Tutorial 11
Tutorial requested by dragonsquee. This tutorial is very graphic heavy, contains numerous steps and involves some selective coloring.
I'll show you how to go from:
to
Made with Photoshop CS2.
Start off with our base. The problem with the base it that it's too light and not very colourful.
So I duplicate the base and set the blending mode to Color Burn (Multiply or Linear Burn will work too, it depends on your image. I chose Colour Burn because it generally darkens the lineart as opposed to the whole image with Multiply). Then I lowered the opacity to around 50%.
Create a new layer and fill with #021948 and set to Exclusion, 100%.
Fill another new layer with #D2F1FE, and set to Color Burn, 100%.
Add a new layer and fill with #FDC2D9, set to Soft Light, 50-80%.
Next I duplicate my base twice and bring both layers to the top. The first layer (bottom one), I set to Multiply, 20%, in order to darken the image a bit. Then with the top layer, I set the blending mode to Soft Light, 100%.
I add a New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance. In order to bring out the purple colour scheme I wanted, I moved the midtone bars toward the Cyan, Magenta, and Blue ends. This really depends on your base, though.
I add a New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. With this, in order to give the image more dimension, I generally shifted the bars a lot more on the Magenta and Blue colors.
If you want, you can add light textures to give your icon a bit more life. I chose one by _iconographer and set to Screen, 50%, as I wanted the effect to be more subtle. Then I moved the texture over the left a bit.
Again, I add a New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. I do this to enhance the shading on Ushio and of course, to give the image a bit more contrast.
Lastly, I duplicated my base, brought it to the top, and set the blending mode to Soft Light, 75%. At this point, I am done! :3 You can add any finishing touches if you'd like.
As always, tutorials require experimentation as results will vary depending on your image and the settings you use. Feel free to ask any questions, give feedback or show me your results. :3
I'll show you how to go from:
to
Made with Photoshop CS2.
Start off with our base. The problem with the base it that it's too light and not very colourful.
So I duplicate the base and set the blending mode to Color Burn (Multiply or Linear Burn will work too, it depends on your image. I chose Colour Burn because it generally darkens the lineart as opposed to the whole image with Multiply). Then I lowered the opacity to around 50%.
Create a new layer and fill with #021948 and set to Exclusion, 100%.
Fill another new layer with #D2F1FE, and set to Color Burn, 100%.
Add a new layer and fill with #FDC2D9, set to Soft Light, 50-80%.
Next I duplicate my base twice and bring both layers to the top. The first layer (bottom one), I set to Multiply, 20%, in order to darken the image a bit. Then with the top layer, I set the blending mode to Soft Light, 100%.
I add a New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance. In order to bring out the purple colour scheme I wanted, I moved the midtone bars toward the Cyan, Magenta, and Blue ends. This really depends on your base, though.
I add a New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. With this, in order to give the image more dimension, I generally shifted the bars a lot more on the Magenta and Blue colors.
If you want, you can add light textures to give your icon a bit more life. I chose one by _iconographer and set to Screen, 50%, as I wanted the effect to be more subtle. Then I moved the texture over the left a bit.
Again, I add a New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. I do this to enhance the shading on Ushio and of course, to give the image a bit more contrast.
Lastly, I duplicated my base, brought it to the top, and set the blending mode to Soft Light, 75%. At this point, I am done! :3 You can add any finishing touches if you'd like.
As always, tutorials require experimentation as results will vary depending on your image and the settings you use. Feel free to ask any questions, give feedback or show me your results. :3