Graphic Arts Tutorials, Textures, Resources Thread

[Jeyla4ever]

My last tut for awhile....I think...who knows! I will be busy this weekend. The oldest is graduating from High School...*sighs*

For my latest Tony and Abbey Art:




Here's the PSD and the Step by Step tut! I'm so on a roll

Spoiler:

1. Take this Cap
and crop it so that it's just Tony and Abbey and Ducky! We'll get rid of him pretty soon
2. Set your white canvas as a new document at your desire dimensions. I think mine is 1024 x 800. Or close to that.
3. Take this texture by yunyun
and set it onto your canvas in normal.
4. Drag your cropped cap erase ducky (Told you) and set to multiply.
5. Duplicate cap above and set to darken.
6. Add this texture
and set to lighten.
7. Add this texture and set to overlay.
8. Add this texture
and set to multiply.
9. Add this texture
and set to soft light.
10. Add this texture
and set to darken.
11. Add this texture
and set to multiply
12. Add this texture
and set to multiply at an opacity of 65%.
13. Add this texture
and set to lighten.
14. Add this texture
and set to overlay at 42% opacity.
15. Add this texture
and set to screen at 54 % opacity.
16. Duplicate above texture and set to overlay at 54% opacity.
17 Add this texture
and set to overlay.
18. Add text Tony and Abbey with JellykaSaint Andrews Queen font.

No more textures...HORAAYYY! Now, I erased and aligned the textures to liking. Play with it and erase the edges for proper blending. I had to go back a couple of times because there were lines on the characters body parts, so just scrutinize your work.

Now, next steps. This step also has to be followed even if you use the PSD file.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0A7UQ5NU

Once you download the PSD, if you want the coloring, you have to follow these next step since I merge the above steps and then did the coloring.

Spoiler:

19. Merge all visible layers.
20. Image>Adjustment>Auto layers
21. Image>Adjustment>Auto Color
22. Image>Adjustment>Auto Contrast
23. Image>Adjustment>Brightness/-15 Contrast/+26
24. Image>Adjustment>Hue/-3 Saturation/+17 Lightness/-5
25. Image>Adjustment>Selective Color
REDS: +26, -4, -14, -12
NEUTRALS: 0, -6, +5, +8
BLACKS: -53, -1, -19, -7
26. Smart blur

And voila!

[Fainne]

wow, Camy is really productive lately thanks hun!

I tried that, but i didn't find anything really useful. I was thinking of using screen caps, but stretching those to wallpaper size makes them pixelated. I was hoping someone would have some better pics.

hmm, and did you try the gallery of GateWorld?

[bandcat]

camy thanks for the tuts - personally as there seem to be a few probs with the PSD downloads I would prefer instructions

[Jeyla4ever]

That's good to know bandcat. Is it just my downloads or the downloads in general in Megaupload? Just wondering, maybe I could find another site or something.

Yup, Fainne! I hadn't done something in like ages it seemed, I was thirsty and hungry for the artistic kill in me! Plus, I've had some really tough several months so this was refreshing and therapeutic!

[Stargate78fan]

Thanks for the wonderful tutorials, Camy. Your artwork is amazing!!

[Elizabeth Bartlett]

got a question for you Cammy; how'd you get rid of the lines for the first Tony/Abby wallpaper?

[bandcat]

That's good to know bandcat. Is it just my downloads or the downloads in general in Megaupload? Just wondering, maybe I could find another site or something.

Yup, Fainne! I hadn't done something in like ages it seemed, I was thirsty and hungry for the artistic kill in me! Plus, I've had some really tough several months so this was refreshing and therapeutic!

camy some of your PSDs downloaded fine but a couple seemed to have all the layers flattened thats all I don't have a problem with megaupload as such most of the time

[Jeyla4ever]

got a question for you Cammy; how'd you get rid of the lines for the first Tony/Abby wallpaper?

What lines, sweetie? I'm gonna look back.

Are you referring to the lines in the notebook texture? if that's what you mean, when I darkened the texture, it took out most of them and then I just erased them and I think I set the opacity lighter too. Hope that helps. Let me know.

[Rachel-Kree]

Colouring and Tutorial for that icon



Step by Step under spoiler tags or PSD HERE!

Spoiler:

1. create a new canvas 100x100px and paste this texture into your canvas.

2. (personal step) resize crop and blend your pics in the way you prefer.

3. layer>new adjustment layer> selective color.
reds: -50,-25,-6,30
yellows: -100, 0, +36,0
cyans: -100,-100,100,100
magentas: 100,-100,100,100
whites: 100,-100,100,100
neutrals: 15,0,-11,-13

4. layer>new adjustments layer>curves
output: 150; input:120

5. duplicate your curves layer.

6. layer>new adjustment layer> selective color
reds: -30,+10,0,0
neutrals: 11,2,-6

7. layer>new fill layer > solid color #555555. set it to lighten

merge layers and shapen it once if you like and it is done

more examples with the same colouring:
and

[Elizabeth Bartlett]

What lines, sweetie? I'm gonna look back.

Are you referring to the lines in the notebook texture? if that's what you mean, when I darkened the texture, it took out most of them and then I just erased them and I think I set the opacity lighter too. Hope that helps. Let me know.

I think my problem was that the images weren't that big for the doc 'cause I kept getting lines for each of the textures, so I think the problem was on my end but thanks for the advice!

[bandcat]

thanks for the tut rachel

donna your wp looks great

[DONNA BOOTH]

thanks for the tut rachel

donna your wp looks great

thanx

[Sarai]

Hey Camy, could you post a step by step tut for your Tony/Ziva artwork. I really wanna try out some Sam/Jack stuff for it!

Thanks hon

[DONNA BOOTH]

Awesome artwork everyone

[Elizabeth Bartlett]

I tried the icon tutorial Rachel posted last night but my version of Photoshop is being an @ss, the coloring came out really strange... (this is why I need a new version )