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Current mood:	amused
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Entry tags:	graphics: .psd, graphics: tutorial

tutorial trois; kamekame nyah
DDD: Another tutorial already? What is this? I hate being Internet-less. It makes me bored which in turn makes me make more icons. Which is something I'm not very happy with when I have lots of homework to do. ¬______¬ Eh, whatever. Whatever keeps the boredom away. :3

I'd like to say that this is probably my shortest tutorial yet. XD;;
Going from this lovely picture of Kame that I've already cropped to this end result here:

to

LEVEL: Intermediate/Beginner-friendly? I dunno. :D
TRANSLATABILITY: ...Does PSP have Levels and Color Balance? OMG IT'S ACTUALLY TRANSLATABLE~~ 8DDv
PROGRAM USED: Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 2 (PSCS2)
INCLUDES: Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, Levels, Color Fill Layers
TOTAL LAYERS: 8DD I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF 7
WARNING: DOES NOT WORK ON ALL IMAGES. BE SURE TO ACTUALLY TRY YOUR OWN COLORINGS ALONG WITH THE TUT.
SIDE NOTE: Feel free to stop at any point in this tutorial if you think the result looks good as it is. :D
+ .PSD file at the end, like always



01. Open your image. I know, it seems obvious, but some people don't work like I do. *shrugs*



02. Do any fancy schmancy prepping to your image like you usually do unless you're a beginner in which then you should just read the tutorial and try some out later on. For me, I duplicate the image twice and set the first layer to Screen at a low opacity because the image is bright enough, and the second at Hard Light to make the image seem more defined and give more contrast. The second layer is also set at a low opacity because we don't want for the image to become too strong and overly-burned looking. :P

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03. Ooh, this is where the real fun begins, I suppose. :D Go to Layer->New Adjustment Layer->Hue/Saturation and set the layer at Normal, 100%. My settings for this particular image would as followed:
Hue: 0
Saturation: -20
Lightness: +2

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04. Next layer up is a Color Balance layer. Set at Normal, 100%, and the settings as:
MIDTONES
C: -48
M: -33
Y: -6

SHADOWS
C: -31
Y: -21
M: -25

HIGHLIGHTS
C: -16
Y: 0
M: +19

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05. New Color Fill Layer, #876229 set at Overlay, 44%, to give Kame-love some skin color that I managed to do away with.

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06. New Levels layer, set at Normal, 100%. For this particular image, I wanted the background to be really dark, so I moved the black pointer over to the right a little, darkening the entire image. No particular settings because it doesn't always work.

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07. omg last layer, shocking, isn't? New Color Balance layer, set at Normal, 100%. :D Settings are:
MIDTONES
C: -36
Y: -47
M: -3

SHADOWS
C: -7
Y: -12
M: -32

HIGHLIGHTS
C: -7
Y: +4
M: +11

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+ .PSD file as usual~ :D DOWNLOAD
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Am done, whoot. :D Actually, the icons I made of Kame with this coloring will prolly never be seen, hah hah. XDDDD Oh well. Comments = &hearts, yes? 8Dv