Mary-Kate Tutorial..

Hey guys as this is only my second tutrial, im going for a relatively eay one to explain again :P

We will be making this in PSP,  --->  Im sure it will be easy to translate.

First of all I took my image and cropped it so it showed only Mary-Kate's face then resized to 98x98.

I then created a new layer and filled it with a dark blue (#002441) then set its belnd mode to "Exclusion"

Next step, duplicate your base image, and put it on top of the previous exclusion layer, then set it to "Exclusion" and in my case I lowered the opacity to 26%

I then created another new layer and filled it with #ddc79e, setting its blend mode to burn.

(please note my memory setion is "unavailable" at the min according to LJ, so I shall edit this entry later to credit the following gradients/textures. Sorry folks!)

 <-- I set that layer to "Screen" and turned it round so that the dots were on the left. (Image ---> Mirror)

 <-- I did exactly the same for this light texture, "Screen" and used the Mirror tool.

 <-- Afterwards, I added this layer, and set its blend mode to "Dodge"

<-- Then I set this layer to 100% Color, to make the icon clue, I then again used the mirror tool to change the direction of the fading light.

At this point, I wanted to tone down the Icon, so I added another Dark Blue layer and set it to exclusion.

Then Finally, the Finishing touches, I added a 1px black border and "Mary.Kate" in ViperNova and then two hearts to add to the effect. Finito!