icon tutorial
learn how to do these icons:
made in photoshop cs2 but it should be translatable because it doesn't use selective coloring.
Here's the psd file: http://www.box.net/shared/268tvzdd99
PREPARATION PART
1) Crop and prepare your icon base. It looks good with a white background. So, paint the whole background white with your paint brush if needed.
COLORING PART
2) Make a Channel Mixer layer.
red! +86, +12, 0, 0
green! +16, +71, 0, 0
blue! 0, -7, +100,0
3) Add a new layer. Fill with color #e6c0c0 and set on multiply 24%.
4) Make a new curves layer and add:
RVB;
point 1! input: 162 - output: 205
point 2! input: 50 output: 73
5) another one (rvb):
point 1! input: 114 - output: 91
6)Add a new layer. Fill with color #e2ffff and set on color burn 100%.
7) Make a color balance layer.
Preserve luminance.
SHADOWS! +40, 0, -25
MIDTONES! -15, +20, +50
HIGHLIGHTS! 0, 0, +65
8) Add a new layer. Fill with color #e2ffff and set on color burn 50%.
9) Add a new layer. Fill with color #341c02 and set on exclusion 100%.
10) Add a new layer. Fill with color #001596 and set on color dodge 100%.
11) Make a Channel Mixer layer.
red! 100, -16, -14, +10
ADDITIVE PART
NOTE! You can use your own textures/brushs if you want, though.
12) Add these three textures and change the blend mode on screen. Erase and resize as you want.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii12/Aida3/tuto/l1-10.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii12/Aida3/tuto/l1-12.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii12/Ai...uto/2vt8rjr.png
13) Add this texture. Change the blend mode on color burn 38%.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii12/Aida3/tuto/l1-3.jpg
AND YOU'RE DONE!
hopefully you enjoyed it!
Any questions, just ask.
I'd love to see yours! ^^