[tutorial] The Good Ol' Things
As I promised, my darling, here are two tutorials that are quite old, perfectly translatable and with colorings that are traditional, but very effective still. They use extremely easy-to-follow steps, except for the second one which has some curves involved ( but not big deal ). Let's see what they can do?
Tut #1: Hermione Granger ( warm colors )
from this
to this
Tut #2: Alan Rickman ( dense yellowish )
from this
to this
TUTORIAL #01
- Get your base duplicate it 3 times, set them all to screen. ( you may want to change this according to your cap. It doesn't matter much now, you can always return later and erase/add more screened layers.
- Add a color fill layer with a soft pink color ( I used #FDDCDC ). Set it to color burn. Remember, there is no 'exact' color, so try and play with the possibilities of varying the pink.
- Add a color fill layer with a soft blue ( I used #DAF1FF ). Set it to color burn. Again, play with the possibilities of light blues your palette has.
- Add a color fill layer with a reddish brown ( mine was #FFBC97 ). Set it to multiply, opacity 30%. You may want to increase or decrease the opacity of this layer according to your cap colors.
It's done! Very simple, isn't it? And the effect is quite pretty. If yours turns out to be too yellowish or too dark, you may want to consider color balance layers or curves to brighten it a bit or to take off some of the yellow.
TUTORIAL #02
- Duplicate your base twice and set them all to screen. As you already know this will vary and also, this may be changed later.
- Add a color fill layer with a soft blue color ( mine was #C1E3FF ) and set it to soft light. It will look bad, too bright, but that is the idea.
- Add a color fill layer with a navy blue color ( mine was #001730 ) and set it to exclusion. If everything is ok, it must look terrible now - too bright and quite opaque. Don't worry.
- Select everything, copy merged. Then, paste onto your cap and set it to color burn.
- Add a curves layer. The curves layer will come to "polish up" the result. It will fix the colors and make the general look of the icon softer. In this icon, I used curves to brighten it a bit, add some red and get rid of some odd excess of yellows. Here are the adjustments.
RGB:
I: 116 O: 131
RED:
first point I: 125 O: 133
second point I: 153 O: 174
BLUE:
I: 255 O: 255
Ok, this said, remember: your curves layer will probably be very different from mine, because bases are very different. So, TRY BY YOURSELF! Don't be afraid to experiment. If your icon looks crappy, delete the curves layer and start again. If it's too dark, go near your base and duplicate the screened layers once or twice more. Be a good observer and you'll have great icons! :)
Had fun? So, some bits to observe:
Tut #1: Hermione Granger ( warm colors )
from this
to this
Tut #2: Alan Rickman ( dense yellowish )
from this
to this
TUTORIAL #01
- Get your base duplicate it 3 times, set them all to screen. ( you may want to change this according to your cap. It doesn't matter much now, you can always return later and erase/add more screened layers.
- Add a color fill layer with a soft pink color ( I used #FDDCDC ). Set it to color burn. Remember, there is no 'exact' color, so try and play with the possibilities of varying the pink.
- Add a color fill layer with a soft blue ( I used #DAF1FF ). Set it to color burn. Again, play with the possibilities of light blues your palette has.
- Add a color fill layer with a reddish brown ( mine was #FFBC97 ). Set it to multiply, opacity 30%. You may want to increase or decrease the opacity of this layer according to your cap colors.
It's done! Very simple, isn't it? And the effect is quite pretty. If yours turns out to be too yellowish or too dark, you may want to consider color balance layers or curves to brighten it a bit or to take off some of the yellow.
TUTORIAL #02
- Duplicate your base twice and set them all to screen. As you already know this will vary and also, this may be changed later.
- Add a color fill layer with a soft blue color ( mine was #C1E3FF ) and set it to soft light. It will look bad, too bright, but that is the idea.
- Add a color fill layer with a navy blue color ( mine was #001730 ) and set it to exclusion. If everything is ok, it must look terrible now - too bright and quite opaque. Don't worry.
- Select everything, copy merged. Then, paste onto your cap and set it to color burn.
- Add a curves layer. The curves layer will come to "polish up" the result. It will fix the colors and make the general look of the icon softer. In this icon, I used curves to brighten it a bit, add some red and get rid of some odd excess of yellows. Here are the adjustments.
RGB:
I: 116 O: 131
RED:
first point I: 125 O: 133
second point I: 153 O: 174
BLUE:
I: 255 O: 255
Ok, this said, remember: your curves layer will probably be very different from mine, because bases are very different. So, TRY BY YOURSELF! Don't be afraid to experiment. If your icon looks crappy, delete the curves layer and start again. If it's too dark, go near your base and duplicate the screened layers once or twice more. Be a good observer and you'll have great icons! :)
Had fun? So, some bits to observe:
- Bases of Alan Rickman from chocolate-jamie. Hermione base is my cropping of toybirds screencaps.
- Tutorials are actually credit-free. But you know, it's always cute when you do that... ;)
- Comment, please! It is very frustrating to spend so much time makinga tut and not knowing if people found it useful or not.
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- Feel free to show me what your results were or to come up with any doubt you may have.