Tutorial – Brian Icon
 
 

Made in photoshop CS2
 
We’re going to go from to
 
 

take this cap from kwaf:


 

crop it. resize it to 100×100. next, go to filter – sharpen.
 
 

new adjustment layer – levels. input the following settings in the input slots at the top – 10, 1.74, 198. click okay.
 
 

new adjustment layer – brightness/contrast. up the contrast to +16. click okay.
 
 

new adjustment layer – gradient map – click the gradient that says black, white. click okay. set the layer to soft light – opacity 60%
 
 

new adjustment layer – curves but don’t insert any values. as soon as it pops up, just click okay. set the layer to soft light – opacity 80%
 
 

take this texture from sanami276 and paste it to your icon. set the layer to color burn – opacity 75%.
 
 

flatten your image and you’re done. you can add text or more contrast if you want, but i didn’t for this one.
 
 

Here is my layer palette:

 
 

– feel free to steal the icon, just credit me.
– comments are love.
 
 

Comments are lovely, and so are questions. If you do end up using this I would love to see what you make out of it!
 
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