Tutorials for these colorings?

[fondu3e]

im new here and i cant seem to get the colorings for these icons, does anyone have tutorials to this kind of colorings? im sorry if this has been asked before!

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[fortunate_acdnt]

third one: [pspx] this one was uber hard, and im sure it was something simple with curves, but yea... sometimes curves hates me.

background
duplicate screen
duplicate soft light
new layer // fill with #14063e set to exclusion at 100% opacity
new layer // fill with #ffec99 set to darken at 100% opacity
merge all // press ctrl+c // ctrl+z
paste and set it to soft light at 63% opacity
adjust >> brightness and contrast >> threshold at 130 [i did this to get that glowosh white around them, depending on the picture, and not to much white]
adjust >> blur >> gaussian blur set to 10
merge all // press ctrl+c // ctrl+z
layers >> new adjustment layer >> color balance

color levels:
midtones: [-59] [29] [10]

merge all // press ctrl+c // ctrl+z
adjust >> hue/saturation >> hue/saturation

hue: [-9]
saturation: [36]

new layer >> fill with #0b0c15 and set to exclusion
go to your brushes and select a round brush with the hardness really low and make a line

result:
orginal:

mine is less pink... but i tried

i had PScs for a while and im sure all of these settings are not the same but the idea is the same... so dont give up hope, lol.

[fortunate_acdnt]

lol, and mine is more green, but you can fix it to be more blue. :)

[fondu3e]

gosh! you're a saint <33 thanks much!

[fortunate_acdnt]

no problem... i was stuck in rut and trying to figure out how someone did something got my creative juices flowing, so thank you :)

[fondu3e]

one last question, do you know where to get good mka pictures? -grins. and i found a tut that maybe a bit similar? here, im not sure tho :p

[fortunate_acdnt]

i dont know really... i only google them when someone asks for a tutorial of them because their pictures are so nice to work with, lol. but here are some:

http://garantieolsen.free.fr/01%20Pages/Photos.htm [this is where i got the ones i used in the tut]
http://pic.olsen-twins.org/index.php [and this one has hq pics]
http://planet-olsen.net/gallery/ [they say this is the #1 source]

[crazy_clockwork]

Here's what I got, using PS-CS...I think I followed it correctly, with a few different touches:



I like yours more, though.

[crazy_clockwork]

+ memories

[fortunate_acdnt]

it looks pretty close to me :)

im still stumped on how she got the pinkish in there...lol.

[crazy_clockwork]

Well, upping just the red in curves got this:



hmm. I don't know. heh. ;P

[fortunate_acdnt]

see i played with curves but the blueish/green wouldnt stay, so i just said whatever. lol sometimes curves hate me

[crazy_clockwork]

I don't really understand what curves is for. I just play with it...is there really a method to the madness?

[fortunate_acdnt]

seriously i have no idea.... people are like its the curves, im telling you its the curves... and im like well curves doesnt always work, lol

[crazy_clockwork]

hahaha

I wish I were a photoshop genius. I've been making icons for several months and I still don't understand how the layers work with other layers. The fact that you figured out how to make that icon look very similar to the original is beyond me. It's amazing. \o/

[fortunate_acdnt]

ive been making icons since... early 2004 and i just got the hang of it in the middle of last year, it takes time and paitence :)

[crazy_clockwork]

That's nice to know! =D