#30 - tutorial #1 - teen wolf.

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

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asked by: monstersinyou
MADE IN: Photoshop CS6
DIFFICULTY: Easy

The tutorial is very simple. I usually don't do that kind of stuff, because I don't save my psd's (I definitely need a larger harddrive, there is barely free space left with all the tv shows I'm watching), but this was pretty easy to recreate, so here we go!

This is the screencap:

LET'S START

• we start with a simple step, we add a new fill layer Layer → New Fill Layer → Solid Color and set it to #d7b2fa;


• when we are done, we continue with the most painful (for me personally!) step and erasing the background from the original screencap;

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SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN BETWEEN

• duplicate the base layer and choose Image → Adjustments → Variatons → More Magenta, then erase the parts on the face and the hair;


• duplicate the base screencap layer again and set it to Screen; do this one more time;

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• take this texture by makarosh, Image → Image Rotate → Flip Canvas Horizontal and then put it above the Color Fill Layer and set it to Divide;


• erase the top line (or not, depends on how you prefer) and then go to Image → Adjustments → Selective Color, choose Cyan and make it Black: +100% (here it is);

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• take this texture by wolfatmidnight and set it to Soft Light, erase the parts where the hair looks too bright;


• merge all layers;

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• duplicate the icon, choose Image → Adjustments → Variations → More Blue + More Magenta, set it to Multiply - Opacity: 43% and erase the parts on the background, the hair and the face;


• duplicate the icon again, choose Image → Adjustments → Variations → More Red, set it to Soft Light - Opacity: 37%;


• add this texture by wolfatmidnight again, choose Image → Adjustments → Variations → More Magenta and set it Soft Light - Opacity: 28%;

FINAL STEP:

• flatten the image, choose the Smudge Tool (size: 2 px, hardness: 0%, mode: normal, strength: 44%) and smudge the parts of the icon which are a bit oversharpened and voila :)

NOTES:

• first time doing tutorial, I hope it's intelligible and helpful and I hope it doesn't suck :D


• I've done this tutorial by memory, but I think the effect in the end is pretty much the same (with a little bit of difference, but anyway)

Comments

[wolfatmidnight.livejournal.com]

This icon looks so pretty TwT ♥

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you, that texture of yours make everything prettier, I use it in almost every icon of mine ♥

[monstersinyou.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I seriously did not expect a tutorial so fast! :D Thank you so, so much for sharing how you made this icon - it's gorgeous (but I already told you that :P).

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

Well, it was pretty easy thing to do, so I decided why not? :D
and you're welcome, I'm glad you like it :)