#tutorial psd coloring

(sorry about my english, is not my native language!)

‘’but... what does the psd for icon has different from the others?’’

well, the psd for icon is really colorful, bright and a little bit pale (but let’s remember that psd ‘’for icon‘’ it’s just the name!! you don’t need to only use it in icons!!!!)

it has two types of psd for icons:

simple - as the name says, it’s simple and fast to do it

hard - full of layers and it takes a long time to do it

to create one in the style that I usually make (hard but not too hard)! you’ll need to use selective colors (to colorize it);  gradient map (reeeally important); curves; color balance, and some others layers!

i’m going to use this picture for example, because she is bright, colorful and in a good quality (it’s important to be like that)

-to start the psd, let’s discolor it (yes, it’s ironic hahhah)

create a new group;

put the curves like this in 50% and this;

add a black and white gradient map on something next to 40% in soft light;

low the vibration;

change the levels like this

- now, it’s time to bright it and color it :D

add curves to bright it;

put the contrast in something next to +15;

high the vibration next to +15;

add solid color #dcdcdc , #ecbee7 and #a3c7eb in 3% opacity (each) on soft light;

add a white and black gradient map in 10% and this in 25% opacity

put this whole group in 40%

our pic is going to be like this:

- time to colorize it, yaaay

create a new group;

add selective colors to put the magenta in pink/purple but don’t a lot (x);

hue/saturation in hue -7 in lighten mode (x);

change the green, cyano, blue and yellow at the selective colors whatever you want (but don’t forget to make it bright and colorful);

change the pink/magenta for more reddish, doing something like this 2 times or until it’s how you want;

it’s gonna be like this:

- let’s adjust it!!

you can adjust adding some layers that you want! I’m going to:

put the curves down;put

change the exposure (x);

add selective color > black > black +6

put this curves on 50% opacity;

add this gradient map in 15% opacity (important, to make it pale!!);

add a white gradient in radial>reverse>scale 150% in 6% opacity (x);

after that, change some other layers like selective colors, gradient map (you can add this one), curves... until the psd gets how you want!!

then, put all of the three groups in another group, duplicate it, put the new two groups (with the 3 layers in each) in another group and that’s it!! (it’s difficult to understand, i know hahha) ps: you can rename the groups!

doooone!! my psd is like this! I put it in 70% and look how it is!!

I hope you liked it!! I tried my best to explain it well, but ask me anything you want if you didn’t understand something or has any dought!

please, like, reblog and follow me if I helped you!!! :D thankss (oh, and send me your psds if you want tipsss!! also bcs I’m curious to know how is it hahahhah)