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Signature Tutorial

ohtori_kagura — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:10:02 GMT

Here's a signature tutorial, sized at around 400x150, and involves color editing, some brush work, and some texture work. It's designed for beginners who are interested in working with color edits and putting together a simple signature from a picture. It's a little longer due to more further explanation and extra tips as well through personal experience.
Feel free to use to get ideas and inspirations for your own creations. <3 Enjoy!

HERE @ ohtori_kagura

Program Used: Photoshop 7.0, and therefore easily useable for other later versions.
Translatable: I believe so, yes.
Difficulty: Beginner to Medium, depending on how fancy you want your overall product to be.
PSD: Available upon request.

Icon Tutorial

cool_spectrum — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:51:52 GMT

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Program: GIMP
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 13 (image heavy)
Difficulty: Easy
Requres: A basic knowledge of your program.

Focuses on composition, texture usage, and color corrections.

Icon Tutorial

cool_spectrum — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:41:38 GMT

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Program: GIMP
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 13 (very subtle, but image heavy)
Difficulty: Easy
Requres: A basic knowledge of your program.

Focuses on fixing image quality by using curves, hue-saturation, and lots of layers.

Icon Tutorial

cool_spectrum — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:13:51 GMT

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Program: GIMP
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 10 (image heavy)
Difficulty: Medium.
Requres: A basic knowledge of your program, and a willingness to play around with your program a lot to get the results.
Warnings: This is not my best tutorial, so if you wanted to learn exactly how to get that yellow-ish coloring, you'll have to be really patient with me... because I'm not very specific on the coloration process.

Icon Coloring Tutorial

cool_spectrum — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:26:00 GMT

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Program: GIMP
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 8 (image heavy)
Difficulty: Easy/Medium depending on if you can understand my explanations.
Requres: A basic knowledge of your program

Focuses mostly on color adjustments.

Icon Tutorial

cool_spectrum — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:51:01 GMT

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Program: GIMP
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 5 (image heavy)
Difficulty: Easy
Requres: A basic knowledge of your program

Icon Tutorial #3 (Colouring): Rukia Blue Moon [Beginners; Photoshop/GIMP]

stharridan — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:34:05 GMT

Okay, so these Photoshop and GIMP tutorials are geared more towards newbies, hence the many pretty, colourful pictures. <3

I just tried out GIMP today so that I can sort of translate the Rukia colouring (because I just like it) from Photoshopalese to GIMPlese for my bbs. ~~Yeah, like I'm in the place to call them that. They're old enough to be my grandmothers. XD~~

===>

Program: Photoshop CS5
Steps: 6
Difficulty: Easy-peasy. 8D

( For Photoshop users. )

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Program: GIMP 2
Steps: 16 (though some can be omitted)
Difficulty: Uber easy. Like, seriously. 8D

The final icon is a bit brighter than the one made with Photoshop. That's basically because GIMP doesn't have Exclusion layers to mute the colours, but it still works all the same, so. x3

( For GIMP users.)

Sprial Tutorial

thebeautybleeds — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:16:21 GMT

YAY A TUTORIAL! Behind the cut. PS CS5 used.

Please direct and comments and questions here

Icon Tutorial

cool_spectrum — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:22:46 GMT

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abcletters — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:34:29 GMT

Program: Photoshop CS4
Difficulty: Moderate
Translatable: For the most part, yes.
EDIT: Fixed the texture links. ^^"

abcletters -> We could've had it all.

icon tutorial

airockz69 — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:49:45 GMT

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Program: CS3 (should works in every version)
Translatable: no
Difficulty: Medium
PSD: available

HERE @idiotxbeauty

Wallpaper and Image Manipulation Tutorial

cool_spectrum — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:40:32 GMT

Making a Wallpaper / Image Manipulation
Program: GIMP
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 6 (with lots of instructions)
Difficulty: Medium to hard depending on your skill set
Requres: A basic knowledge of GIMP, patience, music, and time

from >> to >>

here @ cool_spectrum

Cleaning Up Line Art / Coloring Manga

donatello — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:19:58 GMT

A simple tutorial on how to clean up line art and color manga.

Program: PS7
Translatable: Yes. Uses channel mixer, levels, curves, and layers.
Steps: 18 (2 optional)
Difficulty: Intermediate

The tutorial is fairly image heavy. Or, as I like to say, image INTENSE.

Tutorial HERE @ enochians

Honey and Clover tutorial

inquisitory — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:36:35 GMT

start to finish
program Photoshop. Uses Selective Color and Channel Mixer, so not translatable.

