David Archuleta

Made with PS CS3 should be translatable.

This is my first tutorial, hope you all like it.

I started out with this picture that I found on google.


I used the polygonal lasso tool and selected around David. Try and get as close as you can.
Then you go to select>feather.


Open two new projects and drag the featherd image onto both. Erase the edges as close as you can.


Flip one of the images horizontally and drag it onto the other image.



Resize the image to 100x100


We're gonna use this texture. I don't know who made it but if anyone does I'll give credit to them.


Drag the texture behind the two images.


Go to layer>new fill layer>solid color and put #0E0078.
Set to lighten and set the opacity to 46%


Go to layer>new fill layer>solid color and put #FFF04A.
Set to darken and set the opacity to 44%


Then to to layer>new adjustment layer>brightness/contrast.
Brightness +25, contrast +34.


There you have it!

The outcome is a little different from the first icon because I usually just eyeball the colors so I'm not sure if it's exact. Other then that the steps are exactly the same.


Edit: If anyone knows simpler ways to do anything please share!