Thoughtful Bogart Icon Tutorial

[jordannamorgan]

I felt like writing a tutorial, so you get a tutorial. *g* Recently I've come across remarks by some very talented icon makers who say they hate working with black-and-white images, so I thought my experience with classic-film B&W might be useful to someone. If this gets a good reaction, I may write more along these lines from time to time.





1. Crop/sharpen/etc. your base.

2. Create a new layer, filled with #F4DABE and set to Burn 100%.

3. Add this texture by lookslikerain, set to Soft Light 100%.

4. Create a new layer, filled with #AFA2A0 and set to Soft Light 100%.

5. Create a new layer, filled with #003540 and set to Exclusion 40%.

6. Merge the layers, and increase the color saturation to whatever level you find pleasing. (It's at about +50 on my example.)

7. Make a merged copy of the icon and paste it in as a new layer. Set it to Screen 30%, or whatever looks best for your image.

8. Merge the layers, and add any text/lights/decorations you want.


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Comments

[beloved-tree.livejournal.com]

I'm getting quite a lot of useful new ideas for ways to utilize different effects and layers from your tutorials! :)

[jordannamorgan]

Seriously, I'm glad to hear that. I tend to feel like my tutorials are quite rudimentary and pointless, so hearing they're useful to someone makes it worthwhile. :)

[orpheus-samhain.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I didn't know 75% of these :)

[jordannamorgan]

Glad it's of interest! :)

[(Anonymous)]

I love your style of making icons. Thank you for the tutorial, it was quite useful! (Great journal by the way.)

[jordannamorgan]

Thank you very much! :)

[ifavorfire.livejournal.com]

I've just been browsing your journal gaping at the gorgeous icons.:D Beautiful work,awesome journal.:)
Great tutorial,too,I'll definately be trying it.:)

[jordannamorgan]

Thank you very much! :)

[xx0b4ngb4ng0xx.livejournal.com]

I love your tuts. I can't wait to try them all.

[jordannamorgan]

Thanks very much! :)