Another tutorial!

[zarinagirl]

I'm goimg to teach you how to do this icon: 
  from this base:

Why don't you just try it?

1. Take your base and open it in your graphic program. I use PSP9, but this tutorial is 100% translateble, I promise!

2. Sharpen your base. Duplicate 2 times. Set the first copy (the one above the base) to screen 50% and the copy on the top to hard light 100% opacity. 
You'll have this:

3. Make 3 new raster layers. Fill the first one with #000036 (
), set it to exclusion 52%.
Fill the 2nd one with #9cd9ff (
), set it to burn 100%.
Fill the 3rd one with #efb29c (
), set it to overlay 50%.
You'll have this:
. Pretty already isn't it? If you want, you can leave it as this.

4. Make 3 new raster layers again. Set them all to soft light, with 100% opacity.
Fill the first one with #747d46 (
).
The 2nd with #659ebf (
).
And the last one with #eedec6 (
).

Now your icon looks like this:
. A bit too bright, but don't worry, we'll fix it.

5. Again, make 3 new raster layers. (I took them in steps as they are so many.)
Fill the first one with #cfecfd (
), set to burn 100% opacity.
The 2nd one with #c79b5f (
), set to soft light 100%.
The 3rd one with #f1d8f6 (
), set to burn, 100%.

Now you are ready! It wasn't too hard, was it? =D

Here's the finished icon:



This is how your layer palette sjhould look like:



Please don't copy this exactly, use different pics and so.
Feel free to take the icon if you want, but please credit.
And if you have questions, just ask!

Here are other icons made with the same tecnicue (how do you spell it??)


 
 
 <-- yes, it's a different pic =D

I still love comments, and would love to have them!!! :D