Go from this
to this
Made in Adobe Photoshop 7.0, use of Selective Color involved.
A little note: You may know me as
ana_sprocks but I changed my name, but I'm still the same (lol!)
I used
this pic.
Step 1:
Crop, resize and sharpen once.
Step 2:
Duplicate your base, drag it to the top and set it to Soft Light 100%.
Step 3:
Go to Layer --> New Adjustment Layer --> Selective Color and use the following settings:
Red:
0
-18
-43
0
Yellow:
+100
-77
+100
+100
Green:
+100
-100
+100
+100
Cyan:
+100
+100
-72
+100
Blue
+100
+100
+100
+100
White:
0
0
+24
+100
Neutral:
-38
+6
+16
0
Step 4:
Duplicate you base and drag it to the top. Go to Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur. Set it to 3,0 radius. Set it to Soft Light 100%.
Step 5:
Duplicate you base, drag it to the top and set it to Luminosity 100%
Step 6:
Add text/brushes if you like, I added a small heartbrush.
And your done!
My layers [x] Comment
[x] Credit
dreams_secrets if you want to use the final icon
[x] Blanks are NOT bases
[x] Feel free to friend me =)
[x] Enjoy!