Tutorial: Ampharos: Lights effect

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Ampharos Tutorial:

For sabaku_no_chibi as a present for the holidays. Focuses mainly on coloring and gradients.

Sorry~ n.n;; I just couldn't find a tutorial without selective coloring, and this happened. D:

Turn
into
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Step oo1;;
Take your base, and set it on the 100 x 100 document.

Click THIS to see what's happened.

Step oo2;;
Apply this
yellow-gold gradient. (Made by me.)
Set to OVERLAY at 50%.

Click THIS to see what's happened.

Step oo3;;
Copy/paste this
black/red gradient. (Also made by me.)
Set to SOFT LIGHT at 60%.

Click THIS to see what's happened.

Step oo4;;
Slap this gradient
(...also made by me.. o.o) on the icon.
Set to SOFT LIGHT at 80%.

Click THIS to see what's happened.

Step oo5;;
Put this
light texture on. (Made by lilbrokenangel) And rotate it to however you want.
Set to SCREEN at 50%.

Click THIS to see what's happened.

Step oo6;;
Put this
light texture on the icon. (Also made by lilbrokenangel. I flipped mine horizontally.
Set to SCREEN at 65%.

Click THIS to see what's happened.

Step oo7;;
Take the Rounded Rectangle Tool and made a thin and white rectangle with it.
Set to 80% opacity.

Click THIS to see what's happened.

Step oo8;;
Add text! I added the words "MAJESTIC" in THIS color. (#D26165), Garamond with a
font size of 10. (I think.)

Click THIS to see what's happened.

And there you go. :D Easy enough, right? But it made the icon much more sparkly and lighter--in just 8 steps. 8D;
If it was confusing, drop me a comment! ♥ I'd love to see your results. :3

Created for sabaku_no_chibi. Originally posted at kaa_icons @ 25 Dec 2006|11:53pm.