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these colorings
in Photoshop 7
Step 1: Pick out your base image. Images that aren't overly colorful tend to work best for this tut.
Crop it to 100x100 pixels, brighten it, etc.
You'll want to make sure that it's relatively light, but not washed out!
Step 2: Create a new layer and fill it with the color #260202.
Set it to exclusion at 100%
Step 3: Create another layer and this time fill it with #261E02.
Set it also to exclusion 100%
Step 4: Duplicate your base image, drag it to the TOP of your layers, desaturate it and set it to soft light at 72% or so
(the settings will vary depending on your image. Don't be afraid to play around with the opacity!)
Step 5: Finally, I wanted to give the image a bit more of a yellow-y look,
so I created a selective coloring layer with these settings:
REDS: 7 // 5 // 68 // 0
WHITES: 0 // 0 // 0 // -20
NEUTRALS: 4 // 2 // 5 // -8
BLACKS: 0 // 0 // 0 // 2
You should be left with something like this:
For my second icon, I followed the EXACT same steps as my first icon, save I first desaturated my base using a gradient map. (I generally use gradient maps when working with black & white icons as it give the image a bit more clarity and depth than Photoshop's plain old desaturate feature)
Also, I set my selective coloring layer to 77% percent, as it had made my icon a bit TOO yellow.
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If you don't know how to use a gradient map to desaturate an image, here's the 101.
Start by click on the little circle thing on your layers palette
A menu should pop up
select the black and white square and hit ok.
voilà! you now have a black and white image!
Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
I would LOVE to see your results!