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BTVS (3)

Daredevil (3)
The X-Files (2)
Game of Thrones (1)
Supergirl (1)
Jessica Jones (1)
Fate/Stay Night (1)





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So I got my computer back temporarily [the power supply I'm using could cut out at any time] and I'm so happy! I've missed so many great icons this past month and being able to make some! I'm dumping the few I had gotten done last month and getting back into the groove of making stuff. I won't be able to do as much because of work but I'll do what I can!


20 icons

Doctor Who (3)

Game of Thrones (4)
The X-Files (5)
Preacher (1)
Angel (2)
Lost (3)
Stranger Things (2)





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July was a weird month, I honestly can't remember most of it..wtf lol

Anyways~ here's a tiny post :P

16 icons

Orphan Black (4)
The X-Files (8)
iZombie (1)
The 100 (1)
Lost (1)
Daredevil (1)
Doctor Who (1)
Jessica Jones (1)





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I finished Lost around the middle of last month. I finished season 6 minus the final episode in only a few days, then had about three days in between, which I'm glad happened because blazing through it all in such a short time would have been way too much of an emotional roller coaster. lol



I'M STILL MAD THEY KILLED OFF SUN & JIN I knew someone had to die but like, NOT THEM, ANYONE ELSE! ;______;

Adding in Vincent made Jack's last scene even sadder. THE tEARS dammit. I think that's what got me, he didn't die alone ;__;

So I honestly don't know how to describe how I felt/feel now after the end. Which is weird, after I've had time to process something I usually have something to say about it, I surprisingly don't for this. It's not a negative feeling though! lol

I want more Lost. I want to know what happened to everyone after of those that survived and I want something going way back with the temple and everything I think you could do a whole show just on that alone. But it'll never happen ;___;


I'm thinking about doing a rewatch on my own so I can go slower and can immerse myself into it better and have more time to process it.
I think with this show, you need to slowly watch it over a large chunk of time otherwise I feel like it'd be the beginning and ending too close together and everything in between gets blended together and lost or forgotten. Or I'm just weird about how I watch tv, idk. Anyways, I'll probably start it again in the fall. :P


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I was really challenged doing this one agh I was so drained by the final 3. x__x lol I went into detail of my inspirations of each icon below if anyone's interested in reading it!



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This is for monstersinyou




Here's the cap you'll be working with (from 2x9).

First crop your cap like below or whatever you want, I was able to eek out 3 results which you can see here, so have fun with it! :P
Then to prep the base, sharpen to your liking and go to Image > Auto Contrast annd you have this,


Next add this gradient map, set to Subtract at 43%

Create a color fill layer and using this color #a94800 mask over her hair and set to Multiply at 51%


Download these two gradient maps; one & two

Set the first one to Hard Light at 23%

Set the second one to Exclusion at 67%


Next create a new layer and paint with black on the far right and blur it so it has a wide and soft fade out like so,

Leave on Normal and change the opacity to 46%

Create a Levels layer and change the settings to 6, 1.00, 209

Make a Brightness/Contrast layer and with Legacy selected, change the contrast to 6


Create a new layer and paint over her hair with this color #f18933 set to Overlay at 40%

Create a Vibrance layer and set to Color and then +33 and +19

Next take this color #e0ab99 and paint over her face. Set to Multiply at 42%


Then paint over the bright side of her face with a soft brush to bring out some highlights with this color #fbeeee like so,

Set to Overlay at 38%

Next with a medium grey #232323 paint in some more shadows. Set to Soft Light at 55%
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Then take this color #fee8d6 and paint on the far left and blur so it has a wide fade out like below,

Set to Overlay at 58%

Finally make a new Brightness/Contrast layer and mask only her face and with Legacy selected set the Contrast to 9.

Flatten, save and you're done!

32 icons

Supergirl (1)

iZombie (1)
Lost (1)
Jessica Jones (1)
Game of Thrones (12)
The X-Files (2)
BTVS (1)
Angel (1)
Doctor Who (1)
Daredevil (2)
Preacher (1)
Cardcaptor Sakura (3)
Sailor Moon (3)
Revolutionary Girl Utena (1)





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This is the final post for round 6 of ATM, requested by monstersinyou.



This is the screencap you will need. From 2x4.

To get the smooth finish to this you will need Topaz Clean. BUT it can be done without it if you don't have it!

Start off with cropping the image and sharpening to your liking. This is my base we're working with,


Create Brightness/Contrast layer and set to 12 and 12

Make a Hue/Saturation layer, set to Color and change the saturation to +28


Next comes the painting. I'll do my best to make it as clear as I can since we're working with such a small canvas. Let me know if you have any questions!

