a tutorial
heres the
original pic.
nothing too special about this icon. it only has like...5-6 layers :)
anyways, i crop it to my base:
duplicate, set to screen, duplicate again, destaurate set to soft light
beautiful :)
now add an exclusion layer under the soft light layer #010717
now, a texture by thia, but this doesnt help you at all because i've whited the part where she is...set to multiply 100%
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another one, by thia, but thsi doesnt help you because i've practically erased the part where she is. set to soft light 100%
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now, just add the black-borderish thing i always add, and some text and you're done