Make a selective coloring layer and use these settings
#ICON TUTORIAL LIVEJOURNAL FREE#
Please tell me what you think! I'd like to see your results as well.įeel free to look through all my icons here on vraxis and request a tutorial for anything you want to learn.Program:Photoshop. Also, when choosing textures, look for ones that aren't too dark (unless that's what you're going for) you don't want them to nullify all the work you did coloring the image! (Unless that's what you're going for o.O) In the "Vicious Bitter Words" icon, the texture I used there highlighted Sasuke's face, making it a focal point.
For instance, with the Sakura icon, the texture I used made her fist look like it's glowing red. Look for ones that can really enhance the icon. The textures you choose can really make or break your icon. Use those opacity sliders! They can really make all the difference! This technique was also used on the following icons: With a nifty shape overlay on the initial uncolored image, I was able to add text to this icon after the resize: (Actually, for this icon, I wanted a little more color than the 1st multiply texture provided on its own, so I duplicated the multiply texture layer and set its opacity to 50%. (For this icon, I had to flip the texture horizontally.)Ĭhange the blend mode of the layer from "normal" to "multiply". We'll be using this texture by colorfilter:Ĭopy and paste the texture onto a new layer over your image. We're almost done! Now, here's the fun part. (I know that for this image, it was 106 pixels in height with 100 px of width, so I just cut those six pixels off.) Resizing time! Scale your image down to 100x100 pixels, crop off any excess pixels if you have to. This is what I had when I finished coloring and made the line art bolder: (This really improves the line quality for resizing.) Then select multiply from the blending options. To make the lineart appear bolder, duplicate the line art, then go to: Layers > Arrange > Bring to front. You don't have to color the areas around Sakura, just focus on her. Remember to make a new layer for every colored section. If the multiply function darkens your color, you can change the opacity of the layer accordingly. On the layer palette, change the blend mode from "normal" to "multiply." Multiply lets the lineart show through. And we have pink hair! But there's one more crucial step to coloring manga icons- the blend mode. Go to Edit > Fill > choose 'Foreground Color' on the drop down menu > click OK Keeping the area selected, create a new layer. (I always use #fda4bd for Sakura's hair.) I started with the easiest part, her hair.ī) Now, choose her hair color as your foreground color. So, pay attention!Ī) Using the magic wand tool, select a section of Sakura to color. Right, well this step is actually more than one step. I like working with images that are at least 200x200 pixels in size. However, for manga icons, I never start at the 100x100 size. Well, cropping your image is always the first start.
#ICON TUTORIAL LIVEJOURNAL PSP#
Program: Photoshop CS2 (Works for 7.0 as well.) I think it can be translated into PSP as well, I'm not 100% sure.ĭifficulty: Medium (more time consuming than difficult, actually.) ^_^ Today we're going to learn basic manga coloring techniques and the advantage of using textures. Waheeey! My first icon tutorial, as suggested by reichi_heika.
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