First take this orange #df8d35 and paint over her hair. Set to Overlay
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Next take this pink #e933d1 and paint the background around her hair, set to Overlay and make a copy of the layer.

Paint with this blue #33bce9 over her jacket like so and set to Overlay
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Then paint her vest with this purple #a733e9 and set to Overlay ad 47%
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Paint her lips with this pink #c98db5 set to Overlay at 43%

Then paint her face and neck with this tan #ccb3af like below then set to Multiply. Then copy the layer and set to Soft Light


Using the same tan as before, paint the highlights on her face like below (I set it to screen and copied it once so you could see more clearly where to paint). Set to Overlay
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Copy the layer and erase everything except from her left cheek and the side of her nose.

Next are the Topaz layers. I used it on her hair first, and masked out everything else so it's more clean looking. Then I did another layer but with her hair masked out. Then I stamped the layers and sharpened it a bit. This is my end result,

So just use your best judgement here to get something similar if that's what you choose to do.

Make a Levels layer and change the settings to 6, 1.07, 233

Next paint some highlights over her jacket, vest and parts of her face with a small soft brush. I used this color #cdb0a8. I had to copy the layer a few times so you could see where I painted since they're so small. Set to Overlay
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Next to get rid of the green tones in her hair, create a Color Balance layer and erase everything except for her hair like so,

Set to Color and change the settings in Midtones (with preserve luminosity selected) to +5, -43, -22
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Stamp the layers and sharpen to your liking

Take this texture (by midnight_road) and set to Soft Light at 51%


I can't find the original to this texture but I'm fairly certain it's either by pamkips or midnight_road. It's set to Soft Light. Maybe you could still get the coloring to work if you used this as a color reference? idk, sorry! :\


Create Brightness/Contrast layer and change the settings to 32 and 3

Make a Vibrance layer, set to color and change the settings to +48 and +15. Erase from the mask like below,


Paint the upper left corner with this color #f7f0ec with a medium sized soft brush. Set the layer to Soft Light

With a large soft brush paint a pale soft line across the top of the image, set to Soft Light


Create a Curves layer and change the setting in RGB to Output: 137 and Input: 120

Next paint over the lower right side of her jacket/vest and set to Soft Light at 65%
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Paint over the left side of her neck, under her jaw like below. Leave on Normal and change the Opacity to 74%
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Add this texture (unknown source again) set to Screen


Make a Brightness/Contrast layer change the settings in contrast to 18 and erase the mask like below


Flatten, save and you're done!







This is the screencap you will be working with. From 2x22.

First crop your image like below,


Copy the image and set to Screen at 54%

Next I used Topaz Clean to smooth it out some and sharpened it a bit so this is the base that I'll be working with for this tutorial,

As usual, you don't need to use Topaz, it's just personal preference. :]

Create a Brightness/Contrast layer and set to 9 and 42

Use this blue #2e75a7 to paint over the white part on the right side of his face. Set to Overlay

Next, bring out highlights by painting in the spots below with a small soft brush, then set to Overlay. I had to copy the layer a few times so it would be visible, you don't want your paint to look like this. More 'thin' is what you're going for.
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Next paint some shadows and again with a small soft brush. I think I blurred this after I finished, so do that as well. I used this grey #565656. Set to Overlay
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Create a Levels layer and change the settings to 5, 1.04, 227

Make a Brightness/Contrast layer and change the settings to 12 and 16

Create a Color Balance layer and change the settings to -12, -2, -2. Set to Color and erase from his mouth


Take this texture (I think it's by pamkips? that's blurred) and set to Screen


Next add this texture and set to Soft Light


Make a Brightness/Contrast layer and set the contrast to 28

Download this gradient map and set to Soft Light at 49%

Make a Levels layer and change the settings to 23, 1.00, 255


Create a Color Balance layer, set to Color and change the settings to 0, +2, -13. Select Preserve Luminosity.

Stamp the layers and sharpen to your liking

Make a Vibrance layer set to Color and change the settings to +24 and +5


Take this yellow #ffef7b and using a large soft brush paint in the upper left corner, then using a blur setting (your choice) blur it so it has a wide fade out. Set to Hard Light at 88%

Next make a Levels layer and change the settings to 6, 1.00, 255

Next add this texture and set to Screen at 67%


Flatten, save and you're done!

I have 5 more to do and I'm going to try and get those posted this week.

Original request thread




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