Tutorial #1
[mood | 
relaxed ]
[music | The White Stripes - Seven Army Nation ]
So, my friend mr_spiddy kinda requested a tutorial about light effects.
We're gonna make these 2 icons:
and
Let's start with the lost one:
1. Prepare the base (change brightness/contrast, sharpen or whatever you do to prepare the base)
2. Then you'll take a light texture and I think this was the one i took i just turned it a little bit:
made by tihana.
You "put" the texture on the icon and put the texture on screen 100%.
3. Now you can change the opacity or take the eraser and erase the parts of the texture ,which might not be placed that well.
4 You should be done! Yes ,it's that simple.I hope you understood it though and if not you can always ask me :D
Also ,kinda important: It's always easier to use light textures with a black backround like the one i used because if you put it on screen all you can see is the shiny light stuff.
Second one:
:
It's even easier than the first one :D
You just -
1. Prepare the icon.
2. Create a new layer (put it on top)
3. Put the new layer to screen and take a really soft brush.
4. Put the brush to screen,maybe change the opacity later.
5. Oh em..select a colour ,i took a dark red/pink colour.If you take a dark colour,the light effect will come out kinda intense and as brighter you go with the colour as brighter the light will get.
6. And now you just put the brush on the place you want to have it and click!
I hope this works for you ;)
relaxed ]
[music | The White Stripes - Seven Army Nation ]
So, my friend mr_spiddy kinda requested a tutorial about light effects.
We're gonna make these 2 icons:
and
Let's start with the lost one:
1. Prepare the base (change brightness/contrast, sharpen or whatever you do to prepare the base)
2. Then you'll take a light texture and I think this was the one i took i just turned it a little bit:
made by tihana.
You "put" the texture on the icon and put the texture on screen 100%.
3. Now you can change the opacity or take the eraser and erase the parts of the texture ,which might not be placed that well.
4 You should be done! Yes ,it's that simple.I hope you understood it though and if not you can always ask me :D
Also ,kinda important: It's always easier to use light textures with a black backround like the one i used because if you put it on screen all you can see is the shiny light stuff.
Second one:
:
It's even easier than the first one :D
You just -
1. Prepare the icon.
2. Create a new layer (put it on top)
3. Put the new layer to screen and take a really soft brush.
4. Put the brush to screen,maybe change the opacity later.
5. Oh em..select a colour ,i took a dark red/pink colour.If you take a dark colour,the light effect will come out kinda intense and as brighter you go with the colour as brighter the light will get.
6. And now you just put the brush on the place you want to have it and click!
I hope this works for you ;)