Tutorial :: Text icons
Make This: 
from This:
....yeah, that's nothing.
1.
Open a new file, 100x100 pixels. Fill it with some shade of grey. 2.
Find your quote. If you recognize this one, kudos to you. I used Arial Black, in all caps. In white, type your quote line-by-line, ajusting the font size to completely fill the space. 3.
I wanted emphasis on the second "very," so I used the same font size and italicised it, and got rid of the underneath one. 4.
I wanted some detail, so I searched Google Images for "splotch" and found that image. I put it in greyscale, inverted the colour (ctrl+i), and played around with the levels. And rotated, resized, etc. I moved it over to the corner & set it on "screen" at 100% 5.
Using some fitting colours, I made a new layer & used a linear gradient. That layer was put on "screen" at 100%. 6.
I flattened the image and put a 1 pixel stroke all the way around in white. DONE!
Other icons made with this method:
Okay, now it's your turn. You don't have to do it exactly like that. Play with font. Play with colour. Put the gradient on a different blending mode. Make the background a colour other than grey. HAVE FUN.
from This:
....yeah, that's nothing.
1.
Open a new file, 100x100 pixels. Fill it with some shade of grey. 2.
Find your quote. If you recognize this one, kudos to you. I used Arial Black, in all caps. In white, type your quote line-by-line, ajusting the font size to completely fill the space. 3.
I wanted emphasis on the second "very," so I used the same font size and italicised it, and got rid of the underneath one. 4.
I wanted some detail, so I searched Google Images for "splotch" and found that image. I put it in greyscale, inverted the colour (ctrl+i), and played around with the levels. And rotated, resized, etc. I moved it over to the corner & set it on "screen" at 100% 5.
Using some fitting colours, I made a new layer & used a linear gradient. That layer was put on "screen" at 100%. 6.
I flattened the image and put a 1 pixel stroke all the way around in white. DONE!
Other icons made with this method:
Okay, now it's your turn. You don't have to do it exactly like that. Play with font. Play with colour. Put the gradient on a different blending mode. Make the background a colour other than grey. HAVE FUN.