My First Ever Icon Tutorial

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Made using Photoshop CS.

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We are going to be using this picture.



1. Crop the picture & resize it so that it's 100 X 100 pixels & then sharpen it.



2. Duplicate image twice & set the first duplicate to Soft Light, opacity 48%.



3. And the second duplicate to Overlay, 53%.



4. On a new layer, use this gradient by crumblingwalls

Set to Soft Light, 100%


5. On another new layer, paste this texture.


Set to Hard Light, 100%


Use the masking tool & erase the area covering Brian



6. Next, paste this light texture by awmpnet on another new layer


Set to Hard Light, 100%



7. Create a new layer again & paste this texture by colorfilter.


Set to Hard Light, 100%



8. Select image, then go to Image-->Copy Merged, paste on a new layer.
Next, go to Edit-->Stroke, select #000000 for the color, Width: 1px, Location: Center, Mode: Normal & Opacity 100%.



9. Finishing touches.
I used this brush, selected Outer Glow & Drop Shadow from Blending options.



Done!



Let me know what you think =)

PS: I forgot where I got one of the textures & the brush from, so if you know where they're from, let me know & I'll credit.