TUTORIAL 4: "Dark" icons

[byjove]

Requirements: Photoshop
Info: How to make "dark" icons like the ones that's been floating around.

There's been some tutorials on how to make "dark" icons like this Veronica Mars one from brokenrecord__:

Comments

[byjove]

Sorry, I posted the wrong image with the other comment. Here is what I have in PSP:


Let me know if I can help you with anything else. :)

[mandy0x]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.

[mandy0x]

One other thing: What does desaturating do and how do you do it in PSP?

[byjove]

Desaturation is basically taking the colors out of a picture. You can do that by lowering the saturation of the picture to -100 (or whatever the limit is). I'm more familiar with photoshop, so I can't recall off of the top of my head how to adjust the saturation (I'm sure you could find it, though). An easy way to cheat is to set a new black layer to either "color (legacy)" or "saturation (legacy)".

[mandy0x]

Ohhh, ok. So you're making it black and white? I know how to do that.

[byjove]

Yep, you're just making it black and white.