Made in PSP9. involves many curves layers.
![](http://xs77.xs.to/pics/06160/Image13.png)
to
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/avrilgirl829/Image12.png)
.
(better example of coloring under cut)
originally I didnt make this coloring while making an icon. I just made it into an icon for the preview.
![](http://xs77.xs.to/pics/06160/Image11.png)
to
![](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/davidislove/Image05.png)
.
1-----Unsharpen mask-
Radius-10.00 strength-57 clipping-0.
luminance only checked.
2-----#d4e7f5 at Burn 100%
3-----New Curves layer
RGB
first point
in-167 out-198
second point
in-132 out-160
third point
in-70 out-21
Green
first point
in-158 out-169
second point
in-82 out-97
Blue
first point
in-105 out-138
second point
in-42 out-85
4-----Another Curves layer
RGB
first point
in-107 out-48
second point
in-63 out-24
5-----#020b24 Exclusion 100%
6-----#6dcff6 Burn 30%
7-----#c5adff Soft Light 14%
8-----#f4d7b9 Multiply 44%
9-----Last Curves layer.
Red
first point
in-147 out-167
second point
in-135 out-94
third point
in-47 out-77
Green
first point
in-216 out-255
second point
in-175 out-216
third point
in-113 out-163
fourth point
in-23 out-13
fourth point
in-5 out-30
Blue
first point
in-123 out-157
second point
in-70 out-120
third point
in-61 out-27
set this curves layer to Normal 32%
10-----New Hue/Saturation/Lightness layer
desaturate(saturation -100) and set to soft light 100%.
thats all:).
other pictures made with this tutorial:
![](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/davidislove/Image6.png)
and
![](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/davidislove/Image04.png)
.
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Sorry if it was overly confusing...I know a lot of people don't get curves but I love them. Comments are lovely and I'd like to see how/if it worked you for you:)