PSP8 Tutorial \\ 2 - Shuyin
This is my second tutorial. Yay! Today, we are going to learn how to make this icon which was entered at ffx_x2_awards.
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**This is merely a tutorial on double pictures and washed out colors. Do not make an icon exactly identical to mine.
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First choose two pictures that you would like to put together. The two Shuyin ones are my choices. Spread them out according to this border:
* made by __kali__
I had put the border on before I did the cropping and whatnot so I know exactly just where his beautiful little face is.
Now just make it invisible or delete it for the time being. You only needed it to know if your images were spaced out correctly. After that, brighten up your image. I did mine separately because I had two images.
The image on your left was duplicated twice. The top one was set to soft light and the bottom duplicated layer was set to screen. The image to your right was duplicated twice as well and set the same way. This is what mine looks like now.
* Remember that I set my border invisible
Now we can see his pretty eyes.
Next, add this brush at black over top of the other layers you just made. Set it at overlay. I don't know who made this one either, sorry.
This is what my icon looks like now:
That is definitely too dark for my liking so I duplicated both the screened layers of the original image, but I only set the one on the right to 57% transparency. Here is my icon now.
Next, I added this brush at white and set it at soft light. I have no idea who created this one either. xD
I did not like what it looked like over top of the Shuyin on the right so I deleted it. It's up to you to decide if you want to delete a side of it or not. This is my icon now.
It is now a little brighter on the left. I liked the right as it was so I did not change it. I am content with my icon now except for the colors. I wanted the icon to have a washed out look so I used the oldest trick in the book. Create three new raster layers and set them as follows:
#3
Hex Code: #000000
Blend Mode: Color (Legacy)
Transparency: 36%
#2
Hex Code: #F5E4A9
Blend Mode: Overlay
Transparency: 38%
#1
Hex Code: #0B1C4D
Blend Mode: Exclusion
Transparency: 100%
*from top to bottom
After adding all of those layers, this is now my icon.
Now add that border again, or make it visible again, whichever you did. Then you can add whatever text you what. It doesn't matter to me. Go wild.
I hope I was not too vague. If you have any questions or know a creator of one of the brushes, comment here!
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**This is merely a tutorial on double pictures and washed out colors. Do not make an icon exactly identical to mine.
+
=
First choose two pictures that you would like to put together. The two Shuyin ones are my choices. Spread them out according to this border:
* made by __kali__
I had put the border on before I did the cropping and whatnot so I know exactly just where his beautiful little face is.
Now just make it invisible or delete it for the time being. You only needed it to know if your images were spaced out correctly. After that, brighten up your image. I did mine separately because I had two images.
The image on your left was duplicated twice. The top one was set to soft light and the bottom duplicated layer was set to screen. The image to your right was duplicated twice as well and set the same way. This is what mine looks like now.
* Remember that I set my border invisible
Now we can see his pretty eyes.
Next, add this brush at black over top of the other layers you just made. Set it at overlay. I don't know who made this one either, sorry.
This is what my icon looks like now:
That is definitely too dark for my liking so I duplicated both the screened layers of the original image, but I only set the one on the right to 57% transparency. Here is my icon now.
Next, I added this brush at white and set it at soft light. I have no idea who created this one either. xD
I did not like what it looked like over top of the Shuyin on the right so I deleted it. It's up to you to decide if you want to delete a side of it or not. This is my icon now.
It is now a little brighter on the left. I liked the right as it was so I did not change it. I am content with my icon now except for the colors. I wanted the icon to have a washed out look so I used the oldest trick in the book. Create three new raster layers and set them as follows:
#3
Hex Code: #000000
Blend Mode: Color (Legacy)
Transparency: 36%
#2
Hex Code: #F5E4A9
Blend Mode: Overlay
Transparency: 38%
#1
Hex Code: #0B1C4D
Blend Mode: Exclusion
Transparency: 100%
*from top to bottom
After adding all of those layers, this is now my icon.
Now add that border again, or make it visible again, whichever you did. Then you can add whatever text you what. It doesn't matter to me. Go wild.
I hope I was not too vague. If you have any questions or know a creator of one of the brushes, comment here!