Tutorial # 3 - Cure My Pain (Sasuke and Naruto)

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This tutorial was requested by sketchampm! I hope this helps. :)

Program: Adobe Photoshop

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1. Take this picture of Naruto and Sasuke, and crop it at 96x69 px, using the crop tool. Try to center only on the two characters.

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2. Duplicate the base (CTRL A>>CTRL C>>CTRL V), set it to sharpen (FILTER>>SHARPEN>>SHARPEN) and then fade sharpen it to 50% (SHIFT>>CTRL>>F).

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3. Take this texture by myrasis and set it to hard light 100%. Start erasing the texture from Naruto and Sasuke. If it helps, lower the opacity of the texture to approximately 13%, while you erase. When you're done erasing, you can set it back too 100%.

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4. Create a new layer (LAYER>>NEW>>LAYER), fill it with #FFFFFF, using the rectangle tool and then set it to hue 100%.

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5. Take this texture by myrasis and set on top to screen 100%. You can move it to the side, if you want. Also, if there are some parts obscuring Naruto's face, erase it using a 10 px eraser.

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6. Merge the layers (SHIFT>>CTRL E) and then open a new canvas. Make sure it is set to 96x96 px. Copy and paste the image of Naruto and Sasuke onto the new canvas. (CTRL A>>CTRL C>>CTRL V)

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7. Type a captital "C" using Belphebe, in 24 pt and "ure my pain" in castellar 5 pt. Add this tiny text under the words.

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8. Merge the layers (SHIFT>>CTRL E) and then open a new blank 100x100 px canvas. Copy and paste the image onto the 100x100 canvas and add this border brush in #000000.

Final Product:

This is how your layer bar #1 (96x69 px) should look like:


This is how your layer bar #2 (96x96 px) should look like:


Well, that's it! Feel free to friend this journal for possible updates, although your f-list will be spammed with my random rants, since this is also where I write personal life entries. :) Anyways, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. If you have comments, feel free to share!