YeSung tutorial again.
Hello, everyone~~~
yes, I lied...I don't feel like making textures lately, BUT. I bring you guys another tutorial~♥
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8D We shall learn how to make dull Jongwoon into...happy-color Jongwoon!
Our base: pretty, pretty YeSung. ♥
Start off by duplicating your base twice and setting both to SCREEN 100%. This will make our image lighter, cuz who likes a dull and dark icon anyways?~
Now, this may vary from image to image. If your image isn't too dark to begin with, I advise to not use two screen layers, or, just adjust opacities.
Because he looked washed out, I want to bring the intensity of the colors back in, so duplicate your base again, drag it to the top, and set it to SOFTLIGHT 100%.
So our reds are back~~
Let's start by making him less yellow and a little more peachy.
Make a new SELECTIVE COLOR layer and give it the following settings:
RED: -24, 17, 16, 0
YELLOW: 100, 47, -19, -18
WHITES: 0, 0, 0, -100 (be careful not to make your highlights too white-only use this if they're not obvious in the original pic.)
We don't want the peachyness to be -too- overpowering, so make a new layer and fill it with #4a390a, a dark brown. Set this layer to EXCLUSION 50%. (I know, I'm obsessed with brown exclusion layers, but they're awesome.)
YeSung looked kinda pale on our last step, didn't he? So you know what to do when it looks too washed out...duplicate your base, drag it to the top, and set it to SOFT LIGHT 50%.
It seems like we lost a bit of the peachyness there-not that it looks bad now, but I really like pink coloring~
so, make a new GRADIENT MAP layer.
This -might- be a little confusing so please try to follow me.
Once you make the Gradient Map layer, a window will appear, with a band showing your current gradient. Click on the little arrow beside that, and another little window appears under that. Click on the arror on THAT and a list will appear. Click where it says "pastels". Once that is done, you will have another pastel set to work with. Click on the first arrow we clicked on now, and choose the peach/pink going to purple gradient.
Click OK, and set this layer to SOFT LIGHT opacity 40%, fill 40%.
I really like soft colors-this step is optional...but if you wanna try it out, go ahead.
Here, let's make a new CURVES layer.
See the little dot way at the bottomleft of the graph? Pull it up some until your input is 0, and your output is 15. This will fade things a little.
Of course, we don't want an entirely faded icon either, so let's make a new LEVELS layer and set the number on the first box at the top to 10. This will bring back the intensity of the shadows while keeping the icon with a soft color.
Another optional step I do for icons, I think it makes it look pretty.
Here I took a soft 100px brush, with its opacity to 61%, made a new layer, and brushed at the bottomleft side of the icon with the color white.
Then I set the layer to SCREEN 25%.
8"D And there is is~~hope it helps, nee~
yes, I lied...I don't feel like making textures lately, BUT. I bring you guys another tutorial~♥
>>
8D We shall learn how to make dull Jongwoon into...happy-color Jongwoon!
Our base: pretty, pretty YeSung. ♥
Start off by duplicating your base twice and setting both to SCREEN 100%. This will make our image lighter, cuz who likes a dull and dark icon anyways?~
Now, this may vary from image to image. If your image isn't too dark to begin with, I advise to not use two screen layers, or, just adjust opacities.
Because he looked washed out, I want to bring the intensity of the colors back in, so duplicate your base again, drag it to the top, and set it to SOFTLIGHT 100%.
So our reds are back~~
Let's start by making him less yellow and a little more peachy.
Make a new SELECTIVE COLOR layer and give it the following settings:
RED: -24, 17, 16, 0
YELLOW: 100, 47, -19, -18
WHITES: 0, 0, 0, -100 (be careful not to make your highlights too white-only use this if they're not obvious in the original pic.)
We don't want the peachyness to be -too- overpowering, so make a new layer and fill it with #4a390a, a dark brown. Set this layer to EXCLUSION 50%. (I know, I'm obsessed with brown exclusion layers, but they're awesome.)
YeSung looked kinda pale on our last step, didn't he? So you know what to do when it looks too washed out...duplicate your base, drag it to the top, and set it to SOFT LIGHT 50%.
It seems like we lost a bit of the peachyness there-not that it looks bad now, but I really like pink coloring~
so, make a new GRADIENT MAP layer.
This -might- be a little confusing so please try to follow me.
Once you make the Gradient Map layer, a window will appear, with a band showing your current gradient. Click on the little arrow beside that, and another little window appears under that. Click on the arror on THAT and a list will appear. Click where it says "pastels". Once that is done, you will have another pastel set to work with. Click on the first arrow we clicked on now, and choose the peach/pink going to purple gradient.
Click OK, and set this layer to SOFT LIGHT opacity 40%, fill 40%.
I really like soft colors-this step is optional...but if you wanna try it out, go ahead.
Here, let's make a new CURVES layer.
See the little dot way at the bottomleft of the graph? Pull it up some until your input is 0, and your output is 15. This will fade things a little.
Of course, we don't want an entirely faded icon either, so let's make a new LEVELS layer and set the number on the first box at the top to 10. This will bring back the intensity of the shadows while keeping the icon with a soft color.
Another optional step I do for icons, I think it makes it look pretty.
Here I took a soft 100px brush, with its opacity to 61%, made a new layer, and brushed at the bottomleft side of the icon with the color white.
Then I set the layer to SCREEN 25%.
8"D And there is is~~hope it helps, nee~