Shodaime Tutorial
Made in PSPX
Involves: Curves, Color Balance
So should be translatable to other programs
Shodaime Tutorial
Step 001: Crop your base and do whatever you need to do to it. Sharpen it, blur it.
I will be using this picture of Shodaime, 1st Hokage of Konoha which can be found HERE
Step 002: Duplicate your base and set it to Soft Light 100%
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Step 003: Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Curves and move the little line until it says 35>58. If you need help, I have a picture HERE
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Step 004: Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Hue/Sat/Lightness and raise the Saturation to +25 on MASTER
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Step 005: Next, duplicate your base 2 times. Delete the most bottom base only leaving the 2 that you just duplicated. Then move them one next to the other. Showing more of the right side then of the left side like shown below.
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Step 006: With the left side image highlighted in your layers window. Go to Adjust >> Hue/Sat/Lightness and on MASTER type in -100% on saturation making it black and white.
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Step 007: Now take a 5px or smaller black pencil or brush and make a straight line between the 2 images where they meet so its covered up.
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Step 008: Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Hue/Sat/Lightness and on MASTER type in +35
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Step 009: Go ahead and take this texture HERE made by
ah_anime18 and move it over his face on the left side of the icon. Set it to LIGHTEN 100%
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Step 011: Snag this texture HERE made by cielo-grisand set it to Darken 100%
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Step 012: Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Hue/Sat/Lightness and on MASTER type in +35 again.
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Step 013: Now for some Color Balance Settings. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance.
Enter these settings:
SHADOWS: -46, 0, 17
MIDTONES: -20, 0, 0
HIGHLIGHTS: 61, 0, 0
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Step 014: Next duplicate your bottom base. Drag it to the top and set it to Soft Light 100%
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AND VIOLA YOUR DONE!
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ah_anime18 @ ah_gfx_ahoy
This tutorial was a gift to
storycrazygirl because she finally joined the wonderful world of NARUTO ICONS!!!