K RY CONS (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} krycons) wrote,@ 2006-09-03 15:41:00 |
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| Current mood: |  determined |
| Entry tags: | modpost, tutorial |
follow the yellow-green grass.
i_am_a_cylon requested a tutorial on how I made this icon:
(from this original wall)
The image was actually made for a wallpaper I did for adiaaida and it will be available on my next post along with the icon requests (which I'm currently working on). I decided to do this first since it was easy enough. :p This will be an available wallpaper later, just in case anyone wants the big version of it as well. *g*
NOTES
1/ Do not post this tutorial elsewhere. Please link to it or add to memories.
2/ Do not claim the as your own and do not use the images.
3/ Coloring done here was specifically for this image only. I don't know if it will work with other images but feel free to try. :p
*The actual size of the image (1024x800) is retained but I made it smaller as a representation.  1. So I started off with the actual image looking like this. Very dark and moody. I brightened it up by doing the following to 3 layers copied from the original: the topmost layer set to Screen with a 100% Opacity; the second layer below it is set to Linear Dodge with 30% Opacity; and the last of the three layers is set to Multiply with a 20% Opacity. much better now, right?  2. Now on to some minor coloring alterations. Create a new layer Hue/Saturation layer with +30 Saturation and leave it to Normal and have the opacity unchanged. Then I created a Curves layer set it to Screen and decreased the opacity to 30%. Duplicate this layer and set it to Normal and increase opacity to 50%. it now looks like this:  3. Next is some more coloring. I created a green curves layer; set it to Normal and its opacity decreased to 70%. This was to enhance the grass area so I got the Brush tool and brushed over the sky and water part (including Tennant's body) as shown below:  Afterwards, merged the layers together. Duplicated it and set it to Screen with 20% Opacity. Finally, I erased the grass part of this duplicate as it was used to brighten up the top portion (especially Tennant's face). 4. Then I duplicated the curves layer from the previous step and set it to Normal with a 70% Opacity keeping the same brushed over part. Then used a Selective Color Layer courtesy of adiaaida's coloring tutorial. :p I hope she doesn't mind that I'm going to post the configuration here.Reds: Cyan -100 ; Yellow +100 Yellows: Cyan -100 ; Yellow +100 Neutrals: Cyan +26 ; Magenta -11 ; Yellow -13 Set it to Normal and kept the same opacity. Then I brushed over the grass area to retain the green-ness it already has. Merged the layers together again and erased the BBC labels on top. And so, we have this:  5. Then I duplicated the layer twice. In the first layer, I set it to Linear Burn and set it to 50% Opacity erasing the grass part. For the second layer, I also set it to Linear Burn with the opacity set to 40% but this time erasing the sky area.  6. Next I created an empty layer and filled it with #98B6BD, set it to Color Burn without changing the opacity; added a layer/vector mask and brushed over Tennant's body.  7. So now that the coloring is done, it's time to add the sky. I used a stock image from stock.xchang... which I sadly don't have anymore. It was a little big so I just erased the necessary parts like the ones over the grass, water and Tennant's face/body. I set the layer to Linear Burn and created a duplicate which was set to Hard Light keeping opacities of both at 100%, making it look like so:  8. As you've noticed though, there's a visible white line separating the sky and sea... which is distracting and uuuugly. To remedy this, I used the brush tool with a #A8DAE2 color set to it and brushed over the visible line. I then set it to Linear Burn while lightening some parts (by erasing with low opacity) to blend with the sky. and finally, it's done!  Of course, to create the icon, I cropped then duplicated it; set to Screen adjusting the brightness and whatnot. Fin Hope that was helpful!:D |
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Btw, what do you guys think of the layout change? I searched everywhere for a good layout and finally decided with this simple one. No headers/images, whatsoever. Simplicity is beauty, ya? =D
