Great for beginners
Today we are going to go from this:
to 
in a few simple steps.
Step One:
First off start out with a high quality(high definition) picture. I got mine from mugglenet.com but other sites like gettyimages.com have good stuff too.
Our base:
Step Two:
Sharpen twice.
Our icon:
Step Three:
Duplicate the base two times. Set both of the layers to soft light at 100%
Our icon:
Step Four:
Create a new raster layer between the top and middle layer. Flood fill with #15162f
Looks like this:
Set to soft light at 70%
Step Five:
Create another new raster on top this time. Flood fill with #ccbc9c
Looks like this:
Set to soft light at 100%
Our icon:
Step Six:
Noticing that our icon coloring is a bit off. I decide to merge all the layers. I then duplicate that base and set it to saturation. Then I desaturate it (short cut is SHIFT L)to 35%.
Our icon:
Step Seven:
Add this light texture at soft light at 100% (I dont know who made this.. if you recognize it please let me know ok?)
Light Texture:
Add text and a border and viola! We're done. Please dont judge me by my text. I am horrible at text :)
Our icon:
to in a few simple steps.Step One:
First off start out with a high quality(high definition) picture. I got mine from mugglenet.com but other sites like gettyimages.com have good stuff too.
Our base:
Step Two:
Sharpen twice.
Our icon:
Step Three:
Duplicate the base two times. Set both of the layers to soft light at 100%
Our icon:
Step Four:
Create a new raster layer between the top and middle layer. Flood fill with #15162f
Looks like this:
Set to soft light at 70%
Step Five:
Create another new raster on top this time. Flood fill with #ccbc9c
Looks like this:
Set to soft light at 100%
Our icon:
Step Six:
Noticing that our icon coloring is a bit off. I decide to merge all the layers. I then duplicate that base and set it to saturation. Then I desaturate it (short cut is SHIFT L)to 35%.
Our icon:
Step Seven:
Add this light texture at soft light at 100% (I dont know who made this.. if you recognize it please let me know ok?)
Light Texture:
Add text and a border and viola! We're done. Please dont judge me by my text. I am horrible at text :)
Our icon: