Icontest Banner Tutorial 8 of 25

[mmrobitussin.livejournal.com]

Woot. If you haven't voted for the banners you want me to show you go here.

Go from this to this: .

CREDIT TO: orlandogirl for the icon.
THIS IS NOT MY ICON. If the creator has a problem with me using their icon, please contact me! :)





So you'll end up with all the following information: (copied from custom_banners)
icon:
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1/xoamortentiaox/Tutorials/Tutorial%2017/icon.jpg
series/character: ??//??
placement: Most Original
icontest community: anime_medley
week number: 126
theme: out of focus
link to winning post: [lazy again...]
lj name you want on banner: orlandogirl
font used: n/a
brush credits: /na
file format: .jpg
Additional comments? n/a

	Copy and paste icon onto 300x100 canvas [KEEP ICON ON TOP ALWAYS]. Fill background with #C889A3.
	I created some sort of pinkish-y texture and set it to Soft Light.
	Using a blurred circle brush i used #965392 to make the bottom purple.
	Now to get a somewhat matching texture, i duplicated the icon and use a Gaussian blur (Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur) set at 18px. Then i duplicated that layer and flipped it horizontal. Setting them side by side, merging together and setting that layer to Normal 63%.
	Now I copied the colors under the stairs and flipped it horizontal. Then i lightly erased the edges with a blurred brush tool.
	Then i added text (Haettenschweiler).

THIS TYPE OF BANNER MAKING IS GOOD FOR: Brushed, rushed, and slightly simpler banners.

Comments

[moonymoo.livejournal.com]

Wow. Effect looks lovely. =D
Thanks for the tut. ^v^
Btw, I just joined and love the little tutorial and lil' tips. :D

[mmrobitussin.livejournal.com]

^_^ thanks! woot.

[oishiionigiri.livejournal.com]

Thats a very handy one!Thanks!
Sometimes I am kinda stuck at the separating banner part.When I did the banners matching and blur the edge to make them look like a whole, some people would said that they would like to see where the icon starts and ends.But when I add a white line to separate some said the lines were distracting.That really left me stuck *hopes icons have borders xD*

[mmrobitussin.livejournal.com]

XD using a blurred circle tool causes the lines to disappear. XD if people ask for it, sometimes i put a thin/semi-clear white line between the banner and the icon. most of the time it's an easy fix to add a white line on the banner. :D i only do it if they ask [because most people aren't too picky about it].