This is a pretty simple icon colouring tutorial. I love using this tutorial so I decided to write it down and post it here.
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To start crop your image and sharpen it (I only sharpened it once, but it depends on your image
Step One: Duplicate the base layer and set it to screen 60%. Then duplicate that layer and set it to screen 32%. The duplicate the layer one last time and set that to soft light 100(
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Step Two: Now go to Layers>>New Adjustment Layer>>Colour Balance.
Midtones: 38, 25, 0
Shadows: -40, 19, 48
Highlights: 0, 0, -15(
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Step Three: Select the flood fill tool Chose a dark navy blue colour, I used: #000040: Exclusion 34% (
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Step Four: Select the flood fill tool again, this time choose a dark beige colour, I used #f1d9ad: Multiply 21% (
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Step Five: Go to Layers>>New Adjustment Layer>>Hue/Saturation/Lightness. Set the Saturation to +17 (This depends on your picture so play around with the number. You should get the same effect as long as the saturation doesn't go under 0) (
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And your done! now you can add text, brushes and whatever else you want. If you had problems with this tutorial or liked it please leave a comment.