tutorial3

[zoicite.livejournal.com]

herogrrl asked for a tutorial of an icon in this style:

And erm, I love that icon and feel like it was kind of a fluke, but I tried to create something similar to do a tutorial on and got this:



(I use PSP8)

So

I started off with these caps:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/zoiciteicons2/tutorial3/serenity184.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/zoiciteicons2/tutorial3/serenity183.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/zoiciteicons2/tutorial3/serenity181.jpg

Cropped and resized:


played around with the coloring and then sharpened:


And now it's time to start putting together the icon (a lot of this was trial and error, slapping different brushes and layers on and then taking them off again until I *finally* found something I liked)
I started with a black 100x100 canvas and arranged my three bases on it:


I then desaturated the two side images, duplicated them and set them to soft light, resulting in this:


And then I started adding stuff!
Brush by miggy:

resulted in:

(and erm, I kind of really really like it just like that, but let's keep going anyway)

a few lines made using the line tool:


a rectangular selection filled with F0DF2C:


this light texture: (the same one used in the faith icon. I got it from ats_challenge)
set to lighten and moved around, some pieces chopped off:


and then finally merge and add text!

(font: HelpUsGiambattista-SmallCaps, size: 18, kerning: -94)

and that's it!
I tried to play around with some shapes similar to the x's in the faith icon, but eh. they were discarded in the end. The faith icon also has a sliver of her face repeated (the bright blue areas) and set to negative image.

So anyway, yes. I hope it was helpful and definitely ask if you have any questions or need something clarified!

Comments

[justineith.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Thank you so much ♥

[xfunkydoryx.livejournal.com]

I am in such awe of your icons :D

[guitarmy.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! I'm adding it to my memories. Thanks!

[binka-boo.livejournal.com]

thank you! unfortunately the key step, which is the totally cool original ideas, can't be taught! lol

[superduckie.livejournal.com]

Yea, doesn't that suck?

[kikithepirate.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tutorial! I was in a slump and needed some inspiration. Here's what I made:



:-D Thanks!

[dieaku.livejournal.com]

Very, very cool. Added to mems. 8)

[fire-rag.livejournal.com]

I really like both of the tutorials you posted. Would you mind if I added them both to my tutorial page here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/fire_rag/28010.html)?

[http://users.livejournal.com/__scarxlet/]

wow i really really love that icon, definitely putting this in my memories

hi

[insaneconstruct.livejournal.com]

hi there - i saved "this" icon that you see - a long time ago that you made.. and i was wondering if i could put my username in the blank space? i would still completely credit you (already am) - i put my credits beside the actual user pic - instead of bio or interests.. you can check it out if you'd like..

thanks so much~

Re: hi

[zoicite.livejournal.com]

sure! go ahead! :)

Re: hi

[insaneconstruct.livejournal.com]

oh thankyou sooo much! <3

[veeteenese.livejournal.com]

If this post annoys you in anyway, feel free to delete, am not trying to be a bother. I really like your icons though and I was curious if you might consider joining over at icon_idols? If not, sorry again for the annoyance.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

That Faith icon up there is probably one of my favorite icons, like, ever. I've been using it for months, it's one of my oldest uploaded icons. I used to have about 5 icons of her at any point in time, but that got whittled down and now that one's the only one left! ^_^ Seeing the tutorial for the style is very cool :)

[cheergirl13.livejournal.com]

Awesome tut! Thanks! Messed around with it and here's what I got!
(http://photobucket.com/)
<3

[sanya4.livejournal.com]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing. :)