Icon Tutorial #5 [Billie Joe Armstrong]
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PS7, selective colouring, NOT translatable. Very long winded but not image heavy.
My other four tutorials (sorry it's not fancy, but LJ is being a complete twat right now and not letting me hardly do much):
Bono Inspired
Bono Colouring Tut
Mike Dirnt Colour Correction
Mike Dirnt Colouring Tut
Just a few warnings and tips:
Do your basic preparations first of all, whatever sharpening and whatnot needs to be done beforehand.
It could come out looking bad if your picture is bright, I recommend dark pics.
It can and will likely look odd until you get to duplicating the base and messing with those settings, so don't be afraid to do your base duplication steps first and play with the layer order later.
Apologies ahead of time if it confuses, it's a long one.
Start off with a couple of softlight colour fills.
Set the first to a bluish sort of colour, something close to #00B4FF.
Set the second to a bright yellow, I'd say something like #FFFD40.
Keep both at 100% opacity.
Now add a hue/saturation adjustment layer. Set the master saturation up by +30
Selective colouring time, this is quite long...adjust these as you see fit for your icon.
Selective colour #1:
REDS:
Cyan: -63
Magenta: +25
Yellow: +100
Black: +35
YELLOWS:
Cyan: -100
Magenta: +60
Yellow: -100
Black: +25
GREENS:
Cyan: +21
Magenta: -20
Yellow: -62
Black: +31
CYANS:
Cyan: +100
Magenta: -29
Yellow: -59
Black: +74
NEUTRALS:
Cyan: -25
Magenta: +4
Yellow: +13
Black: +28
BLACKS:
Cyan: 0
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 0
Black: +28
Selective colour 2:
REDS:
Cyan: -100
Magenta: +54
Yellow: +100
Black: -68
YELLOWS:
Cyan: -70
Magenta: +30
Yellow: +28
Black: +49
GREENS:
Cyan: +100
Magenta: -14
Yellow: -77
Black: +35
CYANS:
Cyan: +100
Magenta: -19
Yellow: -39
Black: +91
NEUTRALS:
Cyan: -10
Magenta: +6
Yellow: +5
Black: 0
BLACKS:
Cyan: 0
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 0
Black: +34
Selective colour 3:
REDS:
Cyan: -59
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +14
Black: -70
YELLOWS:
Cyan: -53
Magenta: +6
Yellow: -49
Black: 0
GREENS:
Cyan: +98
Magenta: -15
Yellow: -100
Black: +28
CYANS:
Cyan: +100
Magenta: -29
Yellow: -83
Black: +49
NEUTRALS:
Cyan: -19
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +14
Black: -14
BLACKS:
Cyan: 0
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 0
Black: +6
Duplicate your base once and drag it to the top. Set it to screen 100% (or as needed for your icon)
Now take this light texture by (??? I really don't remember where I got this.) and set it below the desaturated bits (or if you chose not to do those, at the top) at lighten 100%
Duplicate the screen layer and drag it to below the desaturated layers or to the top (totally optional, I wouldn't recommend it if your pic is bright.) Duplicate the base once more, drag it to the top and set it to soft light 22%
Then take this gradient by camile_tutorial and set it to the top at lighten 100%
I flipped mine vertical.
Now if you so choose, you can take a piece of your icon and make another desaturated copy over in the corner or wherever suits.
I just chose to select part of Billie's face with the marquee. Edit > Copy Merged. Then paste it and move it via free transform wherever desired.
Then do a new adjustment layer > gradient map. Select the one that will make an icon black and white, I believe it comes default with PS, but I could be mistaken and click okay. Then merge it down Layer > merge down and it will just make that snippet of the icon black and white. Or you could just desaturate it. Then duplicate it and set it to soft light. (keep these layers on the top so the textures don't interfere with them any further than what they might already.)
This is optional, but I made another adjustment layer, brightness and contrast.
Brightness: -5
Contrast: +18
For the text I used Blackjack 16 pt to write "Pull the" and Action Jackson 18 pt for "Trigger"
Set them both to about 75% opacity and put a 2 pt stroke effect on them.
And you're done! Hopefully that wasn't as confusing as it was long, feel free to ask anything and whatnot. I'd love to see your results!
Feel free to join for more updates.
