icon tutorial;;
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1. Get your base, size it down to 100x100.
2. Duplicate it once, set it on screen 100% and Image>Adjustments>Desaturate
3. Create two new layers, fill both with #FFECDF on linear burn.
4. Duplicate the unsaturated base, bring it on top of the linear burn layers and set both to overlay
5. Create two more layers, fill both with #B6EFFF. First to soft light, second to colour burn. The idea is to duplicate the colour burn layers a few times until it looks nice to you.
6. Another layer filled with #000D11 on exclusion.
7. Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Curves. I'm not sure how to get the affect I did, but I saved my curves here so just load them and its done. Here are the curves
I find if you experiment more with the curves you can get different colours, etc. Which look nice. Don't forget it might look different on other icons. Experiment with it! :) also, you don't have to use the curves. I made some icons without it.
It all just depends on the picture you're using. ^^;; setting the curves to overlay is good on pictures as well.
This is made in Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Other icons made using this method:
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