Silhouettes tutorials

[angelamaria]

Over at my Ask the Maker thread I was asked by applepips16 and john_scorpy about the silhouettes I've done in my recent batches, so I thought I'd combine the answers into one post.

The icons in question:

Comments

[accountingwitch]

Thanks for this! I've had so much trouble with silhouettes and really wanted to see a step-by-step somewhere.

[angelamaria]

:D Yay, I'm glad it helped you! ♥

[jsfunction]

Oh, this a such a great tutorial, and using the Blending options menu is really ingenious for the coloring purpose! Very well written and easy to follow too, thank you so much for writing these!!!

[angelamaria]

Yay! I'm glad you think so :3 I've only written one tutorial to date (lol, last one was before I quit iconning!) so any feedback is greatly appreciated :) ♥

[angelamaria]

I'm glad you like it! Hope your trial goes well :) ♥

[library_of_sex]

Okay, that Color Overlay layer thing seems pretty cool! I'd been wondering how people achieve that sorta 3D-ish effect, so thank you very much for your lovely tips! :)

[angelamaria]

I'm glad it's informative :D And yeah, it's a pretty quick way to do an outline/silhouette, granted you do have the subject cut out haha.

P.S. Yes, JGL IS THE TRUTH

[library_of_sex]

I know I accidentally achieved that effect once but since I can't find my PSD, it's great to read your tut and know how to repeat that technique!

INDEED. HE IS THE TRUTH, AND EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW IT.

[angelamaria]

NODS SO MUCH