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Wow

s0fierce — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:10:21 GMT

It's literally been six years since my last post.

Crazy.

Only seems like yesterday I was making and sharing all these icons and tutorials.

Those were the good days :)

Icon Tutorial #3

s0fierce — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:31:05 GMT

Made In Photoshop 7
7 easy steps
Uses: Selective Color, Levels, Saturation

1. First, resize or crop your base layer to 100 x 100 pixels, because it is the actual size you need for the icon.

It should be like this:

You can choose whether to sharpen or blur etc. your icon base, its up to you :) I sharpened my icon.

2. Duplicate the base layer. Set the duplicated base layer to Screen. Now set the layer's opacity at 48%

It should look like this:

3. Create a new layer, and fill the layer with #346398. Set the layer at Exclusion and the opacity at 26%.

The icon should look like this:

4. Go Layer > New Adjustment Layer and create a Selective Colour Layer with the following settings:

Reds:
Cyan -36
Magenta 0
Yellow +28
Black 0

Neutrals:
Cyan +25
Magenta +3
Yellow -13
Black -33

The layer should now look something like this:

5. Go Layer > New Adjustment Layer and create a Levels layer with the following settings:

RGB:
Input levels: 0 , 1.14 , 246
Output levels: 0 , 255

Should look like this:

6. Do another Selective Colour layer again - Layer > New Adjustment Layer and create a Selective Colour Layer with the following settings:

Reds:
Cyan -100
Magenta 0
Yellow +62
Black -23

Yellows:
Cyan -100
Magenta +77
Yellow +100
Black 0

Neutrals:
Cyan +100
Magenta +16
Yellow -34
Black -12

7. Lastly, go Layer > New Adjustment Layer and create a Hue/Saturation Layer with the following settings:

Master:
Hue: 0
Saturation: +12
Lightness: 0

And now it should look like this..

Here are some other icon examples of this tutorial -

Please credit me if this has tutorial helped you, and dont claim it as your own :)

Oh My Gosh

s0fierce — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:17:03 GMT

Long time no see!

Im on my summer break and I'm hoping to do more graphics to put on my journal, these couple of months for me have been ridiciously busy. I have graphics planned so don't you worry ha!

Meanwhile for all Harry Potter fans, if you're waiting for 'Half Blood Prince' film to come out then I'm hoping you've seen the teaser! Enjoy! xD

Alicia Keys + Beyonce + Ciara icons

s0fierce — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:19:52 GMT

Im back for a bit!

[1-4]Alicia Keys
[5-8]Beyonce
[9-12]Ciara

Starters. More to come on the way. Credit me! =D

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Prison Break Icons

s0fierce — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:29:06 GMT

[1-23]PB Season One Icons

All of these were made by me, so dont dont claim them as your own!
Credit me please!

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LISTEN UP!

s0fierce — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:18:28 GMT

Listen up Beyonce fans and anyone else would like to be involved in the Beyonce_Stills Icon Challenge!

Join beyonce_stills community and sign up NOW to be part of Beyonce LIMS 2! =]

Icon Tutorial #2

s0fierce — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:36:34 GMT

Made In Photoshop 7
4 easy steps
Uses: Selective Color

[ EDITED ]

1. First, resize or crop your base layer to 100 x 100 pixels, because it is the actual size you need for the icon.

It should be like this:

You can choose whether to sharpen or blur etc. your icon base, its up to you =]

2. Duplicate the base layer. Set the duplicated base layer to Screen. Now set the layer's opacity at 40%

It should look like this:

3. Next, Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer and create a Selective Colour Layer with the following settings:

Reds:
Cyan -68
Magenta +11
Yellow ~~+29~~ -29
Black +0

Yellows
Cyan -76
Magenta 0
Yellow -34
Black -16

Neutrals
Cyan 0
Magenta 0
Yellow 0
Black -20

The layer should now look something like this:

4. Now, do another Selective Colour layer again

Just by going again Layer > New Adjustment Layer and create a Selective Colour Layer with the following settings:

Reds:
Cyan -100
Magenta 0
Yellow +100
Black 0

Yellows
Cyan -83
Magenta 0
Yellow 0
Black 0

Neutrals
Cyan +21
Magenta -41
Yellow -43
Black 0

And now it should finally look like this...

Here are some other icon examples of this tutorial -

Please credit me if this has tutorial helped you, and dont claim it as your own =]

JLO + Beyonce + Britney icons

s0fierce — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:11:34 GMT

[1-4]Jennifer Lopez
[4-15]Beyonce
[16-23]Britney Spears

All of these were made by me, so dont dont claim them as your own!

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Icon Tutorial #1

s0fierce — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:41:28 GMT

Made In Photoshop 7
4 easy steps
Uses: Selective Color

1. First, resize or crop your base layer to 100 x 100 pixels, because it is the actual size you need for the icon.

It should be like this:

You can choose whether to sharpen or blur etc. your icon base, its up to you =]

2. Duplicate the base layer. Set the duplicated base layer to Multiply. Now set the layer's opacity at 16%

It should look like this:

3. Next, Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer and create a Selective Colour Layer with the following settings:

Reds:
Cyan -65
Magenta 0
Yellow +65
Black +65

Yellows
Cyan 0
Magenta 0
Yellow -85
Black 0

Neutrals
Cyan 0
Magenta -32
Yellow -40
Black +7

The layer should now look something like this:

4. Now, duplicate the new selective color layer you just created. Now set its opacity at 67%

And voila! It should finally look like this...

Credit goes to firstillusion

Sorry Guys

s0fierce — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:46:37 GMT

Like I said sorry guys for the lack of posts as I have been working on the coding for the new layout of my journal that has taken me quite a while, but all is finished and I have finally got Coral PPS up and running so I can start experimenting and create tutorials etc. for me to share with you guys

Thanks for the patience =]

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