Beckett Tutorial

Going from to

Created in Gimp

-crop the image how you want

-Duplicate the image and set to screen 6%

-Sharpen image

-Create a new layer with 10b0ec set to  overlay 58%

-Create a new layer with ecb66d set to overlay

-Create a new layer with ffd1ef set to  burn

-Create a new layer with this texture set to burn, scale how you want and you might have to do this a couple of times depending on what kind of sharpness you want to your image.

-Create a new layer with this texture set to multiply 74%, scale how you want.

-Create a new layer with this texture set to Screen

-Create a new layer with this texture set to Screen 46% and place the red over the text

I use these steps a lot when making icons, especially the first six steps. Depending on the image you are using you might have to tweak a bit. Play with the opacity and of course make it your own.