Diva Tutorial

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A tutorial on how to make this icon using PSP7:


Start with Base image:


Duplicate the Base image two times.

Change the Brightness/Contrast of the first duplicate to -5/+50. Change the
Color Balance to color levels -100 / 0 / 0. Set to Screen mode.

Desaturate the second duplicate and set to Soft Light mode.

Between the first and second duplicate layers, place the following image
set to Screen mode:


Below the second duplicate layer, place the following image
set to Hard Light mode at 85% opacity:


Above the top layer, place the following gradient (from crumblingwalls) set to Color mode at 50% opacity:


Above the top layer, place the following image (from icons_with_love)
set to Darken mode at 30% opacity:


Place your text about two thirds down, to the right. I used the font Renaissance
on 20pt Bold, with a gradient going from #8B2B23 to #FFFFFF for color. I applied
a black drop shadow using offset +1/+1, 70% opacity, and 1.5 blur.

I created another layer below the text layer, and using a small round brush
(size 20, opacity 30%), applied a little bit of white over the V and the A on
the text to clarify some of the text.

The end result should look something like this:


You'll probably want to tweak some of the steps, depending on your base image.