inexorablyhere (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} inexorablyhere) wrote,@ 2004-08-22 20:53:00 |
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TUTORIAL: FULL ICON
At the request ofcallmefreak, here is a tutorial for the icon style I used in the last Jacob Hoggard set.
And there you have it!
At the request of
callmefreak, here is a tutorial for the icon style I used in the last Jacob Hoggard set. |
First I cropped my image and resized it to 100x100px. I also sharpened it. |
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Next, I duplicated the background layer. I desaturated it, set it to Screen, and lowered the opacity to 50%. |
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On a new layer, I made a gradient using #D2E3F5 fading out from the bottom right corner. I left this on Normal and at 100%. |
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Next I opened up a stock photograph in my collection, this particular one a brown rocky pattern. I dragged it into my icon file as a new layer on top of everything else, and set it to Lighten at 50% opacity. |
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On a new layer I drew a border around the image, making it thicker on the bottom and top, and filled it in with white. (The 1px gray border isn't an actual part of the icon, it's only there so the white border is visible for you.) |
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On a new layer on top of that, I filled in #0A182C and set it to Exclusion. |
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For the text, I used Times New Roman in italic with a letter spacing of 400. "Jacob" is at 6pt. The small text, which is just gibberish, is at 2pt with an opacity of 50%. All text has a 1px black border with an opacity of 50%. |
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Lastly, I colored the icon using Variations. With the slider on the second notch from the left, I went more red twice, more magenta twice, lighter twice, and less saturation twice. |
And there you have it!
