alvanista [47]
Er, long story short, almateria's latest iconpost inspired me. And I decided to try iconing Xenosaga images with a different technique. I liked the results. I wrote a tutorial.
So. Going from
to
in PSPXI. Translatable.
So fiiiiiiiiirstly pick your base! It's best if it has a lot of white/blank space.
No~ow. Duplicate your base and go to Adjust -> Hue/Saturation -> Hue/Saturation/Lightness. Set the Saturation to 100, so you get this. Scary, isn't it. When you're done, set this layer to Soft Light, 79%. It brought out the colors of the image out without making it too bright, see?
Since it's a little too light, duplicate your base, bring it to top and set it to Burn, 51%. So, now you should have something like this:
No~ow, copy merged your base (various methods of doing so: right click on image -> Copy Merged ; Ctrl + Shift + C ; Edit -> Copy Merged). However! Do not paste anything yet!
Next, make a new layer, fill it with #08467e and set it to Exclusion, 100%. This gets you this. Now paste what you copied a while ago. Set the merged base layer you just pasted on to Overlay, 87%. Now you have:
Make a new layer and fill it with #fbe8bd. Set it to Burn, 51% - it gets you this. Now, take this texture by lookslikeicons and set it to Multiply, 100%. (For the image I used, I mirrored it and moved it up, then filled the missing parts with color. So, what I really used was this, but it may differ with other images.)
You should get this:
Now, duplicate the merged base layer you used a while ago and bring it to top. Set it to Soft Light, 65%. You should get this:
Lastly, take this texture by lookslikeicons and, after desaturating it (Adjust -> Hue/Saturation -> Hue/Saturation/Lightness, set Saturation to 0; desaturating the texture gets you this) set it to Burn, 38%.
You should get this finished icon:
If any part of this tutorial is confusing, don't be afraid to ask. :)
Side note: I've been saving my graphics as optimised .jpg files recently, due to problems with .png files. I hope that doesn't cause any drop in quality, since what looks good on my screen may look bad on another.
So. Going from
to
in PSPXI. Translatable.
So fiiiiiiiiirstly pick your base! It's best if it has a lot of white/blank space.
No~ow. Duplicate your base and go to Adjust -> Hue/Saturation -> Hue/Saturation/Lightness. Set the Saturation to 100, so you get this. Scary, isn't it. When you're done, set this layer to Soft Light, 79%. It brought out the colors of the image out without making it too bright, see?
Since it's a little too light, duplicate your base, bring it to top and set it to Burn, 51%. So, now you should have something like this:
No~ow, copy merged your base (various methods of doing so: right click on image -> Copy Merged ; Ctrl + Shift + C ; Edit -> Copy Merged). However! Do not paste anything yet!
Next, make a new layer, fill it with #08467e and set it to Exclusion, 100%. This gets you this. Now paste what you copied a while ago. Set the merged base layer you just pasted on to Overlay, 87%. Now you have:
Make a new layer and fill it with #fbe8bd. Set it to Burn, 51% - it gets you this. Now, take this texture by lookslikeicons and set it to Multiply, 100%. (For the image I used, I mirrored it and moved it up, then filled the missing parts with color. So, what I really used was this, but it may differ with other images.)
You should get this:
Now, duplicate the merged base layer you used a while ago and bring it to top. Set it to Soft Light, 65%. You should get this:
Lastly, take this texture by lookslikeicons and, after desaturating it (Adjust -> Hue/Saturation -> Hue/Saturation/Lightness, set Saturation to 0; desaturating the texture gets you this) set it to Burn, 38%.
You should get this finished icon:
If any part of this tutorial is confusing, don't be afraid to ask. :)
Side note: I've been saving my graphics as optimised .jpg files recently, due to problems with .png files. I hope that doesn't cause any drop in quality, since what looks good on my screen may look bad on another.