The Sentinel Icons

[aerianya]

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Don't hate me for the last two. Blame janedavitt it'a all her fault ...yes it is. She posted the ER screencaps.

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[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Mmm. GM in uniform. I'll happily take the blame :-)

Lovely, as always! You get such a beautiful clear light on them; can't describe it properly but I like it very much.

[aerianya.livejournal.com]

It's a trick I can teach you if you want. All you need is a program with layers and things like sharpen, smudge, screen, darken etc.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I've got Photoshop 7 which i think does all that but I'm still finding my way when it comes to complicated stuff; would love to learn it if it's not beyond me :-)

[aerianya.livejournal.com]

That's what I used to make it.
Open the picture
For these pix because they are kinda light.
Go up to Image>Adjustments>Variations choose a darker Image
Duplicate layer set to screen and sharpen
Go to Navigation and enlarge till you see individual pixels
Use Smudge tool at size 12/ Normal/15%
Smudge carefully in small circles to smooth out skin (if you make a mistake you can always delete that layer and try again)
Duplicate smudged layer and set to Darken and smudge any remaining lighter pixels very carefully
Lower opacity to how you'd like it to look and then you can use whatever other things you want to enhance image.
I sometimes use a new adjustment layer brighten and contrast and then another using hue saturation setting saturation to about +10 or maybe a little more.
Any questions? Anyway I can help let me know.
It really is way easier than it sounds when reading the instructions.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

That sounds both simple and complicated; how do you remember it all? I'm impressed!

I'll give it a go and thank you so much for the tutorial! ::hugs::

[aerianya.livejournal.com]

It's simple, just a bunch of different techniques from different tutorials mixed up together. Some of the settings may have to be changed to suit your liking. Everyone has a different idea about how our guppy should look.
Remember have fun, fandom is supposed to be fun.

[slipperieslope.livejournal.com]

You know I already gacked the beautiful profile of Blair! And you made the Hannukah light Blair, too! Well, I think of it as that anyway! Gorheous GM in uniform. too!

Squee!

[aerianya.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that. I forgot I had already put it up in another post.
GM looks pretty good in uni huh? I kept wanting to cap it " Following in Harms Way" or something.
Kept thinking Harm had to give up jets and Blair had to give up Apaches...how sad a I anyway?

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

{happy sigh} so pretty... I voted for a couple of these :)

[aerianya.livejournal.com]

Thank you.
I think no one knew about "The Boyz from The Woods" so the reference kinda fell short.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Boyz from the Hood, yes? :)

Check out link

[aerianya.livejournal.com]

http://www.widowbryant.com/jurisdiction/indexes/boyzindex.html

Re: Check out link

[aerianya.livejournal.com]

Oh I probably should tell you these are anatomically correct and some have rather *um revealing pictures.
But the art and craftsmanship is stunning.