PROGRAM: Photoshop CS3
DIFFICULTY: Medium
PSD, comments and questions HERE.
all pictures i found on photobucket.com


Guys, without mincing words, go!

#01 of course, your BASE. you reduce it, crop et cetera like you love, nah?
#02 if you want, you can to light up your picture -> screen 0-100%
#03 create a selective color layer:
REDS: 0, -9, 0, 0
YELLOWS: 0, -3, 0, 0
#04 another selective color, because why not? >3
YELLOWS: -100, -15, 0, -5
#05 here i put a text, but whatever
#06 hmm, now you' make layer -> new fill layer -> solid color and you take #f8c6cf to OVERLAY (opacity: 25%, fill: 32%)
#07 yeah, solid color again. #483d50 to DIFFERENCE (opacity: 18%, fill: 60%)
#08 ugh, so this is so annoying part. CURVES. i'll show you screenshot:


more or less, right?

#09 now it's hue/saturation turn:
SATURATION: 29
#10 pfah, tenth already. okay, here you open the selective color:
REDS: -21, 10, 92, 15
YELLOWS: -100, 16, 87, 8
GREENS: 100, -100, -100, 68
CYANS: 100, -100, -100, 38
NEUTRALS: 0, 0, -21, 0
BLACKS: 0, 0, 0, 100
#11 haha, once again selective color
REDS: -100, 1, -6, 0
YELLOWS: 0, -9, -100, 0
BLUES: -72, 13, 100, 0
MAGNETAS: -100, -24, 0, 0
WHITES: 0, -2, 3, 0
NEUTRALS: 4, -4, 8, 5
#12 open levels (optional, here is without)
RGB: 29, 1,23, 255
RED: 21, 0,92, 248
GREEN: 6, 0,96, 253
if you wanna use, laws on opacity 55% best
#13 curves OHNOES again D: so follow into these screenshots please~



#14 make solid color #ffd800 to luminosity (opacity: 8%)
#15 i like channel mixer too, so i couldn't forget about him >3
RED: 105, -8, 2
GREEN: 1, 99, 0
BLUE: 1, 0, 98
#16 and this practically end, but i used texture also:


by elfa-dei-boschi.deviantart.com
i made image -> rotate canvas -> flip canvas horizontal

and winnnnend >3 hope they were easy to understand C:
other icons made with this method: