44. Ask the Maker
These tutorials were requested by the lovely ladies setentpet and reebeecaa over at Ask the Maker.
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The idea behind this icon was to show off how fierce and powerful Abaddon but at the same time show some depth to her cause what's the point of a bad-arse-bitch whose is as shallow as a puddle?
Start off with this screencap, crop it, lighten it using your preferred method (I used a curves layer) and paint out the background.
Throw this stock image over the top, set to screen and erase the bottom with a soft brush. This makes it look like she's on flames as opposed to just having the texture slapped on the icon. Then I darkened up the area with a soft black brush set to soft-light.
Now for the colouring:
- add a black and white gradient map set to soft-light 30% to bump up the contrast
- add a curves layer to increase the red tones (mine looked like this)
- add a colour balance layer to increase the red tones further (mine looked like this)
- paint over the dress on a new layer in a pastel blue with a soft brush set to hue 20%
- add a black fill layer set to colour 20% to desaturate it a little
- add this texture (not sure who made it sorry!) set to screen 50%
The whole process:
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The idea behind this one was like flowers growing from a grave stone, because Hannibal is an agent of death. But I wanted it to be vibrant to really attract attention like hiding in plain-sight.
Start off with a nice mid-crop, get plenty of head-room but leave enough shirt to know who the character is. Lighten the icon with your preferred method (again, I used curves), then black out the background and his face/next.
I added a floral image, I wanted it to look like a painting 'cause Hannibal is one classy mother, I used this one that I found off google. I found it easiest to layer it over the icon set to screen and erase over the shirt and tidy the outsides. Then use the burn tool to darken the area if flowers at the collar to make it look like they are behind it.
Now for some colouring, paint over his blazer with a bright blue on a new layer, I used #03a1c5, then painted over the shirt, tie and handkerchief with a yellowy-limey colour, I used #e1de50. Set these to colour 100%.
Add a vibrance layer to make the colours 'pop' and that's really all there is to it!
Whole process:
to
The idea behind this icon was to show off how fierce and powerful Abaddon but at the same time show some depth to her cause what's the point of a bad-arse-bitch whose is as shallow as a puddle?
Start off with this screencap, crop it, lighten it using your preferred method (I used a curves layer) and paint out the background.
Throw this stock image over the top, set to screen and erase the bottom with a soft brush. This makes it look like she's on flames as opposed to just having the texture slapped on the icon. Then I darkened up the area with a soft black brush set to soft-light.
Now for the colouring:
- add a black and white gradient map set to soft-light 30% to bump up the contrast
- add a curves layer to increase the red tones (mine looked like this)
- add a colour balance layer to increase the red tones further (mine looked like this)
- paint over the dress on a new layer in a pastel blue with a soft brush set to hue 20%
- add a black fill layer set to colour 20% to desaturate it a little
- add this texture (not sure who made it sorry!) set to screen 50%
The whole process:
to
The idea behind this one was like flowers growing from a grave stone, because Hannibal is an agent of death. But I wanted it to be vibrant to really attract attention like hiding in plain-sight.
Start off with a nice mid-crop, get plenty of head-room but leave enough shirt to know who the character is. Lighten the icon with your preferred method (again, I used curves), then black out the background and his face/next.
I added a floral image, I wanted it to look like a painting 'cause Hannibal is one classy mother, I used this one that I found off google. I found it easiest to layer it over the icon set to screen and erase over the shirt and tidy the outsides. Then use the burn tool to darken the area if flowers at the collar to make it look like they are behind it.
Now for some colouring, paint over his blazer with a bright blue on a new layer, I used #03a1c5, then painted over the shirt, tie and handkerchief with a yellowy-limey colour, I used #e1de50. Set these to colour 100%.
Add a vibrance layer to make the colours 'pop' and that's really all there is to it!
Whole process: