments of loving tings.

What websites do you always visit when you go online?
Livejournal, Tumblr, Facebook, Blogspot and Temptalia.

What was the last thing you bought?
Shoes, maybe? I'm broke.

Do you get cravings? If so, what do you crave?
Delicious foods. Mostly bad stuff. I had one for white wine a moment ago, so now I have wine.

What do you do to change your mood?
Nothing, I'm to lazy.

What was the last meal you ate?
Chicken Fajitas. They were delicious thankyou.

Do you want to learn another language?
No. EFFOOORT.

Five things you can't live without?
Wine, TV, foody goodness, Clothes and Lights.

Find the closest book currently sitting near you and flip to page 36. What is the first sentence of the second paragraph?
'So restrained coverage from time to time is okay'
Grave Surprise By Charlaine Harris.

What's something that you'd like to say to someone right now?
I love you, but this relationship is begin to bore me.

What are you looking forward to?
My student loan, spending my student loan and Christmas!

Do you prefer boxers/briefs/tighty whities on a guy?
Boxers.

What is your favorite electronic accessory?
My phone. What an odd question.

noeticquality — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:15:10 GMT

I've lost my muse. Granted I've been making Icons and Graphics, however I'm just not happy with them. When I'm making them, I like them I think they look nice, but once I'm done with them, and uploading them I stop and bleah, just not good enough.

I had hoped reading exssevise amounts of books would inspire me in some way, but all it's done is given me the urge to write, which has never been my strong point! Also, who would read anything I brain vomited. I've been readin The Hunger Games, which as I've posted before was amazing. I've also been reading The Harper Connelly Series by Charlaine Harris, the same writer of The Sookie Stackhouse series. I read Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, which was really good, I hope to God they make a film of it, I just want to see Patch, played by someone hot, of course.

In other news, my personal life hasn't been all the wonderful. My Gran has suffered from breast cancer twice, the last time being 2007. However she has been finding her breathing very strained recently, so off she went to the doctors, and three days later we are being told her has a matter of months to live. Say what? Now as you can imagain, thats one of the worst things you can hear about anyone you love. My family has been strained to it's limts, which has left me with little energy to do anthing, and nothing seems like fun. This may account of my lack of muse.

Anyway, hope you are all well. I will try and comment of peoples post more.

noeticquality — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:59:45 GMT

This:

Just landed on my mat.

Becuase of this you will not see mre for a matter of days.
Thankyou and good day

noeticquality — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:47:02 GMT

12 Month paid account.

Thankyou boyfriend
:3

sixy three

noeticquality — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:56:43 GMT

to

Photoshop CS3 Extended
Steps: 11
Difficulty: Medium to Hard

1. Duplicate your base screencap and set to 100% Opacity Screen.
With most screencaps then tend to be rather dark, so i always carry out this step. You will most likely have to change this setting depending on your image, you may even have to add another of the same Layer.

2. Flatten your image ( Layer > Flatten Image)

3. Duplicate your base.
I always like to leave a Layer with and 'untouched' image in case i want to go back and change something. This Layer therefore may be optional.

4. Use the Photo Filter ( Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter ) And set to RED Density 25%.
The base has a extremeley blueish green hue to it, and looks very untrue to life. I wanted to work my way to making the image a little more real to life so I added a Red color to reduce the Green, making to original browns brown again.

5. Use the Photo Filter ( Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter ) And set to Warming Filter (85) Density 25%.
This layer does the same as the layer above. It adds some more warm tones into the image reducing the blues and greens.

6. Create a Color Balance Layer ( Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance) and input the following settings, and Set to Normal 10% Opacity.

SHADOWS +18 +7 0
MIDTONES +17 -6 -7
HIGHLIGHTS +3 0 0
Here i added a small amount of Red and skin tones back into the image. I set the Opacity low here because this can effect the image in a negative way towards the end. Once you have finished the coloring you can come back and play with the settings of the layer to your desired effect.

7. Create a Curves Layer ( Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves ) and input the following settings, and Set to Lighten 100% Opacity.

RGB Output 166
           Input   149
RED Output 112
           Input 102
           Output 180
           Input 168
GREEN Output 78
           Input 74
           Output 154
           Input 156
BLUE Output 63
           Input 54
           Output 178
           Input 182
RGB: This really brightens up your overall image. It can sometimes wash out the image, so the rest of the Curves Layers carries on the lightening up while adding the colors.
RED: As we have been doing I wanted to add some bright Red into the image. You can leave the image here, as the coloring so far has lifted the image to a suitable image to add future coloring.
GREEN: From all the Reds added it has altered some of the actual really Green in the image. This may not be worthwhile in an image with as limited amount of Green.
BLUE: This does the same as the Green layer above.

8. Create another Color Balance Layer ( Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance) and input the following settings.

SHADOWS 0 -5 -7
MIDTONES +7 -8 -6
HIGHLIGHTS 0 0 0
This basically makes everything a bit more pretty! Following the last step the image will have seemed washed out. This color balance Layer increases the saturation of the colors.

9. Create a Color Fill Layer ( Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color) Fill with #ffffee and Set to Color Burn 70% Opacity.
When alot of coloring is bused in an image it can wash out the blacks in the image and make them lot patchy. This image helps combat this problem and make the blacks more solid.

10. Open a Selective Color Layer ( Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color ) And input the following settings.

REDS 0 0 0 +3
WHITES 0 0 0 -5
NEUTRALS 0 0 0 +6
This layer helps with the previous layer, by darken the blacks. It also adds more contrast to the image, making the background look less flat.

11. Create a Color Fill Layer ( Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color) Fill with #f5b8dd and Set to Soft Light 30% Opacity.
Because of the amount of Blues and Greens in the image it mad the overall image look 'cold' so I wanted to try and warm the whole image up. I used my old trick of adding a color on the Soft Light setting.

12 (Optional) Flatten and Sharpen as always!

It's pretty long winded I know, some Layers may be pointless with your Icon, but for the one used they work! You will have to change and adapt the instructions to suit you.

Any questions, please ask, and I'll answer the best i can.

More Examples using the same coloring, some steps changed.

noeticquality — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:59:01 GMT

Tumblr?!

Should i get one of these, is it worth my time?

Impress me by showing me your Tumblr.

I just like saying the word mostly.

Wellity well.

noeticquality — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:55:19 GMT

Well, I have been duper MIA as of late, I'd love to list a long list of excuses, but frankly, I have none.
I've have a limited amount of energy to write and no inspiration to make icons, which leave this journal, well, lacking.

However! Never fear.

I believe the two are back, energy and inspiration!
I hoping to have a bunch of icons upload tonight, they have been made in part over the past few months, so some are good and some are a little eh.

So I'm back, I'll be back commenting randomly on your post's with nonsense, and post widely!

The Hunger Games

noeticquality — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:20:18 GMT

Oh my days!
If you have yet to read these, you sucks, leave my journal now to buy them and read them.
Thankyou, Goodnight.

sixty two

noeticquality — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:44:00 GMT

to

Photoshop CS3 Extended
steps
Medium
Requested by whoopsallgone over in coloring_help , the original is by peacer77 .

1. Duplicate your image, and set to 100% Opacity Screen.
Screen caps always tend to rather dark, so i just used this layer to brighten the image up.

2. Duplicate your base image again, drag above the Screen layer and set to Soft Light 29% Opacity.
When adding a Screen layer, it can sometimes wash out the detail and color in the cap, so i tend to use Soft Light layers to add what was lost back in. You may want to leave this layer out, as it can make images to dark, just play around with it.

3. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Sat
Master:
Saturation -14
Becauase oh what we are going to do to the image later you will need this layer. Without this layer this image will look way to red, like a burning red that just looks horrible! So reducing the saturation with take out of the of the color, so it wont be so vivid later on.

4. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
RGB:
Output - 134
Input - 121

RED:
Output - 140
Input - 116

GREEN:
Output - 67
Input - 50
Output - 137
Input - 110
Don't be scared of Curves! They may seem a little intimidating, but once you know what you are doing, they are very useful! I used them here to brighten the image up massively, and add more color. Before adding the Curves the image was too blue and purple, so i played around with the red and the greens to reduce the blue and purple, while adding some more reds and green to make the image look more natural. I actually quite like the image as this stage! So you can leave it here, if not keep reading.

5. Duplicate the previous Curves layer, and set to Multiply 32% Opacity.
I still wanted more color in the image, and now some contrast. As i used the last layer for color i just duplicated it, making things much quicker. I set it to Multiply as i wanted some more contrast, this layer darkened all the colors adding some more depth.

6. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
SHADOWS:
-8
-8
-12

MIDTONES
12
-4
10
Although i had added color with the last layer, i wanted to be more specific with the new color. The skin and lips looked a little washed out from the green, so i wanted more reds/pinks/oranges in the skins. I love color balance layer for color application, it just easy and works well. I left the highlights alone, as i never normally touch them, i can't get the hang of them. I upped the reds in Midtones to really warm the image up.

7. Create a Fill layer and flood with #cf9175, set to Soft Light 69% Opacity.
I wanted to add a warm fuzzy feeling to the image. So i used a warm orange to do so. I set it to Soft Light as i helps give it that glowing effect. You can remove of this layer if it makes you image to orange or red. You could change the color and the Opacity, depending on your image.

8. Create a Fill layer and flood with #d68d6c, set to Screen 22% Opacity.
This layer is here for the same reason as the last, only i set it to screen to add a lighter glow effect.

9. Duplicate the base, drag to the top and set to Soft Light 100% Opacity.
Coloring with inevitably take the detail out of your image. So using the untouched base, with all it's original detail and contrast it a great way to add it all back!

10. Duplicate your base again, drag to the top of the layer and set to Screen 82% Opacity.

Done! So it was so long, work with caps tend to be hard work, and takes a lot of a step!

As i always say, this color with never work the same for any other image, change the setting up and play around a little. This is meant to help show you ways to achieve a particular coloring, just make it work for you.

Any questions please feel free to ask! Enjoy!

DNW

noeticquality — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:14:50 GMT

Research in cognitive science can provide us with an insight into the nature/nurture debate on numerous levels. Describe and evaluate a selection of this research.

who wishes to write about this, 2500 words about it to be exact by 4 tomorrow?

sixty one

noeticquality — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:55:28 GMT

to

Photoshop CS3 Extended
Medium
7 steps

tip:
this colouring seems to work best in images that are of high quality with a lot of dark contrast. you can always add more contrast yourself, but for the sake of this tutorial something with high original contrast.

1. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter
FILTER : Cooling Filter (LBB)
DENSITY : 24%
Normal 80%
The original image had a lot of yellow in, i wanted to make the image more natural and blue. I wanted a little more contrast in the image, as some of the image was already dark the blue in the cooling filter darkened these a little more. You could do the same with some softlight layers ect, but i think Photo Filters are under used and do a great job.

2. Duplicate the Photo Filter layer (previous layer) and set to Multiply 20% Opacity.
I wanted to add a lot more contrast with this layer and yet keep the sheen in the image. I found this to be a simple and quick way. If your image is already to dark lower the opacity of this lower, or remove it altogether.

3. Create a New Fill Layer and Flood with #c599b1 and set to Lighten 40% Opacity.
This layer will look really odd at the moment but is useful for later on! So trust me! This layer pretty much mattes out the image. This colour layer will be the under colour for the image, so if you want a pink under tone change this layer.

4. Duplicate the original image, drag to the top and set to Softlight 100% Opacity.
The last layer made the image look a little odd, this layer will sort this out. Without the last layer this layer would darken the image too much. This layer again create more contrast, but it also adds to the sheen effect in the image. This layer will bring out the colour from the last image as well.

