The secrets on how to make artwork of the Sam/Jack ship family thread

[jasminaGo]

*jumps in*

Hi!
JUst made this sig... my another fave ship

Spoiler:

And i'm a huge Colin Firths lover

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i..._MrDarcy-2.jpg

I forgot a bit how to use PS

*jumps out*

Very nice.

You want me to squee for Martin? *shrugs* Ok, if I must.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

I tweaked it a bit

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...ose-up2-80.jpg

Just in case you're all too young to know, the famous line was from Marilyn Monroe to Cecil B. DeMille

Duplicating I know, but I couldn't resist

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...eupNadcopy.jpg

Hehehe. Awesome work Jumble.

I found time to make something for this week's challenge I'm starting to like icons cos they don't take as long as sigs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...enges/Baal.jpg

Pretty.

As to icons not taking as long as sigs to make... well, it depends on the icon.

[Jumble]

*giggles*

[Fainne]

love it jumble

[Luvnjoe]

*wipes tears of laughter* Thanks, jumble! Great way to start my morning!

[Jumble]

Glad you like it Now I really must try to do something different

[Fainne]

congrats Jumble on 8'888

[Jumble]

Huh? Oh yes, four fat ladies

Thanks Fainne

[jasminaGo]

Congrats on 8888 posts Jumble


I went with Oma's idea and made few challenge icons

[Jumble]

Thanks

Funny how Oma's ideas are keeping us busy

[Achaja]

Funny sigs Jumble!
Oma - this icon looks really good!!!
Jasmina - cool pics for the icons the 2nd one - Jack is a DJ haha! they're great!

[Sarai]

Thanks

Funny how Oma's ideas are keeping us busy

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...unt-lesson.jpg

Love it Jumble!!!

[Blacky Kitten]

But how can you say Darcy isn't dashing?! He's suave and debonair!! *swoons* Oh Mr. Darcy...

He was my first ever real crush

My too!!!!!

Jumble, love your Martin sigs! They're awesome!

Oma, love Ba'al icon!!!

Jasmina, great icons! Can you make a tut for the first and the last one?
What brushed and textures did you use making yout "Sanctuary for all" sig? I so love the coloring

[jasminaGo]

Jasmina, great icons! Can you make a tut for the first and the last one?
What brushed and textures did you use making yout "Sanctuarity for all" sig? I so love the coloring

Sure. I'll make them later today.

And which sig exactly? I have a few Sanctuary ones.

[Blacky Kitten]

Sure. I'll make them later today.

And which sig exactly? I have a few Sanctuary ones.

Ow, cool! That'll be great!

The one which SJShipper93 uses, it's brown and orange and has a lit of stars on it. Sorry, i don't know the names of the characters, i've never seen Sanctuary

[jasminaGo]

Ow, cool! That'll be great!

The one which SJShipper93 uses, it's brown and orange and has a lit of stars on it. Sorry, i don't know the names of the characters, i've never seen Sanctuary

Ah. I don't have the sig saved by layers, so I can't tell you the exact coloring, but this was one of the textures I used.


The Icon tuts

Spoiler:

1. Started off with this pic. Croped and resized it. Used the blur tool to smooth out the skin. (Strength set to 25%)



2. New Adjustment layer -> Curves

Output: 70, Input: 50

3. New Adjustment layer -> Selective color

Reds: -100; 15; 16; 0
Yellows: 0, 29, 0, 0
Greens: 100; -100; 100; 0
Neutrals: 51; 3; 15; -24



4. Rotated it 90 CCW. Set the blending mode to Lighten 100%. And erased the parts covering Sam's face.

5. Set to Screen 100%. Move it around and rotated it a bit till I liked the position (at the bottom left corner)



6. Made a stamp and went

Filter -> Render -> Lighting effects

And did this (or close to it, I don't remember the exact settings):

Spoiler:

1. Started with this pic. Croped it and resized it.

Sharpened it once and then I used the blur tool to smooth out the skin.

2. New adjustment layer -> Selective color

neutrals: 17; 24; 0; -11

3. set to screen 70%. I duplicated it few times, and moved it around.

4. Added Lighting effects to the base, similar to this: