My First Tutorial After A Long Break

God, it's been a really long time since I made my last tutorial! Well now I finally made another one, it's for PS, but I guess it's easily translatable. I only got the idea to make a tutorial after I was already done with the icon, so there might be some slight differences. How to make this icon in 5 easy steps!:


from this to this




It's really not that long, I've just tried to explain it well:

Infos
picture: here
subject: Alana De La Garza (CSI: Miami; Law & Order)
credit: my fan site
textures: http://77words.livejournal.com/

1. Step
- duplicate your base and set it to screen
- image< adjust< color balance : -65 0 0



now the image should look something like this:



2. Step
- add this color layer (# 31435C) and set it to exclusion 40%


- now add this color layer (#EABEBE) and set it to color burn 100%




your image should look like this:

3. Step
- duplicate your base, set it to screen 80% and put it between the two color layers



it now looks like this:

-now merge all layers

4. Step
- image< adjust< color balance: -100 -100 -100



- add these icon textures (by 77 words) and set them to color burn 100%



(I erased the blue stripe at the top of the 2nd one)

now:

5. Step
- it looks a bit dark, so duplicate the bas and set it to screen at 55% (but don't bring it to the top)



- now merge all layers
- sharpen the image

DONE