you show the lights that stop me turn to stone, you shine it when i'm alone
yay, i've changed the layout today! i've been looking for smth like this forever and came across this one by lu-hesperia and she kindly let me use it :) psychedelic_flu
to the point of this entry:
I've never written a tutorial because I think i'm kinda bad at explaining things but sstarlz asked me about a couple of icons from my last post and I couldn't say no:3
also, you might be disappointed because most of my coloring these days is just playing around with this pack of textures by deny1984. it is a godsend, I'm telling you.
long story short, read at your own risk :D
ICON TUTORIALS
#one
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1. First of all, I chose caps that would work together for blending - the Tardis and Amy's profile. what's good about them is that they're from the same scene meaning that the original colors/lightning are similar and so it will be easier balance out the coloring.
2. then I crop, nothing extraordinary. 2 Amy layers are above the Tardis one - one is set on Screen, 100% and the other on Soft Light, 58%. voila. I also added a black blob (Normal, 100%) in between the Tardis ad Amy caps, on her cheeck, to erase the bushes.
3. textures - fun times! this + this + this (deny1984) all set on Soft Light, 100%
4. fill color - #2a2b5d, Screen 100%
5. here's the hard to explain part. color #2a2b5d (just an orange-ish one), the layer is set on Lighten, 100% and I made brushstrokes (the basic brush, hardness 0%, opacity ~40%) in the top part of the icon where Amy was supposed to be ginger:D what we have now
6. texture (deny1984) - Soft Light, 60% (I erased the part where the texture overlapped Amy's face so that it wouldn't be so purple)
7. curves: RGB output 186 input 159, output 137 input 117
8. vibrance: vibrance +51. ta-da!
9. once more, colors blobs time:3 1) green blobs in the bottom left set on Soft light, 100% 2) same green, a bit different strokes set on Screen, 100% 3) blue blobs set on Screen, 100% on the right side where the Tardis is. looks like this
10. linear gradient, angle 90; black -> transparent; Soft light, 48%.
11. the Tardis cap, Screen, 44%. I masked the left and the right part so that there's just the Tardis
12. this texture (deny1984) - Screen, 7%
13. vibrance: vibrance +64.
merge everything. what we've got so far. most of the work is done, then goes the tweaking. I only got the .psd saved till this step so i'm tweaking with you;3
14. text (if you want, ofc). font - splurge, Normal 75%. #b8e2ea
15. duplicate the base and set on Soft light, 100%. here
16. I wasn't satisfied with the left part of the icon so I used brush again. greens set on Screen 100%, then browns and oranges on Amy's face set on Soft Light, 100%. the I painted Amy's lips red Soft Light, 100% (yes, I always cheat like that:D). result
17. black brush, layer set on Soft Light, 100% - Amy's chin and the left border of the Tadis. look
18. photo filter - warming (85)
19. color fill #221928, Screen 100%
20. merge all the layers, filter - sharpen: amount 37% radius 1,0px remove gaussian blur.
tada! (okay, I just noticed I got a typo in the word 'space' in the new icon, sorry:3). I think this is it. the result is slightly different because it all depends on the brushes, really.
#two
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1. texture (deny1984) - Screen 64%
2. vibrance: vibrance +93
3. texture (deny1984, edited by me) - Screen 100%
4. texture (deny1984) - Screen 32%
5. levels - RGB 59 1,08 255
6. vibrance: vibrance +51
7. texture (deny1984) - Soft light 100%
8. Brightness/Contrast: brightness +13
9. vibrance: vibrance +57
10. texture (i don't remember who made it ;_;) - Screen 86% + I erased the middle part.
DONE! now merge everything, duplicate, top layer set on Soft light, 40% and Smart sharpen till you like it :)
#three
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1. I decided to go for the negative space with this cap so I made a wide crop. the I used the Paint Bucket Tool #112d37 and filled the empty space on top. then I used Spot Healing Brush Tool painted on the filled area (all at one time) and got this. all ready for coloring!
2. texture (deny1984) - Screen 70%
3. texture (deny1984) - Soft light 35%
4. curves: RGB output 173 input 166, output 111 input 97, output 52 input 48
5. vibrance: vibrance +75
6. linear gradient, angle 90; black -> white (the default one); Soft light, 48%.
7. texture (deny1984) - Screen 100%, bottom part erased.
