Tutorial: 2

[sadiebabi]

Go from this:
 To this:

For Photoshop. Sorry PSP users.
Includes Selective coloring, Curves, and Levels. I also have .PSD because I think this tut is a little more difficult.

1. Crop picture how ever you want. Self explainitory, but you can always make your cropping really pretty. :D
2. Add a new adjustment layer > curves. RGB: Input: 111, Output: 155. 
Now you should have this: 


3. Add a new adjustment layer > levels. Output Levels: 0 (first box), 225 (second box).
Now you should have this:


4. Add a new adjustment layer > selective color layer.
REDS: 0 0 100 0
YELLOWS: 100 0 100 0
WHITES: 0 -30 -54 0
NEUTRALS: -10 0 20 0

And select ok, and you should have this:


5. Add another new adjustment layer > selective color layer.
REDS: 40 0 0 0
NEUTRALS: 15 0 10 0
BLACKS: 0 0 0 20

And now you should have this:


6. Now you can go back and screen the picture layer twice. Second screen layer, change the opacity to 70%. (For this icon, I did it at the end, but you can always start with screening your icon too.) And then I touched it up a little and blurred any of the rough areas on her face.

And this should be your final result:


TA DA! I really like the way this icon looks now but if you want you can always add a brightness/contrast layer if you want a little more contrast.

I do have the .PSD and if you do snag it, I ask that you please join the community. You can download the .PSD here.
Even though my graphics are public, I'd like it if only members used the .PSD. Please and thank you. :D

Comments are love. Credit is necessary. No hotlinking to any of these icons. Hope you find this helpful! 
Caps from homeofthenutty.

Other icons made with this tutorial.