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So we're going to be finding out how to make this icon:
This tutorial is for psp8 but i'm sure it's translatable for photoshop users.
[1] I started off with this image of MKA
I decided i wanted to use ashley in the icon So i cropped Ashleys face and resized the image to 100x100.
This is what i have now:
[2] I'm going to sharpen up ashleys face a bit ... adjust/sharpness/unsharp mask and apply these settings ... 'radius 1.00/strength 26/clipping 0.'
[3] Now in a new window open up this
wonderful template that was made by 
disappearicons.
[4] Copy and Paste your Ashley picture as a new layer over the template. Now set the Ashley layer to darken with 100% opacity. Now duplicate your 'darkened' layer and set the duplicate to soft light with 100% opacity.
Layers should look like this:
as a result of that we have:
[5] Time for a exclusion layer ... create a new raster layer above the ashley layers and flood fill it with #001756
. Set this layer to exclusion and 100% opacity.
this gives:
we're nearly done now.
[6] I Dedcided i wanted the text 'Ashley' (how original!) on it. So create a new vector layer and write your text. I used the font 'georgia' size 5, in caps, bold and a space between each letter. The font color was #0A1856.
[7] I chose to place the text here but it was hard to make out the e and y.
[8] so i created a new layer above this. Opened up my select tool
and selected a rectangle around the word. Then i flood filled it with #813B5E. You can't see the word anymore so lift your layer with the text on above the layer with the flood filled rectangle.
[9] I set the rectangle to 'lighten' and 100% opacity.
the layers are looking like this now:
and the icon:
[10] It's up to you if you want a border. I did. So using my select tool again i selected my border and flood filled it with #813B5E.
Final result =
- I also posted this in my journal
So we're going to be finding out how to make this icon:
This tutorial is for psp8 but i'm sure it's translatable for photoshop users.
[1] I started off with this image of MKA
I decided i wanted to use ashley in the icon So i cropped Ashleys face and resized the image to 100x100.
This is what i have now:
[2] I'm going to sharpen up ashleys face a bit ... adjust/sharpness/unsharp mask and apply these settings ... 'radius 1.00/strength 26/clipping 0.'
[3] Now in a new window open up this
disappearicons.[4] Copy and Paste your Ashley picture as a new layer over the template. Now set the Ashley layer to darken with 100% opacity. Now duplicate your 'darkened' layer and set the duplicate to soft light with 100% opacity.
Layers should look like this:
as a result of that we have:
[5] Time for a exclusion layer ... create a new raster layer above the ashley layers and flood fill it with #001756
this gives:
we're nearly done now.
[6] I Dedcided i wanted the text 'Ashley' (how original!) on it. So create a new vector layer and write your text. I used the font 'georgia' size 5, in caps, bold and a space between each letter. The font color was #0A1856.
[7] I chose to place the text here but it was hard to make out the e and y.
[8] so i created a new layer above this. Opened up my select tool
[9] I set the rectangle to 'lighten' and 100% opacity.
the layers are looking like this now:
and the icon:
[10] It's up to you if you want a border. I did. So using my select tool again i selected my border and flood filled it with #813B5E.
Final result =
- I also posted this in my journal