Berrii's graphics & stuffs ([info]berrii_graphics) wrote,
2007-01-16 11:49:00
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Icon Tutorial: Colouring, Text, and Borders

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So first of all, we're going to work with the base. Crop your image, and resize it to 100x100. Sharpen it.
See how the face is all .. flawed? XD; Well, take your blur/soften tool and go over the skin, making it all pretteh and stuff! Be careful around the eyes, lips and hair though.
Now, take the Dodge brush and go over his eyes, just the far left side of the pupil. This makes the eye stand out more.
Now, go to Adjust > Brightness and Contrast > Gamma Correction. I used these values to make the image a little more dark. Btw, you need not use this step if the icon is really pretty dark.
Next comes the colouring part! :D One of the most used steps in all my icons: the Exclusion layer. New layer: #090139, Exclusion, 100%.
New layer: #DECEB8, Multiply, 100%.
Gradient, made by me. New layer: Overlay, 100%. Now, if you think it looks ugly now, just wait another step, 'kay :D?
Duplicate your base and bring it to the top. Set it to Screen, 100%. See? Pretty again. :D You can either Merge All now, or link them all together.
Let's add a border. A gray 1px border followed by a 5px white border.
Now, see how the image is cut off by the border? I used the move tool (after the merging/linking step!) to move it a little to the right and down. You can stop here, but I added some text. :3
Tiny text, that is. I used a brush by [info]ewanism and put two lines there. To make it stand out a little more, I duplicated the layer and did a Gaussian Blur at 1.00. The individual layer looked like this.
You can see how much a difference that makes. :D
Nowww.. text. I used a small font, JoaoCond-Light at size 6. My text was B A N G and put it right on top of the tiny text. But see, the text was a little too light. I did the step before, but this time, I took the Soften/Blur tool and went over the duplicated layer with that. It should look like this.
There. Now the text is all bright and can be seen clearly. That's the end of this icon! :D


I hope you found this useful :O Remember the use of a tutorial isn't to copy directly, but to try out different styles and adapt them to your own style. :D

Here are some more examples of this style:


Now, can anyone tell me what these three people have in common...? >D You'll get a cookie if you're right! Thanks for riding the Berri-Express and I'd love to see you all here again!
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[info]our_wreckage

January 16 2007, 20:08:45 UTC 5 years ago

Pretty. ^_^;;

[info]illeistic

January 16 2007, 22:31:48 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks. :D

[info]schuldige_katze

January 16 2007, 22:20:22 UTC 5 years ago

What they have in common is that they are smexy japanese people, and are probably singers or voice actors?

[info]illeistic

January 16 2007, 22:29:51 UTC 5 years ago

Noooope. :D No cookies for you.

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[info]detailoring

January 16 2007, 22:29:40 UTC 5 years ago

Great tutorial. I got a little lost in the gradient part, wasn't quite sure what to do with the gradient, but I fiddled with it until I got the look I liked.

[info]illeistic

January 16 2007, 22:31:31 UTC 5 years ago

Oh crap. I forgot to put what to do with it. XDD I'm sorry. New layer: Overlay 100%. :D;;

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[info]schuldige_katze

January 16 2007, 23:28:53 UTC 5 years ago

*flies into the comment section flailing* I made this icon using your tutorials!!! SQUEEE! It's not even half as good as some I've seen, but truthfully, it's the best icon I've ever made. I finally understand textures, which is a major plus, but brushes still elude me. Hmm.. I can learn, though. Thankies!!!

[info]illeistic

January 17 2007, 01:01:31 UTC 5 years ago

XDD; Yay! :D the only squick I've got with the icon is the font, really. :D I suggest dafont.com to find some pretty fonts. :D

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[info]synthesizia

January 17 2007, 02:00:45 UTC 5 years ago

Nobuta wo Produce! <3
This is a great tutorial, thank you so much. I always wondered how to get my text to shoe better, :D

[info]illeistic

January 17 2007, 02:32:55 UTC 5 years ago

Yes! :D You get a cookie. XD;
Thanks~ I'm happy you learned something. XD

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[info]lovewls

January 17 2007, 04:05:41 UTC 5 years ago

Nice tutorial! Saving it to mem.

[info]illeistic

January 17 2007, 04:18:56 UTC 5 years ago

:D Thanks!

[info]haebin

January 18 2007, 11:31:19 UTC 5 years ago

Great Tutorial :)

I got this:
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[info]illeistic

January 18 2007, 20:29:23 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, those are nice! :D I really like them, especially the orange tint on the first. :3

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[info]xgraphic

January 23 2007, 18:59:19 UTC 5 years ago

wow I really like this!
so I added you to my friends list, is that ok?

[info]illeistic

January 24 2007, 22:43:07 UTC 5 years ago

:D Thanks! I'm happy you like my tutorial, and that's fine~ ♥

[info]nanaryuu

February 4 2007, 03:22:39 UTC 5 years ago

I liked this tutorial so I used it to make an icon. The border part I kind of tweaked. The icon you see now is my result. thank you~

[info]illeistic

February 23 2007, 20:33:03 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks :D I never thought to use it on things like ice cream :33 Great icon! :D

[info]frostheavens

February 13 2007, 01:29:36 UTC 5 years ago

This tutorial has been festering in my favourites for ages so I thought I would just try it out already. It was really great and I am so happy with the result. Thank you! here

[info]illeistic

February 23 2007, 20:33:47 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks! X3 I'm really happy you like it and I love the icon you made :3

[info]winterpeach_nty

February 23 2007, 13:36:05 UTC 5 years ago

im a newb. how do u make a border?

[info]illeistic

February 23 2007, 20:36:00 UTC 5 years ago

Sorry, I assumed everyone would know already :D; You just take your brush, set it to the colour you want, set it to 1px for size and go around the entire icon. You can click on one corner, press Shift and then click on the adjacent corner, while pressing Shift all the while. You can experiment if you don't understand what I'm talking about. :D

[info]winterpeach_nty

February 24 2007, 06:54:45 UTC 5 years ago

oh, ok. thankchu! i <3 your icons and tutorials btw. =3

[info]totchi_san_622

March 13 2007, 07:07:32 UTC 5 years ago

Oh cool! Thanks!

[info]illeistic

March 13 2007, 15:12:31 UTC 5 years ago

No problem :D I hope you find it useful~
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