| Icon Tutorial 1 - Leila Tong |
[Sep. 4th, 2006|09:20 pm] |
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Size: 100 X 100
Level: Quite Easy
Featuring: Leila Tong
1. Crop an image and set it to 100 X 100. I chose a picture of Leila which I found at Asianfanatics Gallery.
2. Go to Filter > Blur > Blur More. Select Hard Light and set to 50% (If your image is lighter, set it to less than 50%. This step depends on your image).
3. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer and fill the image with #000000. Set to Colour.
4. This is the tedious part. Take a small eraser brush around 5px in diameter and erase the parts on the colour layer which you want the colour to show. This is what I obtained.
5. Press CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-E to merge the layers. Delete the second layer (NOT THE MERGED ONE).
6. THIS STEP IS OPTIONAL. Hmm I don't quite like her yellow shirt. Maybe I can change the colour to green. Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue / Saturation. Under Masters, I set Hue to 31.
7. I'll like to make the image glossy. Go to Filter > Blur > Blur More. Set Hard Light to 50%. Then I go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen.
8. Add some text or brushes. Give it a border and you are done with a simple yet beautiful icon! CONGRATULATIONS!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial :) Its rather easy and I'm sure even PS beginners can handle it. It should work on PSP or any other softwares too.
PLEASE DO NOT USE THE EXACT PICTURE, COPY ALL MY STEPS AND CLAIM THE ICON AS YOURS. PLEASE USE YOUR CREATIVITY AND USE THIS TUTORIAL JUST AS A REFERENCE.</p> |
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I like this.
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