5. Create another New Fill Layer and Flood with #0c0401 and set to Exclusion 100% Opacity.
I wanted to keep up the idea of having a purpley pink under tone, so i used a dark red/orange. This layer adds a read nice coppery colour to Emmas hair and skin. The photo filter layer can make the skin look odd and too blue, this layer helps even that out.

6. Last Fill Layer and Flood with #ff8ebb, set to Softlight 30% Opacity.
I wanted to add more pink into the image, and i think softlight layers do this brilliantly. If you find your image is lacking a colour, or you simply want it to be more red/green/yellow change the colour of this layer.

7. I always sharpen my image, i sharpened this twice and lower the second layer to 45%.
You may not need to sharpen your image, this layer is subjective.

That's it.
As always, this colouring will not work on every image, read the tip above for what should work. Change up the setting above to suit, and learn alittle from what I've shown you. None of the examples below used the same colouring.
Please don't copy the colouring exactly, or re-distribute this and claim as your own.
Enjoy, if you have any question or problems don't hesitate to ask.

examples:

sixty

noeticquality — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:50:32 GMT

to

Photoshop cs4
Medium
7 steps

1. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter
FILTER COOLING FILTER 80
DENSITY 27%
Set to Softlight 100% Opacity.
I wanted to really brighten up her skin, so i could add a lot more color later on. I also wanted to add a lot of contrast to the image. As the skin was lighten significantly the lips and the eye really pop. I used a photofilter here, but you can Duplicate your base and set to Softlight, which achieves a similar effect.

2. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
POINT ONE
INPUT: 28
OUTPUT: 9

POINT TWO
INPUT: 165
OUTPUT: 161
This is where i wanted to add a great deal of contrast to the image, as well as bringing out some of the colours. The layer before hand brightened the image, as i used this layer to add some shadows back into the image, meaning there was more contrast. With this image i really wanted the eye, lips and hair to stand out. Again you can miss this layer out if you don't have curves, and use a Softlight layer.

3. Create a new Fill Layer, Flood with #c599b1 and set to Lighten 55% Opacity.
The last layers made this image very white and stark. So i used a purple set to lighten to add a matte effect and to reduce of the starling white. This gives the image a sort purple overtone. Also the blues of the eyes look really pretty, as well as the lips. You may need to change the opacity of this image depending on your image. I wouldn't suggest upping the Opacity too much as it will wash out the image and cover most of the detail.

4. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient Map
Make sure it's set to White to Black. So it should look like this.
Set to Softlight 50% Opacity.
This is where i added most of the contrast. I wanted to bring the freckles on Anna's skins and make of the shadows pop. All all the layer this is the one you will most likely have to reduce and it will make some image far to dark.

5. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
POINT ONE
INPUT: 81
OUTPUT: 60
Again i wanted to add more contrast to the image, making the hair,eyes, lips and freckles stand out more. You can reduce the Opacity of this layer if it makes your image to dark, or remove it although if your image is looking waaay to dark.

6. Create another Fill layer, and Flood with #0c0401, set to Exclusion 100% Opacity.
I wanted to try and make the blue in Anna's eye stand out, so i used this layer to do so, as well as dulling down some of the brightness in the image, added by the last layer.

7. Again, create a Fill layer and Flood with #ff8ea1 and set to Softlight 30& Opacity.
Here i wanted to make the red/pink in the lips really stand out, as well as adding some pink into the skin.If you find your image is red enough you can just leaving this layer out, of if you want more, just up the Opacity!

8. Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen
I tend to always sharpen my images. I feel colouring can take the detail out of some images, so i sharpen at the end of colouring and fade according to my taste.

