Icon Tutorial: Light Up My World
Tutorial for this icon:
I hate it to tell these things twice but I beg you, please, do not copy my icon. I saw various icons which looked exactly like mine (same color, font, blending, pictures, highlights) and this sucks. If this goes on, I will not do anymore tutorials!
Requirements:
Well, I have Adobe CS but I'm sure you can work the tut as well with PSP. But you should have some experience with making icons…at least with the tools. ^^ I'm sorry, but I can't explain all the different functions neither where you can find for example the sharpen tool...I just don't have the time for that.
Plus you should realize that I worked with screencaps which are darker and different from normal pics so you probably have to adjust the tutorial to your own imagination.
STEP 1
I took two of my screencaps and resized them. Then I copied them both into a 100x100 canvas. One part of Max' Pic was overlapping Alec's, so I used the mask and erased part of it, until it fit. Merged and now I had something like this.
STEP 2
Then I added a new layer and filled it with the color #001873, set to exclusion.
STEP 3
Above the blue layer I made a new layer and filled it with a gradient (from crumblingwalls I think) and set the layer to screen. Because the picture was hardly recognizable, I duplicated the background layer (with Max and Alec of course) and moved it to the top and set it to soft light. Duplicated that layer as well.
STEP 4
Don't forget that you might have to play around with the opacity of the gradient layer or even duplicate the soft light original picture once again. Just play around.
After that, I added a stock picture from getty and set it to screen. Because the light blobs were over Max' and Alec's faces as well, I blurred these parts. Then I duplicated the layer, desaturated it and set it to soft light, just to achieve better effects.
STEP 5
Almost done. I added a brush on a new layer from canemae (which seems to be gone from lj) and set it to soft light, 50% opacity. Then I added the text, the smaller text plus the "&" Arial Black and the Alec/Max words just plain Arial with some shadow. A simple border and that's it.
That's it…basically…you might have to play around with the opacity to find your own way. And as I said at first, I started with a screencap, so it might look different on normal pictures…just play. ^^
Please leave a comment, how you liked the tut, if you found it useful and stuff…
Don't steal the tut, neither any of my icons.
And don't forget the most important thing:
Try to find your own style, don't copy mine, neither someone else's...it's all about envolving and learning, not about copying. Your own style is in you, and not in this tutorial. ^^
Thanks and have fun.
Love,
~dominique
I hate it to tell these things twice but I beg you, please, do not copy my icon. I saw various icons which looked exactly like mine (same color, font, blending, pictures, highlights) and this sucks. If this goes on, I will not do anymore tutorials!
Requirements:
Well, I have Adobe CS but I'm sure you can work the tut as well with PSP. But you should have some experience with making icons…at least with the tools. ^^ I'm sorry, but I can't explain all the different functions neither where you can find for example the sharpen tool...I just don't have the time for that.
Plus you should realize that I worked with screencaps which are darker and different from normal pics so you probably have to adjust the tutorial to your own imagination.
STEP 1
I took two of my screencaps and resized them. Then I copied them both into a 100x100 canvas. One part of Max' Pic was overlapping Alec's, so I used the mask and erased part of it, until it fit. Merged and now I had something like this.
STEP 2
Then I added a new layer and filled it with the color #001873, set to exclusion.
STEP 3
Above the blue layer I made a new layer and filled it with a gradient (from crumblingwalls I think) and set the layer to screen. Because the picture was hardly recognizable, I duplicated the background layer (with Max and Alec of course) and moved it to the top and set it to soft light. Duplicated that layer as well.
STEP 4
Don't forget that you might have to play around with the opacity of the gradient layer or even duplicate the soft light original picture once again. Just play around.
After that, I added a stock picture from getty and set it to screen. Because the light blobs were over Max' and Alec's faces as well, I blurred these parts. Then I duplicated the layer, desaturated it and set it to soft light, just to achieve better effects.
STEP 5
Almost done. I added a brush on a new layer from canemae (which seems to be gone from lj) and set it to soft light, 50% opacity. Then I added the text, the smaller text plus the "&" Arial Black and the Alec/Max words just plain Arial with some shadow. A simple border and that's it.
That's it…basically…you might have to play around with the opacity to find your own way. And as I said at first, I started with a screencap, so it might look different on normal pictures…just play. ^^
Please leave a comment, how you liked the tut, if you found it useful and stuff…
Don't steal the tut, neither any of my icons.
And don't forget the most important thing:
Try to find your own style, don't copy mine, neither someone else's...it's all about envolving and learning, not about copying. Your own style is in you, and not in this tutorial. ^^
Thanks and have fun.
Love,
~dominique