Tutorial: Manga (Misc.)

1.) Okay, first, we have to choose a base. For this tutorial, something with light, crisp colours works well, like the one I'm using. (Coloured and cropped by

foldingcrane

wicked_avis

2.) To make the base a bit more vibrant, I'm going to enhance the colours. First off, a Levels Layer (Layers >> New Adjustment Layer >> Levels), with the following settings: Input Levels - 68, 1.00, 255.

3.) Now, to mess with the colouring, such that it becomes much more vibrant but not too dark at the same time. Note: These values are not definite, change to suit your icon! :D Create a new Selective Colouring Layer (Layers >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Colour), and input the following settings.

Settings: RED: -100, +46, +56, -26 YELLOW: -100, -4, -74, +23 BLUE: +100, +46, -53, -55 NEUTRALS: -27, -7, +25, +35

4.) Now your base is a bit too bright. Let's fix that up by duplicating your base and dragging it to the top, now set it to Multiply @ 50%.

5.) Take make the colours stand out more, I added a Hue/Saturation Layer (Layers >> New Adjustment Layer >> Hue/Saturation), and upped the master saturation by +20.

6.) Now that the base is all nice and shiny, it's time to go to the icon. First I added this texture and set it to Multiply @ 100%. (Texture unknown, let me know if it's yours!)

7.) To negate it, I duplicated the base and set it to Screen @ 50%.

8.) -OPTIONAL- I then created a Brightness/Contrast Layer (Layers >> New Adjustment Layer >> Brightness/Contrast) and lowered the contrast by -3.

9.) Paste this texture by toybirds above everything else, and set it to Multiply @ 100%.

10.) Duplicate your base, again, and now, set it to Soft Light @ 50%.

11.) Now, create a new layer and flood fill it with a dark blue (I used #040743), and set it to Exclusion @ 36%.

12.) This time, duplicate your base and set it to Normal @ 20%.

13.) Give your icon a warmer tone by adding a Hue/Saturation Layer (Layers >> New Adjustment Layer >> Hue/Saturation), and increasing the master saturation by +20.

14.) Using the font Courier (T1), I typed in the words 'reach out', and used the Free Transform Tool to rotate it such that it fell right in the middle of the icon.

15.) To create the drop-shadow effect, I duplicated the previous text layer and changed the font colour to white. Then I nudged it a bit such that the black showed through to create the shadow.