Tutorials and Icon help

[Amir]

Great tut Cat!

[.Cat.]

Thanks Amir. It's better than doing homework

[Amir]

Lol. Off-topic but could you maybe go on MSN?

[MarMar]

1. Open picture .

2. Crop and resize it, adjust curves RGB I80 O150 and levels to Input 56 1.39 244 and you get this:

3. Add these textures as new layers, blue first. rotate the black/pink horizontally before adding . Set both new layers to soft light.

4. Set the layer to original background layer, rotate the avatar horizontally and add this layer in white.

5. While the avatar is still rotated horizontally, add this brush in white line stroking her arm, like this: to achieve this effect:

6. Rotate avatar back (horizontally), and you have this:

7. Add more brushes if you like.

[Cal]

That's a good one, Mar.

The end result...

[MarMar]

That's your end result? Did you rotate the pink texture before adding?

[Cal]

That's your end result? Did you rotate the pink texture before adding?

Nope, I'm not sure how to do it..

[MarMar]

Image --> Rotate canvas.

Brushes:Save images and open them in Photoshop. Edit -->Define brush preset.

[Cal]

Image --> Rotate canvas.

Brushes:Save images and open them in Photoshop. Edit -->Define brush preset.

Thanks, Mar!

I will try again soon!

[MarMar]

Isabel Lucas Tutorial.

Photoshop CS, but should be able to do it in earlier versions.

1. open photo.

2. crop, resize.

3. curves: RGB I106 O150

4. levels: Sorry, didn't take notes.

5. add textures in this order:

Rotate horizontally:

You now have this:

6. Add more brushes if you like.

Examples:

7. Download this .psd file to see how I did it if you're unsure.