The last tutorial I did was over 2 years ago, but it was well received and I really like this icon so I decided to write up a tutorial. Because I forgot what a chore it is to do that. Anyway, if anyone's interested the tutorial going from this:
to this:
is over here at my (barely used) icon journal I'm also opening this up for requests, I have my final tomorrow and then I've got nothing to do for a month. So, if you'd like an icon, reply to this post with an image and I'll see what I can do. Or if you don't have an image it can be vague, like 'BtVS season 2, something with Xander and Dru' or 'cupcakes'. I'll take the first five requests.