Hello everyone, I am back with detik part of the artikel “How to make icon”. If anda haven’t read first part and want to read it it’s <a href=”link> here </a>
So, today I’ll explain three things. That are “Uses of brush and “How to use Color Balance”. All the two are related with coloring effect and glittering of icon. Which plays an important role.
Uses of brushes : First of all anda need to download different types of brushes, usually pattern brushes (like floral brushes and background desain brushes) are less need in making icon so refuse to download them, instead Karl bintang brushes and Sparkle brushes are very good for it. If anda use Soft edge brush then it’s just perfect as it add special touch to the icons. One of icon (which anda can see) is looking like it’s glowing because of “soft edge” brush. So in all it give awesome result and anda don’t have to do so much of “hard work” for it. And remember don’t use it “too much” and it can spoil your icon, two three times using it is enough.
On the other hand, anda can use “soft edge brush” in other way too.
Steps
1. Increase size of brush
2. Choose color (try yellow as it suits every icon)
3. Decrease opacity (don’t decrease tolerance as it’ll decrease color’s density)
4. Apply brush (soft edge brush) on edges only.
5. Here anda go, anda can see yellowish effect in your icon
nother example of giving effect (reddish) with brush, it'd not so good because I made it in hurry
Now comes the detik topic “Color balance” atau “Channel Mixer” it’s basically used to give color effect and very easy to use.
In color balance, anda can adjust the color accommodation. anda can increase reddish/cyan effect , green effect atau yellow effect. It’s the easiest thing and really give great look to your icons.
Before and after using color balance
In part three I will tell anda how to add texts , it’ll be totally based on texts in icon
Karel