8. vibrance: vibrance +48
9. photo filter - warming (85) (masked some parts on the left to leave the blue vibrant)
voila!
10. merge everything, duplicate, top layer set on Soft light, 25%
11. Brightness/Contrast: brightness +32
12. merge everything, filter - sharpen: amount 37% radius 1,0px remove gaussian blur.
DONE!:)
do you see now that I wasn't joking or exaggerating when I said I only use one texture pack? :3
also, omg, writing tuts is exhausting:O
#four
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PREPARING THE BASE. I had this screencap and I thought I had to do something crazy with it:3 I cropped it, nothing crazy yet.
duplicate - Soft light, 100%
duplicate - Screen, 100%
here's when I went crazy and it's hard to put into words:3 let me show you. I duplicated the very 1st layer, moved it to the left, moved it to right and set everything on Screen, 100%. I also used black blobs to fix the blending mess:3
time for coloring!
1. curves: RGB output 210 input 166, output 122 input 91
2. texture (deny1984) - Screen, 25%
3. texture (deny1984) - Screen, 30%
4. texture (deny1984) - Soft light 100% (masked the part on Rory and Amy's faces on the right) - look.
5. cheating colors again - I painted Rory's shirt bright yellow and set it on Soft light 100%. here
6. then I added shadowing to their faces - a black blob on the left image and a white blob on the right, layer set on Soft light 50% - see for yourself
7. Brightness/Contrast: brightness +10 contrast +28
8. vibrance: vibrance +60
9. levels - RGB 20 1,16 255
10. vibrance: vibrance +80 (masked on the faces on the left) here
11. brush: orange on Amy's hair, blue on Rory's neck/back set on Overlay 100%. tada
almost all ready:)
12. I painted a yellow line (3 px, Screen 40%) where the caps meet. merge everything.
13. duplicate, top layer set on Soft light, 35% and Smart sharpen
14. Brightness/Contrast: brightness +7
15. merge everything, filter - sharpen: amount 37% radius 1,0px remove gaussian blur.
voila!
few, that is all! if something is not clear or you're just curious about something, etc - feel free to ask questions:)
↕ please, credit.
↕ don't claim as your own!
↕ comments are ♥
↕ feel free to WATCH this community for future updates.
to the point of this entry:
I've never written a tutorial because I think i'm kinda bad at explaining things but sstarlz asked me about a couple of icons from my last post and I couldn't say no:3
also, you might be disappointed because most of my coloring these days is just playing around with this pack of textures by deny1984. it is a godsend, I'm telling you.
long story short, read at your own risk :D
ICON TUTORIALS
#one
from
to
1. First of all, I chose caps that would work together for blending - the Tardis and Amy's profile. what's good about them is that they're from the same scene meaning that the original colors/lightning are similar and so it will be easier balance out the coloring.
2. then I crop, nothing extraordinary. 2 Amy layers are above the Tardis one - one is set on Screen, 100% and the other on Soft Light, 58%. voila. I also added a black blob (Normal, 100%) in between the Tardis ad Amy caps, on her cheeck, to erase the bushes.
3. textures - fun times! this + this + this (deny1984) all set on Soft Light, 100%
4. fill color - #2a2b5d, Screen 100%
5. here's the hard to explain part. color #2a2b5d (just an orange-ish one), the layer is set on Lighten, 100% and I made brushstrokes (the basic brush, hardness 0%, opacity ~40%) in the top part of the icon where Amy was supposed to be ginger:D what we have now
6. texture (deny1984) - Soft Light, 60% (I erased the part where the texture overlapped Amy's face so that it wouldn't be so purple)
7. curves: RGB output 186 input 159, output 137 input 117
8. vibrance: vibrance +51. ta-da!
9. once more, colors blobs time:3 1) green blobs in the bottom left set on Soft light, 100% 2) same green, a bit different strokes set on Screen, 100% 3) blue blobs set on Screen, 100% on the right side where the Tardis is. looks like this
10. linear gradient, angle 90; black -> transparent; Soft light, 48%.
