Second Tutorial

[chris_chick]

From this
to this

Find out how to make this icon



Comments will be most greatly appreciated and welcomed.

Icon originally from this post.

I start off using this picture and we crop, resize, and sharpen it once. And we get our base.


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Now that we have our base, we add a New Raster Layer and fill it with color #C1FBFF which is a nice blueish color and set it to Burn Opactity %100.


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Still on the bluiesh layer I deleted the girl and the umbrella because I wanted to contrast the umbrella color with the building behind.

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Then I add a peachy/beige gradient and set it to Burn Opacity %100.

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Duplicate your base and bring it to the top of all your layers and set it to Soft Light %100, but erase the woman's face because it looks too dark.

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Create a New Raster Layer, fill with color #FFC0C0, and set it to Burn Opacity %46, and erase the woman's face again.

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Again make another New Raster Layer and fill with color #F6B3F7 and set to Burn Opacity %20.

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Since the building still doesn't stand out so much, we go back to the blue layer and duplicate it twice.

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Now go back to your peachy/beige layer and duplicate once.

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Now your icon is too dark so go back to your base and duplicate it and set it to Screen Opacity %78.

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and Voìla your icon is done.

Icons using the same/similar technique






Extra Notes:
-I used PSP 8 to make this icon.
-Comments are appreciated.
-Love to see what you come up with. =D
-For more of my icons see cristal_graphix