whenxixamxqueen wrote in icon_tutorial 😟cold

Listens: Bleed Like Me - Garbage

Well sooner or later this cold, it's going to break.

Alrighty. This is my second one.
We'll be going from this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com to this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com


So, we're starting out with this cap from Gilmore Girls(<33) of Rory. http://unapologetic-mockers.net/GGepisodes/Season5/5-20/193.jpg

After resizing and cropping, I've ended up with this base: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I duplicate the base and set the duplicant to screen at 50% opacity which gives me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Next I take this gradient Image hosted by Photobucket.com and set it to screen which gives me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I take another gradient Image hosted by Photobucket.com and set it to screen as well, giving me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I duplicate the layer that was just added which gave me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I merge the three layers together and set them at 40% opacity on overlay which gives me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Now I set this gradient Image hosted by Photobucket.com to softlight at 25% opacity which gives me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Now I set this gradient Image hosted by Photobucket.com to softlight at 50% opacity which gives me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Next I take this texture Image hosted by Photobucket.com and set it to softlight which gives me: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I don't like how it's covering Rorys face, so I earse the parts that cover her skin, which leaves me with this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Now, I take this texture Image hosted by Photobucket.com and set it to screen which gives me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Now I duplicate the base and send it to the top, setting it to overlay at 50% which gives me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I felt that this icon needed a thin border so I used this Image hosted by Photobucket.com in black and set it to overylay which gave me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I typed 'On Fire' in size 10 Palatino Linotype in white and duplicated it which gave me this: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I put a small text brush for decoration below it along with a few x brushes and the icon is complete: Image hosted by Photobucket.com