tutorial #01

[alexsuami]

tutorial asked by john_scorpy


I apologize in advance for my terrible English! I'm Italian, but I'm working on it xD

STEP 1



first of all, i created my base! i opened this caps, i put it in a new doc 100x100px in order to get somithing like that.
Then, with the elliptical marquee tool, holdind down the SHIFT key, I selected the part of the caps in which there is Katniss and deleted the rest!
I put the circle with katniss in the 100x100px doc, i resized it a bit and i added a drop shadow to the circle with these options (click)

STEP 2



This step it's all about coloring the icon! I picked and adapted a yellowish color of mine!




1. curves layer (click on auto)
2. gradient map (from #e9255c to #ffffff) set on soft light, 19% opacity and 82% fill
3. fill layer with this yellow #f4f37a and delet it from the circle with katniss. i set this layer to normal, 30% opacity
4. color balance layer: midtones > +9, +3, -9
5. new fill layer with the same yellow #f4f37a set on color burn, 20% opacity and 40& fill
6. new curves layer (stamp)




7. selective color layer. there are the settings:
reds: 0, +3, -4, +10
yellows: 0, 0, +83, +11
8. new curves layer. there are the settings:
output: 99 | input: 82
output: 204 | input: 208
9. levels layer. there are the settings
RGB: 14 | 1,06 | 243
red: 14 | 1,12 | 255
green: 0 | 1,06 | 255
blue: 9 | 1,06 | 255
10. new fill layer with this grey/black #141412 set on screen
11. vibrance layer: vibrance > +56




12. new selective color layer. there are the settings:
reds: -18, +5, -48, +4
yellows: -9, +30, +24, -1
neutrals: +6, +6, +6, -5
13. brightness/contrast layer. there are the settings:
brightness: 15
contrast: -11
14. new color balance layer: midtones > +15, +9, +15
15. new fill layer with a gradient from black to white (stamp), set on soft light, 77% opacity
16. new gradient map (stamp) set on soft light, 28% opacity
17. new layer of vibrance. there are the settings:
vibrant: +100
saturation: +7

STEP 3



At this point, i worked only with textures (i don't have credits, let me know if you recognize it)

this one set on soft light, 25% opacity

this one, set on screen, 45% opacity. i duplicated this layer and rotate horizontally the texture

this one desaturated (click) set on soft light, 55% opacity

this one (bourbonate) set on screen, 100% opacity

STEP 4



I added the text "the girl on fire" with rockwell (11px - color #5e857d) with a drop shadow (stamp).
Under the text, i added a new layer and, with this brush (stamp) I created a sort of base for the text (also here, i added a drop shadow stamp)
At this point, I added a gaussian blur layer: I created a copy merged layer and then went to filter > blur gaussian blur > 3 (set this to whatever you like), set on soft light, 50% opacity.
I added a levels layer and clicked on auto (stamp).
I created a copy merged layer, i sharpened a bit and voilà, it's done! :)



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