Hi, hi
I know some of you have been waiting for a tutorial from me for a while, so here, have one.
Today we'll be making:
Before you ask, I made this icon in Photoshop CS2. Please do not follow this step by step and make an exact duplicate, just try to mix it up a little. Use this as a guide. :)
1. I started out with an image from thephotobox. I didn't sharpen, blur, or any of that. It'd just make things look ugly in the end.
2. I duplicated the base three times and set them all to Screen. I kept the first two at 100%, and the changed the third to 50%.
4. I made a new layer, filled it with #0d1a37 and set it to Exclusion. (what a surprise)
5. Next, I duplicated the base and dragged it to the top. I went to Image > Adjustments > Variations... and clicked More Cyan three times and More Blue once. I set that layer to Soft Light. I did this because I didn't really want the icon to look so yellow and orange when I was done, so this step kind of evened out the colors.
6. Duplicated the base, dragged it to the top and set it to Soft Light again.
7. I then made a new layer and filled it with #b3e0f8, set to Color Burn.
8. Finally, I made a new Color Balance layer. Don't know how to? Look at the bottom of your layer window and click on the circle that looks like a half-moon cookie. :)
In Midtones, I used these settings: -45, +20, 0. The window should look like this. And in Shadows, I used: +50, 0, 0, which should look like this. I left everything in Highlights blank. The reason I made that layer was to make the colors more vibrant, a little more green, and make more shadows in the icon.
9. Merge everything and you're done.
Remember, this is a guide. Messing around with it could give you some cool results. I was fiddling around with the layer orders and came up with this coloring, which looks pretty cool, right? I'd like to see if you made anything with this tutorial! :)
Today we'll be making:
Before you ask, I made this icon in Photoshop CS2. Please do not follow this step by step and make an exact duplicate, just try to mix it up a little. Use this as a guide. :)
1. I started out with an image from thephotobox. I didn't sharpen, blur, or any of that. It'd just make things look ugly in the end.
2. I duplicated the base three times and set them all to Screen. I kept the first two at 100%, and the changed the third to 50%.
4. I made a new layer, filled it with #0d1a37 and set it to Exclusion. (what a surprise)
5. Next, I duplicated the base and dragged it to the top. I went to Image > Adjustments > Variations... and clicked More Cyan three times and More Blue once. I set that layer to Soft Light. I did this because I didn't really want the icon to look so yellow and orange when I was done, so this step kind of evened out the colors.
6. Duplicated the base, dragged it to the top and set it to Soft Light again.
7. I then made a new layer and filled it with #b3e0f8, set to Color Burn.
8. Finally, I made a new Color Balance layer. Don't know how to? Look at the bottom of your layer window and click on the circle that looks like a half-moon cookie. :)
In Midtones, I used these settings: -45, +20, 0. The window should look like this. And in Shadows, I used: +50, 0, 0, which should look like this. I left everything in Highlights blank. The reason I made that layer was to make the colors more vibrant, a little more green, and make more shadows in the icon.
9. Merge everything and you're done.
Remember, this is a guide. Messing around with it could give you some cool results. I was fiddling around with the layer orders and came up with this coloring, which looks pretty cool, right? I'd like to see if you made anything with this tutorial! :)
