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Tutorial! Written as part of a lesson for hat_sorting (join!).
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I'm just going to very briefly explain what i did...mainly because i don't remember the exact settings. hehe. If you want me to get images of what each step looks like, let me know and i happily will. :]
♥ First off, i duplicated my base and set it to soft light. I tend to do this with all my bases i work on, however, if it turns out too dark initially, i add a screen layer or two (or six) of the base in between the initial base and the soft light layer.
♥ Then, i created a new layer. #FEF6BF (a light peachy-yellow), I set it to multiply. Setting it to multiply will mask all the white in the icon with the color selected.
♥ Another new layer! This time i chose a dark blue (specifically #000723) and set it to exclusion.
♥ Then, i created a new brightness/contrast layer. I believe i set the contrast to +8, but i'm not positive. Either way, i know it was a very very small number that i set it to.
♥ Next, i created a new hue/saturation layer. I set the saturation level to +10. Another small adjustment.
♥ Another new layer! this time set to a pink-ish color, specifically #FFBBBB. I set this to color burn and lowered the opacity to 25%.
♥ Last layer! Color #D2CFFF (a light grey-ish blue) to Soft Light, opacity 10%.
And there we go!
Now, depending on your image, you can add more or have less layers than I did with mine. There's really no right or wrong way about achieving coloring, it's all about experimentation. If all else fails, tone down the number of layers. Sometimes having too many layers and too intense of coloring will overpower the image.
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I'm just going to very briefly explain what i did...mainly because i don't remember the exact settings. hehe. If you want me to get images of what each step looks like, let me know and i happily will. :]
♥ First off, i duplicated my base and set it to soft light. I tend to do this with all my bases i work on, however, if it turns out too dark initially, i add a screen layer or two (or six) of the base in between the initial base and the soft light layer.
♥ Then, i created a new layer. #FEF6BF (a light peachy-yellow), I set it to multiply. Setting it to multiply will mask all the white in the icon with the color selected.
♥ Another new layer! This time i chose a dark blue (specifically #000723) and set it to exclusion.
♥ Then, i created a new brightness/contrast layer. I believe i set the contrast to +8, but i'm not positive. Either way, i know it was a very very small number that i set it to.
♥ Next, i created a new hue/saturation layer. I set the saturation level to +10. Another small adjustment.
♥ Another new layer! this time set to a pink-ish color, specifically #FFBBBB. I set this to color burn and lowered the opacity to 25%.
♥ Last layer! Color #D2CFFF (a light grey-ish blue) to Soft Light, opacity 10%.
And there we go!
Now, depending on your image, you can add more or have less layers than I did with mine. There's really no right or wrong way about achieving coloring, it's all about experimentation. If all else fails, tone down the number of layers. Sometimes having too many layers and too intense of coloring will overpower the image.