Tutorial: "You're that Girl" Full Icon

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Level: Intermediate, requires use of layer modes, opacity, textures/gradients.
Application: Photoshop CS2, can be adapted for other versions/programs. (NOT GIMP)



originally posted on my journal, copied here for your non-fake cutting pleasure

I started out with this picture from ewan_playground.

1. I resized it to 50% and moved it to the side for "creative cropping" benefit. Then I duplicated the layer and desaturized the new layer completely, putting it on Overlay.



2. I took a light texture from colorfilter and flipped it horizontally on a new layer, then set it on Screen.



3. I filled a layer with #021567 and put it on Exclusion at 35%, under the texture layer.



4. Then I filled a layer with #2787be and put it on Color Burn at 25%, above all the layers.



5. To get the blue colorcast thing going on, I used a gradient from ladyheatherlly, on Screen at 25%.




6. Then I used a text brush (help, I don't know who made it!) in white at full opacity.



7. Then I used a texture by wash_when_dirty to accentuate the green. (Multiply, 25%)




Tada! You're done! Save as .JPG at high quality.

I hoped you liked this tutorial. :) Please comment if you did!