Simple Tutorial
From
to
in PS CS2.
1.
Crop your base and sharpen it as much as you need to.
2.
Duplicate your base and put a 1.0 gaussian blur on it, set to hard light.
3.
Paste in this gradient
by me, on saturation. Create two new layers. Flood fill the first layer (closest to your base) with #ffcf8b and set on multiply. Flood fill the second one with #00032a and set it on exclusion.
4.
Paste in this gradient by me
on lighten. Then paste in this
(we'll call it a thingy XD) by me on lighten. Duplicate your base and bring it above all the layers and put it on soft light at 30%.
5.
Merge visable and copy a section of your icon. Paste it on one side then add a white border of about 5 px. The add text and you're done. x)
If you have any questions, please ask. And I would love to see what you've made.