Sweeney Todd Icon Coloring

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I have recently fallen in love with Sweeney Todd, so I decided to make a coloring tutorial to go along with my new found obsession.

So start with a cool picture.



Then crop it to whatever image you want and resize it to 100x100.



Create a new layer. Fill it with 3d2424. Set that layer to Exclusion at 10%.



Create a new layer. Fill it with fd00bf. Set that layer to Exclusion at 10% as well.



Select Layer- New Adjustment Layer- Selective Color.

Enter the following information:

Neutrals
Cyan -21
Magenta +8
Yellow +7
Black -8



Select Layer- New Adjustment Layer- Selective Color.

Enter the following information:

Whites
Cyan +11
Magenta -29
Yellow +12
Black -14

Blacks
Cyan +26
Magenta -12
Yellow +16
Black +1



Select Layer- New Adjustment Layer- Selective Color.

Enter the following information:

Neutrals
Cyan 0
Magenta 0
Yellow -9
Black 0

Blacks
Cyan -19
Magenta +9
Yellow 0
Black 0



Select Layer- New Adjustment Layer- Brightness/Contrast.

Enter the following information:

Brightness 0
Contrast +9



(If you amp up the Brightness/Contrast as such:

Brightness +14
Contrast +21

Then you will get a much brighter icon.

)

Select Layer- New Adjustment Layer- Hue/Saturation.

Enter the following information:

Master
Hue 0
Saturation +10
Lightness +5



Layer- New Adjustment Layer- Selective Color

Enter the following information:

Reds
Cyan 0
Magenta 0
Yellow +14
Black 0

Neutrals
Cyan 0
Magenta 0
Yellow -2
Black -4



(This is the finished product with the higher Brightness/Contrast.

)

Ta da!

Other Examples:

With less Brightness/Contrast




With more Brightness/Contrast


Tutorial Comments

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Impressive work and nice final result.

By stunningmesh on Jan 1, 2013 6:57 am

Tutorial Details

Author xchangminniex View profile
Submitted on Jul 5, 2012
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Reviewer manny-the-dino View profile
Approved on Jul 11, 2012

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