Tutorial #10
Dec. 30th, 2025 01:10 am
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I honestly don't know where I did my sharpening on this one :p
1. Pasted the cap onto a new layer on my 100x100 canvas. Copy Pasted it and painted in some black and beige (000000 and 736357) to color and add some shadow, set to Normal 79%. Shoving stuff in at the very start so it's part of all your layers sometimes does wonders.
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2. Copied the base layer twice (most likely culprit for my sharpening), set both to Screen 100%. Then copy pasted my painted on layer, set it to Multiply 79%.
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3. Copy Pasted and set to Screen 100%. Copy Paste again, set to Soft Light 100%.
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4. Copy Pasted, desaturated it, and set to Soft Light 82% (second most likely culprit for sharpening). Picked the color from the upped left corner and painted over the lightest bit on the top to even out the light/color there.
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5. I then decided I wanted even bolder shadows, created a new layer and painted the left side of her face with the darkest color from there (white bg just so you see where I painted).
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Your layers should look like this:

FUN BONUS
6. Added a texture set to Screen 100%, copy pasted and flipped the icon horizontally.
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