OH. FREAKING. NOES. D:

Yes, I am trialing Photoshop. Yes, I suck. Yes, I am going to show you my first graphic. xDD



It's Zack x My Friend Zairal. XP I wanted to do it for her, so yeah. I literally took about two minutes on this...D: Gah, I'm a loser. xD

If anyone knows of ways to blend pictures or any useful tips, I'd be happy to know them, because I'm clueless~! :lmao: I had no idea what I was doing on there.

Let me see the Zack image you used. I think it's better quality then the one I have. >_<

Haha, it's really nice for a first timer. No sweat, in a few weeks, you'll be good at this.

Haha, mmkeh, I'll send it to you over IM. xD

Hehe, I'll be sure to experiment with Photoshop and see what happens~!

Thank you very muchly, too. ^_^

Haha, here's graphic number two, everyone~!



Three and four are two different versions of eachother. xD

I know absolutely nothing about Photoshop. I've had it a grand total of... four days? :lol: And I wanted to start off slowly, so all I've been making so far is icons. But I guess that since I've been learning, I can at least tell you, as a beginner, what I worked on.

You should experiment A LOT with layers if you haven't already. They help a lot with coloring as far as I can tell with my very limited experience. Try duplicating your image into several layers, playing around with the blending options (normal, soft light, screen, multiply, etc), and seeing how different the image looks by rearranging those layers.

To really play around with color, go to "Create new fill or adjustment layer" in the Layers/Channels/Paths window (it's the button that looks like a black and white cookie), and select "Curves..." Also, regarding colors, under the "Create new fill or adjustment layer" you can select "Selective Color..." and play around with all those options. Under all the colors, try changing the cyan/magenta/yellow/black values and seeing how they affect the image. You can create multiple of these layers, so you don't have to try to get the colors the exact way you want them in one "Selective Color" layer. Actually, that pretty much goes for all layers.

By the way, if you want to make yourself sets, knowing how to crop and resize images is useful knowledge.

I'm not very fit to give advice, but since you only have a limited amount of time, I hope you can make something from my advice. ^_^ Here are some samples of icons I've made so far experimenting like this... (Warning: lots of Jam :wub: )

Jenna & John
Me!
Jenna & John2
Natalie Portman
V for Vendetta
Pam Crying
Pam Crying2
Pam Crying3
Audrey Hepburn
Jim & Pam
Jim & Pam2

Thank you so very much for the advice, Sadhana~! :wub: I shall experiment as much as possible. :)

And oh, Audrey Hepburn~! She was my grandma's favorite actress. I loooove her. :wub:

Haha, I made another one ZOMG NOES. D:

Wai, Lutey they're so CUTE! You've inspired me! *Goes to dig out photoshop disk*

Gwaaah! I have inspired someone! xDD

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That can't be a good sign. o=

I must see your inspired items when you finish, Sefie! xD