Here's my very first tutorial for you all using Adobe Photoshop CS3!
Level: Intermediate
I hope you all enjoy and like it!
Obviously, I am using a photo of Waka from the JRock band, Danger Gang.
1. Crop your image..do whatever to prep it.
2. Duplicate your image and set it soft light.
3. Create a new fill layer, fill it with #31587c, and set it to exclusion at 80%-90%.
I have mine at 86%.
4. New Selective Coloring time!
Reds: -100 +54 +30 0
Yellows: +100 0 0 -25
Blacks: +100 0 0 +100
5. New Selecting Coloring again.
Reds: -27 +31 +29 +7
Neutrals: +18 +5 0 +9
6. New Color Balance
Midtones: -16 0 -12
Shadows: +59 -8 0
Highlights: -21 0 +29
Make sure the Luminosity is checked.
7. Add
this texture by
sanami276 and set it to exclusion.
Move it, rotate it, to your liking.
8. Add
this texture by
ennife and set it to exclusion.
Move it, rotate it, erase specific parts, to your liking.
9. Lastly, add
this texture by
ennife and set it also to exclusion.
Move it, rotate it, to your liking.
Here are some other results: