How to recolor an emotion icon with gradient

[samuelg0rd0n]

I recolored a set of emotion icons to yellow without any problems. The example is attachment 01.png. However, I failed to do the same with the icon 02.png. I'm struggling with the gradient. I'm using Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer but I don't know how to set it properly so the icon itself is yellow but the blushing is retained reddish. Can you help me? Thank you, Adam.

 

[Paul]

Hi mate, just one request where did the emoticons originate please?

 

[dv8_fx]

Hmmm. Free Icons....

Just a fast fix..... Try isolating the heart eyes and tongue ... then use the H&S over the smiley.... Then use color picker to to copy the blush.. with soft brush add the blush over a new layer to cover the original.

 

[samuelg0rd0n]

Yes, it should be some kind of a free icon. My friend sent me this to recolor it for him. But as you can see I managed to recolor the icon with with heart eyes. I can't recolor the one with blushing - on the right.

 

[smidders]

You could desaturate it and add colour balance adjustment layer to change it to yellow then add the blush on another layer by getting the pink and using a soft brush and change the layer mode to colour.

 

[IamSam]

Hey Samuel,

My technique is similar to smidders but I used a Hue & Saturation adjustment layer to colorize a desaturated version of the icon.

I first desaturated the icon. (just like smidders)

Then, I added a Hue & Saturation adjustment layer, check the colorize box and adjust the sliders to your liking. I made a selection of the icon and masked it's outline on the H&S layer mask (so the adjustment layer did not affect the transparency) as well as revealing the eyes with a hard brush. Notice I set this layers blending mode to Lighter Color.

Lastly, I sampled the cheeks color, created a new layer, used a soft appropriately sized brush and made the blushing cheeks. I set it's blending mode to Color (Just like smidders). Don't forget to highlight the the cheeks layer, hit comd/cntrl + click the H&S layers mask, hit shift + cmd/cntrl + I to reverse the selection and hit delete to remove any pink "overspray" from showing beyond the edges of the icon.





Just another choice for you to consider.

Also, mask the teeth in your other two icons.

 

[samuelg0rd0n]

Wow, thank you both very much I especially like IamSam's description. That helped me a lot.