Icon Tutorial: 001
TUTORIAL 001.
This is my first icon tutorial.
Made using PSCS2. Possibly translatable? You'll have to play around.
ONE.
Start with your base, crop and resize. I chose Paul McGillion in A Dog’s Breakfast.
Screencap credit goes to SGAngeL over at the forum on www.chevronone.com.
TWO.
Duplicate layer, sharpen and set to Screen at 100%.
THREE.
This image has a very yellowish hue, so we want to try and get rid of that.
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color
Reds
+35, 0, -14, 0
Yellows
+76, 0, -38, 0
FOUR.
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
RGB
183, 197
66, 84
Red
207, 194
79, 64
FIVE.
Duplicate all current layers and merge them together.
SIX.
Duplicate merged layer, and set to Soft Light 100%.
SEVEN.
New exclusion layer at 70%: 0a0d2a
New color burn layer at 100%: fcf3e7
New soft light layer at 100%: aae2f0
EIGHT.
We can stop there, but I like to experiment a lot so I continued.
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast
Contrast: +15
And add a scratchy/dusty texture. I got mine from peoplemachines.
FINAL IMAGE.
Feel free to skip or add some steps to this if you want. You might need to do some tweaking anyway, depending on the base that you use. I'd love to see what you've come up with as well.