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My first tut ^^

Today we are going to learn haw to do icon like
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1. Prepare your base [crop/rezize/etc.]
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2. Selective color:

Reds:

Cyan -100
Yellow +100

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3. Selective color:

Reds:

Cyan -100
Yellow +100

Yellow:

Cyan -100
Yellow +100

Neutrals:

Cyan -7
Yellow -84

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4. Selective color [last, i promise] ^^

Reds:

Cyan +100
Yellow -37

Yellow:

Cyan +42
Yellow -36

Neutrals:

Cyan +37
Magenta: -42
Yellow -37

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5. Color balance

Shadows: -95; +46; +28.
Midtones: -100; 0; -50.
Highlights: +12; +3; -24.

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6. Dublicate your base, drag it to the top, desaturate, sharpen few times[i sharpened twice ^^] and set it softlight 100%

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And you're done ;) You can add text/brushes/etc. if you want to.

My result ~
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