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Someone asked me about a certain icon earlier... and I decided to try my hand with making a tutorial, just to see how badly I'd fail at it. =D Anyway, the person uses PSP, while I use PS7, so I had to change some of the steps (only Photoshop has selective coloring).
The icon in question was this one:
...so I tried to recreate it, and came up with this:
1) I used this base here:
...and duplicated it twice, and set both to 'screen' 100%.
2) Created a new fill layer: #B1E9FA
and set that to 'colorburn' 100%
3) Add another new fill layer: #DAE0E5
and set that to 'colorburn' 100%
4) Add another new fill layer: #050027
...and set that to 'exclusion' 60%
5) Add another new fill layer: #053A14
...and set that to 'exclusion' 70%
6) Take the base, and take it to the top (on top of all the previous layers), and set it at 'softlight' 100%
7) Take this brush/texture, from Absolute Trouble:
... and set that to 'screen' 100%
8) Add a new adjustment layer->color balance, with these settings:
Midtones: -40, -5, -10
Shadows: -10, -10, -15
Highlights: -60
9) Add a new adjustment layer->hue/saturation, and up the saturation to +35.
10) Add a new adjustment later->curves, with these settings:
RGB
First point: Input 126, Output 146
Second point: Input 193, Output 213
11) Add one last new fill layer: #F4E9DB
... and set that to 'lighten' 24%.
And... that's pretty much it. You can also add text and the like if you do so choose (I used Castellar in 9pt font for my icon).
And if it makes it easier for anyone, I have the psd here too: http://www.sendspace.com/file/prw1ko
The icon in question was this one:
...so I tried to recreate it, and came up with this:
1) I used this base here:
...and duplicated it twice, and set both to 'screen' 100%.
2) Created a new fill layer: #B1E9FA
and set that to 'colorburn' 100%
3) Add another new fill layer: #DAE0E5
and set that to 'colorburn' 100%
4) Add another new fill layer: #050027
...and set that to 'exclusion' 60%
5) Add another new fill layer: #053A14
...and set that to 'exclusion' 70%
6) Take the base, and take it to the top (on top of all the previous layers), and set it at 'softlight' 100%
7) Take this brush/texture, from Absolute Trouble:
... and set that to 'screen' 100%
8) Add a new adjustment layer->color balance, with these settings:
Midtones: -40, -5, -10
Shadows: -10, -10, -15
Highlights: -60
9) Add a new adjustment layer->hue/saturation, and up the saturation to +35.
10) Add a new adjustment later->curves, with these settings:
RGB
First point: Input 126, Output 146
Second point: Input 193, Output 213
11) Add one last new fill layer: #F4E9DB
... and set that to 'lighten' 24%.
And... that's pretty much it. You can also add text and the like if you do so choose (I used Castellar in 9pt font for my icon).
And if it makes it easier for anyone, I have the psd here too: http://www.sendspace.com/file/prw1ko