My First Tutorial
This is my first tutorial, so bear with me! Comments are always welcome.
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Step 1: Resize your image to 100x100. Sharpen once.
Step 2: Duplicate the base. Saturate your top layer by -75. Set layer to Overlay 100%.
Step 3: Add the following gradient (thanks to detoxcocktails). Set to Screen 100%.
Step 4: Apply the following gradient (thanks to detoxcocktails). Set to Soft Light 65%.
Step 5: Apply the following light texture (thanks to holiday_romance). Rotate to how you want it. Set to Dodge 50%.
Step 6: Apply the following brush (thanks to http://www.fairy-dust.com/). Erase the lines covering the face. Set to Screen 100%.
Step 7: Add some text. I used fontdinerdotcom sparkly and added a drop shadow to make it stand out.