- Serena ♥
To:
PS7, selective colouring, NOT translatable. Very long winded but not image heavy.
My other four tutorials (sorry it's not fancy, but LJ is being a complete twat right now and not letting me hardly do much):
Bono Inspired
Bono Colouring Tut
Mike Dirnt Colour Correction
Mike Dirnt Colouring Tut
Just a few warnings and tips:
Do your basic preparations first of all, whatever sharpening and whatnot needs to be done beforehand.
It could come out looking bad if your picture is bright, I recommend dark pics.
It can and will likely look odd until you get to duplicating the base and messing with those settings, so don't be afraid to do your base duplication steps first and play with the layer order later.
Apologies ahead of time if it confuses, it's a long one.
Start off with a couple of softlight colour fills.
Set the first to a bluish sort of colour, something close to #00B4FF.
Set the second to a bright yellow, I'd say something like #FFFD40.
Keep both at 100% opacity.
Now add a hue/saturation adjustment layer. Set the master saturation up by +30
Selective colouring time, this is quite long...adjust these as you see fit for your icon.
Selective colour #1:
REDS:
Cyan: -63
Magenta: +25
Yellow: +100
Black: +35
YELLOWS:
Cyan: -100
Magenta: +60
Yellow: -100
Black: +25
GREENS:
Cyan: +21
Magenta: -20
Yellow: -62
Black: +31
CYANS:
Cyan: +100
Magenta: -29
Yellow: -59
Black: +74
NEUTRALS:
Cyan: -25
Magenta: +4
Yellow: +13
Black: +28
BLACKS:
Cyan: 0
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 0
Black: +28
Selective colour 2:
REDS:
Cyan: -100
Magenta: +54
Yellow: +100
Black: -68
YELLOWS:
Cyan: -70
Magenta: +30
Yellow: +28
Black: +49
GREENS:
Cyan: +100
Magenta: -14
Yellow: -77
Black: +35
CYANS:
Cyan: +100
Magenta: -19
Yellow: -39
Black: +91
NEUTRALS:
Cyan: -10
Magenta: +6
Yellow: +5
Black: 0
BLACKS:
Cyan: 0
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 0
Black: +34
Selective colour 3:
REDS:
Cyan: -59
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +14
Black: -70
YELLOWS:
Cyan: -53
Magenta: +6
Yellow: -49
Black: 0
GREENS:
Cyan: +98
Magenta: -15
Yellow: -100
Black: +28
CYANS:
Cyan: +100
Magenta: -29
Yellow: -83
Black: +49
NEUTRALS:
Cyan: -19
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +14
Black: -14
BLACKS:
Cyan: 0
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 0
Black: +6
Duplicate your base once and drag it to the top. Set it to screen 100% (or as needed for your icon)
Now take this light texture by (??? I really don't remember where I got this.) and set it below the desaturated bits (or if you chose not to do those, at the top) at lighten 100%
Duplicate the screen layer and drag it to below the desaturated layers or to the top (totally optional, I wouldn't recommend it if your pic is bright.) Duplicate the base once more, drag it to the top and set it to soft light 22%
Then take this gradient by camile_tutorial and set it to the top at lighten 100%
I flipped mine vertical.
Now if you so choose, you can take a piece of your icon and make another desaturated copy over in the corner or wherever suits.
I just chose to select part of Billie's face with the marquee. Edit > Copy Merged. Then paste it and move it via free transform wherever desired.
Then do a new adjustment layer > gradient map. Select the one that will make an icon black and white, I believe it comes default with PS, but I could be mistaken and click okay. Then merge it down Layer > merge down and it will just make that snippet of the icon black and white. Or you could just desaturate it. Then duplicate it and set it to soft light. (keep these layers on the top so the textures don't interfere with them any further than what they might already.)
This is optional, but I made another adjustment layer, brightness and contrast.
Brightness: -5
Contrast: +18
For the text I used Blackjack 16 pt to write "Pull the" and Action Jackson 18 pt for "Trigger"
Set them both to about 75% opacity and put a 2 pt stroke effect on them.
And you're done! Hopefully that wasn't as confusing as it was long, feel free to ask anything and whatnot. I'd love to see your results!
Feel free to join for more updates.
- Serena ♥