You are done!
This colouring will not work on every image, you will have to change up the settings to suite your image, none of the examples below have the exact same coloring, i had to add a screen layer and reduce some layers ect.
Please don't copy this tut exactly, mix it up and add your own twist.
Enjoy, and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. I don't offer PSD's.

examples

126 icons, 12 banners and 2 wallapapers

noeticquality — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:46:57 GMT

icons
[1-14] Gossip Girl
[15-26] Skins 3
[27-41] Twilight
[42-56] New Moon
[57-63] Isla Fisher
[64-79] Vanessa Hudghens
[80-93] Nikki Reed
[94-98] Ashley Greene
[99-121] Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
[122-126] Emma Watson

banners
[1-2] Gossip Girl
[3-6] Vanessa Hudghens
[7-11] Nikki reed
[12] Emma Watson

wallpapers
[1-2] Gossip Girl

teasers

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

11	12	13	14	15

16	17	18	19	20

21	22	23	24	25

26	27	28	29	30

31	32	33	34	35

36	37	38	39	40

41	42	43	44	45

46	47	48	49	50

51	52	53	54	55

56	57	58	59	60

61	62	63	64	65

66	67	68	69	70

71	72	73	74	75

76	77	78	79	80

81	82	83	84	85

86	87	88	89	90

91	92	93	94	95

96	97	98	99	100

101	102	103	104	105

106	107	108	109	110

111	112	113	114	115

116	117	118	119	120

121	122	123	124	125

126

1	2

3	4

5	6

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9	10

11	12

1600/1200||1280/960||1152/864||1024/768||800/600
800/600||1024/768||1152/864||1280/960||1600/1200
if you want any other sizes just leave me a comment with the size you want :)

please comment and credit if you use, or like anything you see.
it would be nice if you credit me for my hardish work.
hotlinking is wery wery bad, it makes edward cry :(
other than that, enjoy!

fifty nine

noeticquality — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:36:35 GMT

to

Photoshop
easy
6 steps

1. Duplicate your base and set Softlight 35% Opacity.
In this image the layer adds a little contrast. It darkens up the blacks, and the darker colors in the image. But also brightens the lighter colors. You may not to use this layer, or if your image is too dark you can add a screen layer instead.

2. Create a fill layer and flood with #fec0d5, set this to Soft Light 100% Opacity.
I wanted to brighten the image up evern more, and add some color. Using pink brighten everything up with, yup, you gussed a pink overtone. This means it brings out the pinks already in the image, aswell as adding more.

3. Create another fill layer and flood with #f7a3c0 and set this to Color Burn 22% Opacity.
Color burn layer work great for bringing out particular colors in an image, aswell as adding some more color. I wanted to darken the pinks and reds, so i set a pink color to color burn. If you wanted to darken the yellows, you would use a yellow and so on.

4. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
SHADOWS +37 -26 -9
MIDTONES -31 +9 +8
I wanted to dark some areas to add some more contrast. The areas i wanted to darken, i also wanted to add some more reds. If your image turn out to dark, this layer will most likey be the problem. So you may want to layer the opacity. I wouldn't advise removing this layer completely, rather add some screen layers, as this is were most of the color comes from.

5. Create a new fill layer and flood with #f9db4d, set this to Screen 23% Opacity.
The last coloring layer can leave some people looking a little sunburned. So this layer adds some natural skin tone back. Also with it being a screen layer it brightens up th image. You can increase this layer if you image, again is to dark, however it can leave the image rather to yellow.

6. Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen

And done. This coloring will not work on every image you try. I've tried to help you out by telling you what each layer does, so read it and play around with the settings to suit your own image.
Remember this is a tutorial, so don't just copy and paste onto all images.
I love to see what you guys come up with, so please post.

examples

fifty eight

noeticquality — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:28:38 GMT

to

Photoshop CS4
Medium
10 steps

This coloring works best with darker blue images, as i can tend to make images a little too white, if the images start of bright. However if you play with the setting you should be able to make it work with other images.

1. Duplicate your base and set to Screen 75% Opacity.
The image i was using was generally dark all over, so i used a screen layer to just brighten it up as a whole. You could use a curves layer here, if there where certain colors that needed brightening. You may need to alter this layer, depending on your original image.

