Sexbomb Aqua Icon Tutorial

[shadowserenity]

As requested (by alexandral), this tutorial is for the following icon I created a number of weeks ago:

Comments

[moriath]

What levels of Unsharpen Mask did you use for this? I haven't been able to find a combination that works well yet.

And when I'm working on icons for tutorials in GIMP, I just save layers as new images as I go, and save the final result as a .xcf file :-)

[shadowserenity]

I just tried the feature again and radius 5.0 and amount .45 look right to me - at least until you finish all your layers and flatten the image :).

Thanks for that tip! :)

[endlessdeep]

Great tutorial and not as many steps I would have thought. did you go over her hair with the sharpening tool in that first one. It looks like you may have, or perhaps you didn't smooth the hair out after you sharpened it. Just the hair makes a big difference between the first one you did and the one you did for the tut. Both are gorgeous though.

I'm snagging that aqua gradient if you don't mind.

[shadowserenity]

Oh! I remember now that I was on a hair sharpening kick. I've sharpened the hair once more. The face is still more muted, but I'm not going to drive myself crazy getting all the overlay and soft light layers exactly right :).

And the aqua gradient isn't mine, so snag away if you like. I love that gradient. It has another brother in my gradient collection, too. Both are brilliant when iconmaking :).

[endlessdeep]

And the aqua gradient isn't mine, so snag away if you like. I love that gradient. It has another brother in my gradient collection, too. Both are brilliant when iconmaking :).

I find that I always go back to the same color textures and gradients quite often because they look good no matter what you use them on. That aqua gradient glows. It's really pretty.

[jesus_freak1234]

Wow, easier than I thought! Adding to memories, thanks.

[shadowserenity]

See, I'm showing everyone all my simple tricks! They'll all realise that it doesn't take loads of skill to do this stuff! Hehe.

[jesus_freak1234]

I think it's just figuring out the layer effects. Once you have that down, you can do pretty much anything. :P

[shadowserenity]

True. I think the talent comes not from the techniques, but the ideas :).

[jesus_freak1234]

Mmkay, tried it. I used the same cap but with different cropping, if you find it too similar go ahead and tell me. ;)

[shadowserenity]

You're most welcome to make the same icon. Really, I'm not picky about that sort of stuff.

Great result! I love the word "depravity". The wall on the side gives it a nice finish!

[jesus_freak1234]

Thanks!

[_dc_lover_]

I have GIMP also and you can save layers. Save it as a xcf file. :)

Great tut! Easy to follow with great results!

[shadowserenity]

Thank you :).

[_dc_lover_]

You're welcome. :)