Tutorials

[galassia]

promise I'll try to make some icons. Please don't hate me for only giving tutorials nowadays. :( Sorry if there's a mistake in one of these. I didn't sleep last night, haha. Wait that sounded like I didn't sleep because of the tutorials, but that's not why, LOL!


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TUTORIAL ONE

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Duplicate your base. Set it to Screen at 80% opacity.

Go to Image >> Adjustments >> Hue/Saturation. Set the Saturation to +60.

Duplicate your base again and drag it to the top. Set it to Soft Light at 50% opacity.

Create a new layer. Fill it with #D6F0FF and set this layer to Soft Light at 100% opacity.

Create another new layer and fill it with #B9FFE9, set to Color Burn at 100% opacity.

Create yet another new layer. Fill it with #F6D0FF and set this layer to Color Burn at 100% opacity.

Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color. Have your settings like so:
REDS:
0%
+100%
+100%
-36%
BLUES:
+100%
+100%
0%
0%
MAGENTAS:
-100%
+100%
-100%
+100%
WHITES:
+100%
+100%
+100%
+40%
NEUTRALS:
+100%
+60%
+60%
-35%
Play around with this layer. Sometimes you'll need to lower the opacity or try it on Soft Light! :)

Flatten your image and you're done! :)

Other icons made with this tutorial:




TUTORIAL TWO

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Duplicate your base. Set it to Soft Light at 100% opacity.

Create a new layer. Fill it with #FFF9F6 and set this layer to Soft Light at 85% opacity.

Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Curves. All you need to do is go to "Blue" and bring the bottom left-hand corner point all the way up. Set this layer to Soft Light at 100% opacity.

Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color. Have your settings like so:
REDS:
0%
0%
+50%
0%
YELLOWS:
0%
+20%
+40%
0%
MAGENTAS:
+100%
+100%
-100%
-60%
WHITES:
-10%
+65%
+45%
0%
NEUTRALS:
0%
0%
+100%
-13%

Create a new layer and fill it with #232E91. Set this layer to Soft Light at 100% opacity.

Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Curves, again. Have your settings like so:
RGB
point one: 162, 189
point two: 88, 89
RED
point one: 97, 79
GREEN
point one: 154, 175
point two: 72, 70
BLUE
point one: 163, 167

Create a new layer. Fill it with #F8EAE4 and set this layer to Multiply at 100% opacity.

Now all you have left to do is flatten your image and viola! You're done! :D

Other icons made with this tutorial:




TUTORIAL THREE

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Duplicate your base. Set it to Soft Light at 100% opacity.

Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Curves. Have your settings like so (for each set of coordinates you'll just be dragging up the bottom left-hand corner point):
GREEN
point one: 0, 11
BLUE
point one: 0, 141
Set this layer to 90% opacity.

Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance. You'll only be working with the midtones, make sure "Preserve Luminosity" is checked off, and have your settings like so:
-100, +100, -100
Set this layer to Soft Light at 100% opacity.

Create a new layer. Fill it with #E6E6E6 and set this layer to Color Burn at 100% opacity.

Merge layers and you're done! :)

Other icons made with this tutorial:




TUTORIAL FOUR

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Duplicate your base and set it to Screen at 56% opacity.

Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Levels. Have your settings like so:
RGB
input levels: 36, 1.20, 255
RED
input levels: 73, 1.23, 255
GREEN
input levels: 25, 1.40, 255
BLUE
input levels: 30, 1.90, 255
Set this layer to 35% opacity.

Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Hue/Saturation. Increase your saturation under "Master" to +50.

Create a new layer. Fill it with #D3FAFF and set this layer to Soft Light at 100% opacity.

Create another new layer. Fill it with #E5D5EE and set this layer to Color Burn at 100% opacity. Duplicate this layer.

Flatten your image and you are done! :D

Other icons made with this tutorial:




If you use any of these tutorials, you must credit to galassia. And remember to play around with the settings on all of these! They don't work perfectly for every image out there. :) I'd appreciate comments, these took a while, haha. ;)