Icon Coloring Tutorial

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Here's an icon coloring tutorial.
Showing again how to use some adjustment layers again.

Don't be scared, it's not really complicated. ;D

How to go from
to



You can open that pic
of Lizzy or just start with my cropping. :)

Okay.

*When using the pic...

...Crop to your liking and sharpen once.




:)

*Duplicate once and set to screen 100%.




*New adjustmentlayer > Brightness/Contrast > set brightness to +20.




*New filllayer > color #260D00 > set to exclusion 100%.




*New adjustmentlayer > channelmixer:

Red

+96%
-10%
+13%

Blue
+7%
-5%
+100%

Set to multiply 100%.




*New adjustmentlayer > colorbalance

Midtones
+10; +10; 0

Shadows
+5; 0; 0

Highlights
0; 0; +20

Set to softlight 50%.




*I know. It's not a big difference, but that depends on the image you're using. ;)

*Add a black/white gradient map > set to exclusion set to 25%.
You need to play with the oppacity. Between 20% - 30%.




*Merge layers and that's it. You can add some text or textures, bruhes or anything else.

Result:




And it will always look a bit different. Like always, depends on the image.

Examples:













And that black/white gradient map set to exclusion thing works with other colorings as well. Just shouldn't be too dark.