First icon colouring tutorial [enchanced yellows]

[briar]

My very very first tutorial. xD

We're going to do this:



Involves selective colouring, made in Photoshop CS

Today, we are going from this:  
  to this: 
.

To start off, open your base. Do not sharpen your image just yet.



Duplicate the base image, and set it to screen. I set my opacity to about 30%, but it depends on your image.

Go to Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color.

Make sure at the bottom, it's checked at the Relative option, not the Absolute option.
Put these settings in:

Reds
Cyan: -62
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +12
Black: 0

Yellows
Cyan: -65
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +32
Black: +36

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

Neutrals
Cyan: +16
Magenta: 0
Yellow: -8
Black: 0

Duplicate the selective colouring layer.

Fill a new layer with #FFEDED and set it to Colour Burn, opacity 100%.

Then, fill a new layer with #EFFFF6 and set it to Multiply, opacity 100%.

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color

Put in these settings

Reds
Cyan: -22
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +15
Black: 0

Yellows
Cyan: +32
Magenta: 0
Yellow: -20
Black: 0

Neutrals
Cyan: +11
Magenta: -3
Yellow: -8
Black: 0

Duplicate this selective colouring layer, and set it to Darken, opacity 100%.

Now, go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation.

Enter these settings:

Master
Saturation: +8

Reds
Saturation: +16

Yellows
Saturation: +9

And.... we are done!!
You can now flatten the image, and sharpen to your liking.


Note, that this colouring does not work with all images.

For example, with this base:
  I got this:  

Yes, exactly, not very nice looking :/

Download the PSD

Good examples made with this colouring


 
 
 

Feel free to take this icons but credit please.

I would love to see your results! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
And comment!!
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