Tutorial #2 and #3

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From
to

Step 1
Open your image, crop it to 100x100;


Step 2
Go to Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Brightness/Contrast:
Brightness: +10;
Contrast: +2.


Step 3
Go to Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Channel Mixer:
Red: R:+80; G:-10; B:+10;
Green: R:-15; G:+50; B:+80;
Blue: R:-50; G:+60; B:+100.


Step 4
Go to Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Channel Mixer:
Red: R:130; G:-50; B:0;
Green: R:0; G:+100; B:0;
Blue: R:-50; G:+60; B:+80.


Step 5
Go to Layer -> New -> Layer and fill it with #130303 and set it to Exclusion at 100%;


Step 6
Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balalnce:
Shadows: 20; 0; 20;
Midtones: 20; 0; 10.


Step 7
Go to Layer -> New -> Layer and fill it with #f8e3e3 and set it to Color Burn at 100%;


Step 8
Texture and text.
I used this texture, set it to Screen 100%:


And text 'sophia' in 'Pea Missy Cursive' at '14pt'.


The end!
Download The PCD here.
Other axamples:




From
to

Step 1
Open your image, crop it to 100x100;


Step 2
Go to Layer -> New -> Layer and fill it with #ffd800 and set it to Darken at 100%;


Step 3
Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balalnce:
Shadows: -7; -16; +7;
Midtones: +20; +12; 58;
Highlights: -8; -16; 0.


Step 4
Go to Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Brightness/Contrast:
Brightness: +10;
Contrast: +10.


Step 5
Set this texture (made by toybirds) to Multuply 100%:




Step 6
Texture and text.
I used this texture, set it to Screen 100%:


And text 'leighton' in 'Ballpark' at '18pt'.


The end!
Download The PCD here
Other examples: