![]() Pictures and photographs that people have copied or scanned though, I believe those belong to the industry and come under my transformative works rule.įind some software to use. When it comes to crediting, personally I have that graphics resource list and I won’t make icons or graphics from other people’s art, or graphics, or manipulated pictures without their permission and without crediting them. ![]() It’s up to your own conscience and morality *shrugs*. ![]() That said, even though I use other people’s screencaps I don’t use screencaps of a film or show that I haven’t bought or intend to buy, so the industry doesn’t lose out on money from me. When it comes to copyright issues I treat icon making (and graphics making) like fanfiction in that these are transformative works and no profit is being made. You can find (most of) the places I’ve used for images on my graphic resources list. ![]() If you want images from a film or TV show then you’re looking for ‘screencaps’. Remember to make a note of where they’re from or save a link to them so that you can credit and so you can find the place again if you want to use those images again. Remember to have fun!įind images and save them to your computer. Feel free to ask questions, discuss amongst yourselves, and so on. I know there are other and better guides out there. It’s meant to be a rough starting point for people looking into making graphics or joining graphics making communities. This is just how I make my icons, basically tips I’ve picked up and figured out myself as I’ve gone along. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.I keep meaning to do an icon tutorial, because everyone should be able to play with the pretty pictures, and so here it is!ĭisclaimer thingy: I am by no means technically minded and I don’t use any expensive software. Also, this coloring won't work on every image/screencap, so just play around until you find a coloring you like. Please note that this tutorial will add more yellowish/greenish to your image so a base which too greeny/yellowy isn't recommended. set it to soft light at 35% opacity.ĥ) # 2D1301. set it to color burn with fully 100% opacity and fill.Ĥ) # C3DAf4. set it to exclusion with 50% Opacity and 80% at Fill.ģ) # D7E7D7. set it to soft light at 20% - 25% Opacity.Ģ) # 000F3E. This next step is adding some touch to the color of the image so we're going to play around with a few color layers.ġ) # DF9E41. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. It'd bring out the color elements to look more stand out. This next step is giving a tone up the the colors of the base. Now that we have a lovely and bright base so the next steps ahead is giving it a coloring touch :) Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast. The next step is adding brightness/contrast value to the base. Play around with the input-output to see what fits yours best. It's quiet tricky so pay attention to your base. Next step is giving adjustment to your bases so we'll be using curves adjustment. This is entirely up to you so do whatever to your base/screencap. You see I'd prefer to works with icon sized at 100x100 so firstly I cropped some of the image's part, merged it into one full image and resized it. I'll be using mello screencap from Death Note. I'm not going to explain all the steps in detail and please excuse my horrible explaining and bad english. Program: CS3 (should works in every version)
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