「 One cannot exist without the other 」 Your Final Demise

Icon Tutorial seven

Photoshop

ID: 13
Difficulty: Easy
Published: May 24, 2009
PSD: Available upon request
Used program: Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Take the image you want and crop it into an icon. This base is from Poison Race, which has high quality icon bases. =]
This base is a bit too green for my liking, so I'm going to make it a little bit darker and less... green. Right click your base and duplicate it, then press [Shift + Ctrl + U] on the duplicated layer. Set the desaturated layer to Multiply 100%.
Now for some levels. Go to "Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Levels". Input the following settings to your settings. IP stands for Input, and OP stands for Output. Not: All Output Levels are default. RGB: {IP: 0, 0.70, 225} {OP: 0, 255} Red: {IP: 0, 1.21, 225} {OP: 0, 255} Green: {IP: 15, 0.87, 225} {OP: 0, 255} Blue: {IP: 0, 1.06, 225} {OP: 0, 255}
Must get rid of purpleness... Go to Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Curves and set it to the settings provided below. The 1st number will be the Input and the 2nd number will be the Output. RGB: {65, 52} {111, 85} {176, 137} Red: {51, 46} {114, 105} {160, 147} Green: {45, 45} {94, 95} {156, 149} {203, 195}
Time for some blue! Now go to Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Color Balance. Shadows: -6, +4, -1 Midtones: +4, +4, +6 Highlights: -12, -12, +4
Let's make this a tiny bit darker, shall we?. Go to Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Brightness/Contrast and set it to the settings provided below. Brightness: -7 Contrast: -2
Go to Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Channel Mixer and set it to the settings provided below. Red: +108, -6, -6, 0 Green: 0, +90, +4, 0 Blue: +10, -18, +108, 0
Add this texture and set it to Screen 44%.
Add this texture and set it to Screen 100%. I moved this texture down because if I didn't, it would cover more then half of his body.
Add this final grey texture to make it darker, and set it to Multiply 100%.