011: Amy Acker: Blend Modes ooh Fun!

[orchestrachik89]

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TUTORIAL 011
With being names a recent tutor at thevirginsluts i thought id practice being a tutor so i decided to do a tut. So its tutorial time! Ok first I start with my image from AmyAcker.org crop to a perfect square then resize to 1oo x 1oo pixels and sharpern (adjust>sharpness>sharpen). Now i copy my base drag it to the top and desaturate it (adjust>hue and saturation>hue/saturation/lightness set on colorize all on "0") and set to soft light at 52 opacity. This is my icon so far:

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Now go back to your base and duplicate it and drag it to the top set to soft light at 100 opacity. This is our icon so far:

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Now we make a new raster layer (layers>new raster layer) (note ps users can just add a new layer) and i fill it in with #3F355D and set on exclusion. this is our icon so far:

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Now I add ANOTHER raster layer (layers>new raster layer) and i fill it in with #B69C64 and set on soft light at 100 opacity. this is our icon so far:

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Now i duplicate my base drag it to the top and set on soft light. This is our icon so far:

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Now we make add a gradient from blue to white set on hard light. This is our icon so far:

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Now I add a darker blue to white gradient and set on difference. This is our icon so far:

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Now I duplicate my base and drag to the top and set on burn. This is our icon so far:

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Remember our desaturated image a while back? alrighty go back duplicate it drag the duplicate to the top and set on soft light. This is our icon so far:

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Now we add this texture (by aloneinthetown) which I desaturated and set on soft light. This is our icon so far:

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Now we add this texture (by yours truly posted here) which I set on Lighten. This is our icon so far:

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Now I duplicated the desaturated layer and change the blend mode to burn. And TA-DA! YOU ARE DONE! Our result:

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I tried to make it as begginer friendly as I could so if you have any questions just ask!

PLEASE NOTE:
* i use psp8 but im sure its translatable to ps. (i use ps every once in a million years but it works)
* your icon might come out different depending on the lighting and etc.
*I saved everything as .png which is why its all in good quality I suggest you do the same if you want it to come out in good quality

P.S. id love to see what you all come up with!
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