PSD Fest! - Elementary

[laisserais]

Ok, one more psd before it's over! I made this one for a challenge. (Did you already know about the icon challenge comm iconthat? It's like perfect synergy with this comm! /pimp)

Here's the finished icon:



This is the screencap from iconthat


Cropped the base, slightly rotated it so Joan looks more inquistive and Sherlock looks more attentive.

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*100% screen layer

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*added a vibrance layer +22
*boosted gamma to 1.17

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*Separate exposure layer +.50
*levels layer: 0 | .94 | 239

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*boost saturation +9 | decrease lightness -8
*stamped the layers (command + control + shift + e on Mac)
*did a saturation layer -100 (total desaturation)
*merged the stamped and desat layers
*then set that new layer to filter > other > high pass > .08
*set the layer to soft light 72% opacity

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*I painted a blob of light beige on the left side of Joan's face, on a new layer, f1ede8
*set it to screen 38% opacity


*added a warming layer (81) @ 25% opacity
*added a color fill layer of navy blue - 080226

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*set the blue to exclusion @ 44% opacity
*Decided it was too flat, so added another exclusion layer: 3a0405
*set it to exclusion @ 60% opacity

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*added a vibrance layer +28

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*added a gradient layer (just the gray without the white)
*set to multiply 23% opacity

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*painted a light beige blob in the center (without the purple)
*set it to soft light 29% opacity

Then I did a light pink color fill layer and used a layer mask to erase the pink over Sherlock, leaving just a brightened pink over Joan and the light source.


*stamp all layers, filter > gaussian blur > 10
*set to soft light 64% opacity


*and then for some reason I did it again, blurred to gaussian 2
*soft light 35% opacity


*then I stamped the layers again, and set the layer to invert
*set it to soft light 24% opacity


*added a gradient map
*set to multiply 16% opacity


*brightness +6


*and then because it felt too washed out, I dragged up the original layer
*set it to screen 23% opacity

anddddd DONE. Maybe?

Comments

[goodbyebird]

Interesting! I wouldn't have figured to do half the stuff you do here.

[laisserais]

honestly, there's no reason to do half the stuff I did here! lol but I think I was in that zone you were talking about. And there were weird buttons that I wondered: "what would happen if I pressed this?" :P

*handflap* what do you think of the banner idea? Y/Y???

[goodbyebird]

Banner idea? Did you send me a mail? I'll have to try and get in there later. Gmail is usually super hard to load.

[tree]

oh great. now you've made me join that community. peer pressure!

[laisserais]

:D my work here is done!