{ as you're waiting for your train }

sanctuarylight — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:35:26 GMT

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Translatable: Yes
Difficulty: Easy
8 Steps
PSD: Yes

Tutorial here @ jdsanctuary

Other results:

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Translatable: Yes
Difficulty: Easy
7 Steps
PSD: Yes

Tutorial here @ jdsanctuary

Other results:

banjothequeen — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:26:17 GMT

PROGRAM: PS CS3

DIFFICULTY: Not very difficult I guess.

GRAPHIC TYPE: Banner

AUTHOR: banjothequeen

HERE @ foggynights

Tutorial 001

superchibimoon — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:50:19 GMT

This is my first tutorial! I've been lurking on this community for a couple years now, and have yet to contribute something! So without further ado, let us begin!

   Uses: Photoshop CS / selective coloring/ curves /
   Translatable: Probably not

   1) First, take this texture (I don't remember who made it) and use it as your base.

   2) Then, take this texture (again, I don't remember who made it) and then go to Image> Adjustments> and select desaturate. Set this layer on darken at 100%.

   3) Select an image that you wish to use (I'd suggest using an image with either no background or a plain white background to make it easier), and erase the background. I chose this one.

   4) Duplicate the image from the previous step and set the layer to screen at 100% (or lower, depending on your image) to brighten it.

   5) Duplicate your image again from the previous step and set the layer to screen at 55% (you can skip this step if your image does not need to be lightened further)

   6) Next, duplicate the texture from step two, and bring it all the way to the top and set the layer to darken at 100%. Erase any areas which you feel necessary (I erased the portion covering the woman's face).

   7) Now lets make the colors pop out a with selective coloring layer! (the best part in my opinion XD)

   -Reds: -100 / +43 / 0 / 0
   -Yellows: -14 / +17 / -27 / +23
   -Whites: 0 / 0 / 0 / +32
   -Neutrals: 0 / 0 / 0 / +10

   8) Make another selective coloring layer with the following settings:

   -Reds: -21 / 0 / 0 / 0
   -Blues: +100 / 0 / 0 / -7
   -Neutrals: 0 / 0 / -25 / 0

   9) And now the final step! Make a curves layer on RBG with the following settings:
   -Input: 143
   -Output: 124

   That's it! Feel free to add any brushes you like to your finished icon. If you have any questions or comments, please leave a message below! :D

subtlety — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:09:23 GMT

icon tutorial 001

made in photoshop cs5. 9 steps. pretty easy.
click here for the tut

Icon Tutorial II ★ take me through the darkness

rhodanum — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:10:16 GMT

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Program: Photoshop CS3
Difficulty: Easy [All relevant steps are explained in detail, along with the tools used]
Number of steps: 12
Translatable: No, given that it uses a Selective Color layer.
Warnings: Teal deer. It's my trademark, after all.

Here @ soulfused

sanctuarylight — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:34:30 GMT

>>
8 Steps
Translatable: Yes
Difficulty: Easy

Here @ jdsanctuary

sanctuarylight — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:46:23 GMT

>>
Steps:9-10
Translatable: Yes
Difficulty: Easy/Medium

Here @ jdsanctuary

manga coloring + icon tutorial

terpzilla — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:04:32 GMT

A simple tutorial on some basic manga coloring techniques, and how to turn your colorings into wonderful icons. For an example of the end result:

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Difficulty: easy!
Program used: Photoshop CS3
Translatable: maybe?

here @ kamikorosuicons

parcus — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:57:32 GMT

1) Basic manga coloring tutorial (shading, coloring, textures etc): going from this to this or this

create icons similar to this:

Difficulty: easy
Done in: Photoshop CS3
Translatable: yes - save for the last two steps

2) Matte manga coloring with line art coloring techniques: going from this to this

create icons similar to this:

Difficulty: medium
Done in: Photoshop CS3
Translatable: Kinda?

tut 09; bleach no renji

deria_hime — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:30:25 GMT

From to
12 steps; Color Fill Layer, Selective Coloring, Channel Mixer, Hue/Saturation; not translatable to other programs than Photoshop.

? Crediting is not necessary
? If you try this tutorial, feel free to show your result to me

here @ hy_system

selective coloring and curves

velshtein — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:47:14 GMT

Made in Adobe Photoshop CS, uses selective coloring and curves. Requires a basic knowledge of layers. I don't know if this is translatable. Image heavy.

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