Icon Tutorial 3
kennedy_unknown asked me to reveal the secrets of one of the new coloring techniques I like a lot. So here we go.
How to go from
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Made in PS7 but should be completely translatable (no curves or selective coloring).
Step 1: Grab your base and prepare it to your liking. Blur the skin if you wish. Sharpen if need be. Crop.
Step 2: Duplicate base three times. Set the first layer to Screen 50%. Set the second layer to Soft Light 100%. Set the third layer (the topmost one) to Multiply 35%. (Obviously, opacities and number of layer duplications will vary from image to image and icon to icon. These are the settings I used for this particular icon.)
Step 3: New layer: A very bright blue (99ddf6) set to Color Burn 100%.
Step 4: New layer: A dark reddish-purple (160005) set to Exclusion 100%. (This is the layer that starts to give the aged coloring to the icon. It also is an excellent base layer for when you want to start bringing out yellows in an image through other layers.) Duplicate this layer.
Step 5: New layer: A medium pink (f2a5d2) set to Soft Light 20%. (I don’t recommend bumping the opacity on this layer above 30%, unless you’d like to emphasize pink/purple tones in the image.)
Step 6: New layer: A light orangey-brown (efdbbb) set to Mulitply 15%.
Step 7: New layer: A light yellow (f0fcc1) set to Soft Light 25%.
Step 8: New layer: A dark blue (050015) set to Exclusion 100%.
Step 9: New layer: Use this texture
(by erniemay) set to Soft Light 100%.
Step 10: New layer: A light tan-yellow (fdebd0) set to Color Burn 100%.
Step 11: New layer: A light gray (dfdfdf) set to Color Burn 100%. (This layer makes the coloring start to pop. If you really want to emphasize the tones a particular color or adjustment layer produces, use a light gray color burn layer immediately on top of it.)
Step 12: New layer: Brightness/Contrast Brightness +20.
You can stop here to have a pretty, aged icon. However, if you’d like to add a little of bit of wash-out to the image, here’s an optional step.
Step 13: Duplicate the base again. Drag it to the top. Desaturate (Ctrl+Shift+U). Set it to Overlay 30%.
And you’re done!
I’d love to see what you guys get.
How to go from
to
or
Made in PS7 but should be completely translatable (no curves or selective coloring).
Step 1: Grab your base and prepare it to your liking. Blur the skin if you wish. Sharpen if need be. Crop.
Step 2: Duplicate base three times. Set the first layer to Screen 50%. Set the second layer to Soft Light 100%. Set the third layer (the topmost one) to Multiply 35%. (Obviously, opacities and number of layer duplications will vary from image to image and icon to icon. These are the settings I used for this particular icon.)
Step 3: New layer: A very bright blue (99ddf6) set to Color Burn 100%.
Step 4: New layer: A dark reddish-purple (160005) set to Exclusion 100%. (This is the layer that starts to give the aged coloring to the icon. It also is an excellent base layer for when you want to start bringing out yellows in an image through other layers.) Duplicate this layer.
Step 5: New layer: A medium pink (f2a5d2) set to Soft Light 20%. (I don’t recommend bumping the opacity on this layer above 30%, unless you’d like to emphasize pink/purple tones in the image.)
Step 6: New layer: A light orangey-brown (efdbbb) set to Mulitply 15%.
Step 7: New layer: A light yellow (f0fcc1) set to Soft Light 25%.
Step 8: New layer: A dark blue (050015) set to Exclusion 100%.
Step 9: New layer: Use this texture
(by erniemay) set to Soft Light 100%.
Step 10: New layer: A light tan-yellow (fdebd0) set to Color Burn 100%.
Step 11: New layer: A light gray (dfdfdf) set to Color Burn 100%. (This layer makes the coloring start to pop. If you really want to emphasize the tones a particular color or adjustment layer produces, use a light gray color burn layer immediately on top of it.)
Step 12: New layer: Brightness/Contrast Brightness +20.
You can stop here to have a pretty, aged icon. However, if you’d like to add a little of bit of wash-out to the image, here’s an optional step.
Step 13: Duplicate the base again. Drag it to the top. Desaturate (Ctrl+Shift+U). Set it to Overlay 30%.
And you’re done!
I’d love to see what you guys get.