11. the Tardis cap, Screen, 44%. I masked the left and the right part so that there's just the Tardis
12. this texture (deny1984) - Screen, 7%
13. vibrance: vibrance +64.
merge everything. what we've got so far. most of the work is done, then goes the tweaking. I only got the .psd saved till this step so i'm tweaking with you;3
14. text (if you want, ofc). font - splurge, Normal 75%. #b8e2ea
15. duplicate the base and set on Soft light, 100%. here
16. I wasn't satisfied with the left part of the icon so I used brush again. greens set on Screen 100%, then browns and oranges on Amy's face set on Soft Light, 100%. the I painted Amy's lips red Soft Light, 100% (yes, I always cheat like that:D). result
17. black brush, layer set on Soft Light, 100% - Amy's chin and the left border of the Tadis. look
18. photo filter - warming (85)
19. color fill #221928, Screen 100%
20. merge all the layers, filter - sharpen: amount 37% radius 1,0px remove gaussian blur.
tada! (okay, I just noticed I got a typo in the word 'space' in the new icon, sorry:3). I think this is it. the result is slightly different because it all depends on the brushes, really.
#two
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1. texture (deny1984) - Screen 64%
2. vibrance: vibrance +93
3. texture (deny1984, edited by me) - Screen 100%
4. texture (deny1984) - Screen 32%
5. levels - RGB 59 1,08 255
6. vibrance: vibrance +51
7. texture (deny1984) - Soft light 100%
8. Brightness/Contrast: brightness +13
9. vibrance: vibrance +57
10. texture (i don't remember who made it ;_;) - Screen 86% + I erased the middle part.
DONE! now merge everything, duplicate, top layer set on Soft light, 40% and Smart sharpen till you like it :)
#three
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to
1. I decided to go for the negative space with this cap so I made a wide crop. the I used the Paint Bucket Tool #112d37 and filled the empty space on top. then I used Spot Healing Brush Tool painted on the filled area (all at one time) and got this. all ready for coloring!
2. texture (deny1984) - Screen 70%
3. texture (deny1984) - Soft light 35%
4. curves: RGB output 173 input 166, output 111 input 97, output 52 input 48
5. vibrance: vibrance +75
6. linear gradient, angle 90; black -> white (the default one); Soft light, 48%.
7. texture (deny1984) - Screen 100%, bottom part erased.
8. vibrance: vibrance +48
9. photo filter - warming (85) (masked some parts on the left to leave the blue vibrant)
voila!
10. merge everything, duplicate, top layer set on Soft light, 25%
11. Brightness/Contrast: brightness +32
12. merge everything, filter - sharpen: amount 37% radius 1,0px remove gaussian blur.
DONE!:)
do you see now that I wasn't joking or exaggerating when I said I only use one texture pack? :3
also, omg, writing tuts is exhausting:O
#four
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to
PREPARING THE BASE. I had this screencap and I thought I had to do something crazy with it:3 I cropped it, nothing crazy yet.
duplicate - Soft light, 100%
duplicate - Screen, 100%
here's when I went crazy and it's hard to put into words:3 let me show you. I duplicated the very 1st layer, moved it to the left, moved it to right and set everything on Screen, 100%. I also used black blobs to fix the blending mess:3
time for coloring!
1. curves: RGB output 210 input 166, output 122 input 91
2. texture (deny1984) - Screen, 25%
3. texture (deny1984) - Screen, 30%
4. texture (deny1984) - Soft light 100% (masked the part on Rory and Amy's faces on the right) - look.
5. cheating colors again - I painted Rory's shirt bright yellow and set it on Soft light 100%. here
6. then I added shadowing to their faces - a black blob on the left image and a white blob on the right, layer set on Soft light 50% - see for yourself
7. Brightness/Contrast: brightness +10 contrast +28
8. vibrance: vibrance +60
9. levels - RGB 20 1,16 255
10. vibrance: vibrance +80 (masked on the faces on the left) here
11. brush: orange on Amy's hair, blue on Rory's neck/back set on Overlay 100%. tada
almost all ready:)
12. I painted a yellow line (3 px, Screen 40%) where the caps meet. merge everything.
13. duplicate, top layer set on Soft light, 35% and Smart sharpen
14. Brightness/Contrast: brightness +7
15. merge everything, filter - sharpen: amount 37% radius 1,0px remove gaussian blur.
voila!
few, that is all! if something is not clear or you're just curious about something, etc - feel free to ask questions:)
↕ please, credit.
↕ don't claim as your own!
↕ comments are ♥
↕ feel free to WATCH this community for future updates.