The Lion King header tutorial
Tutorial for the header that made the following icon possible:
A couple of things you should know:
In order to get this icon, I just shrank the header, cropped a section of the upper right, sharpened, and upped the brightness and contrast.
Use this scribble brush (I erased some of the top and bottom) by teh_indy in #535e30 and place it on the left of the red texture. blend mode: screen; opacity: 100%.
Use this brush in #586b8f and place it in the bottom right of the red texture. blend mode: multiply; opacity: 100%.
Rotate and resize this texture by elli. Use the Selection Tool to create a polygonal shape and place it in the bottom left of the header. blend mode: hard light; opacity: 100%.
Duplicate the previous layer. blend mode: soft light, opacity: 100%.
Resize this cap, adjust the brightness and contrast to your liking by using the Brightness/Contrast tool, and paste it in the upper left. Erase the right side of the image so it looks something like this (the white area is transparent). blend mode: hard light, opacity: 30%.
Resize this cap, adjust the brightness and contrast to your liking by using the Brightness/Contrast tool, and paste it in the upper left. Erase the bottom of the image so it looks something like this (the white area is transparent). blend mode: soft light, opacity: 100%.
Resize this cap, adjust the brightness and contrast to your liking by using the Brightness/Contrast tool, and paste it in the upper right. Erase the left side of the image so it looks something like this (the white area is transparent). blend mode: overlay, opacity: 100%.
Flood fill #00035D on a new layer. blend mode: hue, opacity: 60%.
Take this texture by elli and crop it onto a 600x370 canvas. blend mode: normal, opacity: 100%.
If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them. Please let me know if this helps you in any way. :)
A couple of things you should know:
- I make all of my headers in Paint Shop Pro 8.
- The header-in-progress will be shown on the left after each step.
- The images on the left are thumbnails. Click to enlarge.
- I don't remember the settings I used when I adjusted the brightness and contrast.
- The Brightness/Contrast tool can be found by typing Shift+B or looking under Adjust >> Brightness and Contrast >> Brightness/Contrast.
- All caps were provided by peacefully.
In order to get this icon, I just shrank the header, cropped a section of the upper right, sharpened, and upped the brightness and contrast.
Use this scribble brush (I erased some of the top and bottom) by teh_indy in #535e30 and place it on the left of the red texture. blend mode: screen; opacity: 100%.
Use this brush in #586b8f and place it in the bottom right of the red texture. blend mode: multiply; opacity: 100%.
Rotate and resize this texture by elli. Use the Selection Tool to create a polygonal shape and place it in the bottom left of the header. blend mode: hard light; opacity: 100%.
Duplicate the previous layer. blend mode: soft light, opacity: 100%.
Resize this cap, adjust the brightness and contrast to your liking by using the Brightness/Contrast tool, and paste it in the upper left. Erase the right side of the image so it looks something like this (the white area is transparent). blend mode: hard light, opacity: 30%.
Resize this cap, adjust the brightness and contrast to your liking by using the Brightness/Contrast tool, and paste it in the upper left. Erase the bottom of the image so it looks something like this (the white area is transparent). blend mode: soft light, opacity: 100%.
Resize this cap, adjust the brightness and contrast to your liking by using the Brightness/Contrast tool, and paste it in the upper right. Erase the left side of the image so it looks something like this (the white area is transparent). blend mode: overlay, opacity: 100%.
Flood fill #00035D on a new layer. blend mode: hue, opacity: 60%.
Take this texture by elli and crop it onto a 600x370 canvas. blend mode: normal, opacity: 100%.
If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them. Please let me know if this helps you in any way. :)