2. Create a fill layer using #f9b0c6 and set to Softlight 100% Opacity.
I wanted to brighten the image again, but also add some more pinks, purple and reds into the image. So i used my favourite layer, the pink softlight layer! If you follow me, you will know i use this type of layer loads. In this image I wanted to add some natural colors back into the image, as the orignial was very dark and very blue/green. So this color add everything i waned. You can change this color up, depending on your image, if you image has alot of reds in, try a blue layer, or a green one to naturlize the reds.

3. Duplicate your base base, drag to the top and set to Softlight 82% Opacity.
Birght screen layers tend to take some of the contrast out of images, so i added this layer to put some that contrast back in. This layer also made make some of the colors in the image pop alittle more. You may need to lower the opacity of this depending on your image.

4. Create another fill layer using #ffc189 and set to Color Burn 30% Opacity.
Color burn layers, do pretty much what they say on the tin. I've used an orange, as i wanted to bring out the orange tones in her skin, and the background. So i used the orange color to make the original oranges pop, and to add more orange to the reds. Again if you want other colors to pop, simply change the color!

5. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
SHADOWS -24 -9 +9
MIDTONES +12 0 0
This layer is only really here becuase of the last layer, it helps normalise the orange alittle, and add some more contrast back into the image. You may find you don't even need to use this layer, if so, just remove it, do however wait till the end result.

6. Create another fill layer using #fddb99 and set to Normal 20% Opacity.
As this layer is set to normal, its quite a matt and opac. Becauase i used and orange color it brightens the image up. It also again adds some more orange to the image.

7. Take this: (by ? sorry i forgot who made it) texture and set to Softlight 50% Opacity.
Because of the last the image can tend to lose any contrast, as the image is made very matte. So i used this texture to add some more depth to the image, using textures is the new SC. Because of the color of the texture it makes some of the reds and purple pop alittle more.

8. Duplicate your base, drag to the top and set to Screen 37% Opacity.
The last few layers can darken the skin tones a little too much, so i used the original image to brighten the result up, this layer can be un-necessary so if you don't need it, don't use it.

9. SHIFT + CTRL +ALT + E the Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen
I always sharpen my images, i think it helps to finish the image. The coloring i used can sometimes take the contrast and definition out, so add it back. You may need to lower the opacity of this layer, you can do this by fading the sharpen, SHIFT + CTRL + F which should bring up and box where you can minus the sharpen.

10. Take this: texture (made by me) and set to Screen 30% Opacity.
I wanted to brighten up a particular part of the lower image, so i took a light orange, to go with the image and set it to screen to brighten the image in particular way.

And you're done!
This coloring will not work on every image, you will have to play with the setting to see what you can make. This is simply a tutorial showing you how i achieve something, so please don't stick to the coloring rigidly.
I like to see what you achieve, so please post what you make!

exmaples

fifty seven

noeticquality — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:21:18 GMT

to

Photoshop CS4
Easy
6 steps

1. Open your base and crop to 100 x 100 pixels.
This coloring also works on larger graphics, however you will have to substitute something in place of the texture used later.

2. Duplicate your base and set to Screen 29% Opacity.
This just brightens the overall image. You may need to change the Opacity depending on your image. For my third example I set the Opacity to 100%. You may have to increase this as the image may turn out too red if your using a dark image.

3. Create a Fill Layer. Flood with #fcbaba and set to Softlight 100% Opacity.
This layer helps do a number of things. Firstly it also helps to brighten the image up. However it does it in a different way to the screen layer above. It makes all the colors in the icons pop, mostly the reds and pinks. If you use a different color, say blue, the blues and the greens are more likely to pop. This color helps to make a more realistic look overall. ALSO is make the reflection in Kristen's glasses stand out!

4. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
SHADOWS +15 -8 +6
MIDTONES +27 -1 -15
This layer adds alot of pink and red to the icon. If your image is dark or already has alot of pink and red in, it darkens these areas. This can sometimes be alittle too much, so try reducing the Opacity or playing with the settings, most on the Shadows. This layer helps to make Kristens lips pop.

