um. hi. just wanted to share this with you. it's sort of simple.
i used adobe cs3, with curves and channel mixer. i don't know if that qualifies as non-translatable or not, but just putting it out there (:

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step one:
crop a picture and make a base.

step two:
duplicate your base. set it at screen 100%

step three:
layer >> new >> layer. fill with d0eaf0 . set to darken55%

step four:
layer >> new >> layer. fill with e8ece0. set to soft light70%

step five:
layer >> new >> layer. fill with 2b0e13. set to layer exclusion30%

step six:
layer >> new adjustment layer >> curves. blue channel:
input: 64 output: 33
input: 170 output: 194

step seven:
layer >> new adjustment layer>> channel mixer. output channel --> red
r: +88
g: 0
b: +14


similar use:

sorry, i don't have any more. i don't usually make icons..