Learn how to go from
this to
in PS 7
This icon won first at
ygo_chorus, week 49.
Crop your base to 100 x 100 pxls. Use Auto Levels and Auto Contrast.
Paste
this gradient and set it to softlight.
Paste
this gradient and set it to soft light
Duplicate your second gradient, and rotate 180*, so it looks like
this. Paste it on, and set it to hard light
Paste
this light texture and set it to hard light.
Duplicate your base and move it to the top. Erase the blue background, so it looks like
this. Set it to soft light.
Duplicate your base and move it to the top. Erase the blue background, so it looks like
this. Set it to soft light.
Paste
this texture by
inxsomnix and set it to multiply, 30% opacity
Add a text brush (this one is by
terra_katta), some text (mine is Book Antiqua, size 4, with a space between each letter), and a border. And there's your icon! :D
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Lemme know what you get out of the tutorial, but please don't copy the icon completely. :D
Learn how to make the cleaned up base for this icon
here :D