5. Create a Fill Layer. Flood with #fbdd97 and set to Screen 20% Opacity.
I used this layer to add some yellow (realistic color) back into Kristens skin. It also lightens some of the areas made to dark by the previous layer, but still keeps the reds and the pinks.

6. Take this: texture by (fulminant8) and set to Softlight 45% Opacity.
I normally only use textures in negative spaces but I've been playing around with recently and found the can work well on close crops also. This texture helps add some depth the image, light and dark. I pinks in the texture bring out then colors you have added with the other steps. You may want to the lower the Opacity of this layer, or erase parts as it can make some images far to dark.

And you're done. Sharpen if needed, i tend to always sharpen mine.

This coloring, as i always say will not work on every image, you will have to play around with the setting to suit your image. As this is a base for you to work from I'd rather you didn't just slap another image and leave it, play with it!
I love to see what you guys come up with, so please post your results!

Example (none of these have the exact coloring above)

100 icons & four banners

noeticquality — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:25:59 GMT

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[1-21] Skins (Cassie, Effy and Michelle)
[22-27] Star Trek
[28-29] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Cedric Diggory)
[30-40] Twilight Movie
[41-46] New Moon Movie
[47-62] New Moon Behind the Sences
[63-75] Kristen Stewart
[76-81] Meg Prescott, Kathryn Prescott and Lilly Loveless. Hangover Premier in London.
[82-85] Rachelle Lefevre
[86-91] Blake Lively
[92-100] Megan Fox

banners
[1-3] Megan Fox
[4] Kristen Stewart

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please comment and credit if you like, or snag anything.
it would be nice if you credited me for my work.
hotlinking it bad, it makes edward go emo :(
other than that, please enjoy.

resources

fifty six

noeticquality — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:31:36 GMT

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Photoshop CS4
Easy
8 steps

1. Open your base, crop to 100 x 100 pixels.

2. Duplicate your base twice. Set the first Layer to Soft Light 100% Opacity, and the second to Luminosity 100% Opacity.
I consider this one step, as what i'm trying to achieve only works when you use the two together.
The Soft Light layer darkens park of the image while still bringing out some of the color, mostly the whites and the blacks, this will however differ for differnt images. I use Soft Light layers alot, however I normally use a lower Opacity. In this image i wanted to bring out the pink in Kristens lips and the color of her skin. This is why i added a Luminosity Layer. This brightens up the colors added by the Softlight layer.

3. Create a Fill Layer. Fill with #fcd4c2 and set to Multiply 80% Opacity.
This adds a orange overtone to the whole image. This helps add alot more color to the skin and the lips. This will be the layer you will have to play around with the most, as it can make some images look really nasty.

4. Create another FIll Layer, fill with #f9919f and set to Soft Light 100% Opacity.
Again, you may want to lower the opacity of this layer as it can make some images alittle to pink. As just mentioned this layer adds loads of pink to the image. Because it's a Softlight layer it also brightens up the image, as the last layer can darken the image a little.

5. Create another Fill Layer and flood with #f54b77, set this to Pin Light 30% Opacity.
To add ever more pink to the image image use this layer. You can take this layer out if needed, but wait till the end as this layer is helping the build up to the next layer.

6. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
SHADOWS -10 8 5
MIDTONES -16 -6 -33
HIGHLIGHTS -1 -2 5
This is why we added the last to layers, without them, this layer doesn't work! This layer dulls down some of the pink, making it more bearable aswell as adding more orange to the image. This layer also adds more depth to the shadows, whereas the last layers give the image a matt look, this layer adds something back.

7. SHIFT CTRL ALT E then Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen
I just always tend to sharpen images, and i think you really need to sharpen with the coloring as it can blur the image alittle and take out some of the detail.

8. Set a new Layer to Soft Light and take a 45 px Soft brush in #eddfba and stamp in the top center of the image, Duplicate this Layer.
I used this to brighten up a particular area of the image, you can move this around depending on your image and make it larger.

And your done. This coloring will not work on every image, try to use this tutorial as a base to work from. Play around with the setting to suit your image. I love to see what you come up with, so please post!

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