manga icon tutorial

[theshadowlover]

so reichi_heika requested a couple tutorials, so here's the first. XD

we will be going from THIS IMAGE to

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[bakarenkinjutsu]

Adding to mems! Who's that in the image though?

[theshadowlover]

thanks!

the character happens to be Sai, from later chapters of the manga Naruto.

[flickacr0ss]

this is the GREATEST icon tutorial around the web.
serioulsy, THANK YOU!

[theshadowlover]

...ah...thank you. ._.

[gambitia]

In case you're wondering, this would be translatable to GIMP. The dark blue exclusion would have to be changed to a dark blue subtract layer + a dark blue screen layer, and the light blob would need to be screen as well...but it's doable. I'll stop rambling now.

Very nice, I like the final result a lot! I might try this later...

[theshadowlover]

oh, thank you! XD

and don't mind your rambling, it'll be good for anyone using GIMP. XD if someone asks this means I can just direct them to this comment instead of telling them I don't know!

[fashionitaxx]

O.o I thought that was sasuke at first... *needs to catch up on her Naruto*

I'll try this later. :D

[theshadowlover]

haha, no, that's not. XD I think he was deliberately drawn to look fairly similar, but... *shrug*

and if you haven't met sai yet, you've got quite a bit to catch up on. XD 'cause he shows up in chapter...281? I think? and there are 325 chapters so far. ...actually, probably 326, now that I think about it. o_o;;

[anagram42]

AWESOMEz, <3
I love Sai so much, xD
*Mems*

[theshadowlover]

thanks~! ^^

and yeah, sai's awesome. 83

[magenta_tan]

Ooh! That's a really nice effect. I love the colouring. Definetly trying that out sometime!

*saves*

[theshadowlover]

thank you! ^^