Because I have no life, I wrote 4 PS7 Tutorials
Tutorial 08: Shannon "Black & White with Colour"
From this:
to this: 
-Photoshop 7
-Medium
-Image Heavy
01. I got my picture of Shannon from Lost-Media, I cropped it to 100x100 pixels and sharpened it once {Filter-->Sharpen-->Sharpen}. Which then give us our base:
02. Next duplicate your base {Layer-->Duplicate Layer}. Set the blending mode to Screen and put the opacity at 50% (this lightens our image, but not so it's too bright - if you're using a different base you might need to have the opacity at 100% - or have mutiple screen layers, or none). Now we have this:
03. Now duplicate your base and drag it all the way up to the top of the layers pallete. Desaturate your image {Image-->Adjustments-->Desaturate}. Set the blending mode to Soft Light and leave the opacity at 100% (using the Soft Light layer puts some shadows back into the image, without making it too dark). Now we have this:
04. Create a New Adjustment Layer {Layer-->New Adjustment Layer-->Gradient Map}. Click OK, and then click on the long bar, a whole heap of gradients should come up. Select the black and white one. If you're confused, here's a screencap. Now we have this (by the way, your layer pallete should look like this):
05. With the "Mask" (the white square) part of the layer selected I took a round default 3px brush in black and erasered Shannon's bikini so the orange colour showed through, if you make a mistake just go over it in white, and it will make it black and white again. So now we should have this:
06. I selected the rectangular marquee tool and made a rectangle (on a new layer). I then filled it with white (#FFFFFF). Now we have:
07. I took this brush, made by
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hermintage, selected a colour from Shannon's bikini by using the eye dropper tool. Which ended up being #E64F2B (A bright orange colour). I then put the brush on the white rectangle (I think I resized it a bit, but I can't be too sure):
08. In the same colour as before (#E6AF2B), I applied this brush, made by me:
09. I then added text. I wrote "Sunscreen Princess" in Alpha Mack OE size 18pt anti-alia Sharp. I also rotated the text a bit (Ctrl+T) to make it fit more with the icon:
And we're finished!! I hope this helped someone learn something... You can take the icon and copy the tut aslong as you credit
__iiconize__.Tutorial #09: H/Hr "Vivid Contrast"
From this:
to this: 
-Photoshop 7
-Easy
-Image Heavy
01. I can't remember where I got this pic from, I've had it saved for like forever, but anywayz... Crop it to 100x100 pixels and Sharpen once {Filter-->Sharpen-->Sharpen}:
02. Next duplicate your base twice. Set both copies to Screen, but put the top most layer at 50% opacity, it may look a little too light now, but don't worry we'll fix that:
03. Fill a layer with a light grey colour, I used #CCCCCC {
}. Set the blend mode to Colour Burn. Then duplicate it three times, we now have a nice vivid, contrast icon:
04. If you want to you can add text or brushes ect. I chose not to, also you may not need as many Colour Burn and Screen layers as I used, this is different for all images. Experiment.
And we're finished!! I hope this helped someone learn something... You can take the icon and copy the tut aslong as you credit
__iiconize__.Tutorial #10: H/Hr "Lighten Gradient Effect"
From this:
to this: 
-Photoshop 7
-Medium
-Image Heavy
01. I started with a texture/base from
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dearest, who is my icon resource god.
I then got a cap by either
teh_indy or dj43, can't remember who, they're both credited in my resource post, I cropped it to 100x100 pixels and Sharpened it {Filter-->Sharpen-->Sharpen} then resized it (Ctrl+T), so that it fitted into the white square of the base:
02. I duplicated it {Layers-->Duplicate Layer} and then desaturated it {Image-->Adjustments-->Desaturate}. I played around with the Brightness and Contrast {Image-->Adjustments-->Brightness and Contrast}... I can't remember my exact settings, but I think Brightness was set at +10 and Contrast was set at +15, but can't be 100% sure. Now we have:
03. I added a gradient made by me {#3B82AC to #000000}:
It doesn't have to be blue, it can be any colour you want, but you need to keep the black in there. I set the gradient's blending mode to Lighten at 100% opacity:
04. Next I added text. I wrote "Harry" "'s" and "Hermione" all in Splurge 14pt Sharp I selected a blue colour from the icon (using the eyedropper tool), it ended up being #337196. I added each piece of text seperatly, and left a space between them, sorta, so I could add the brush:
05. Then I added this brush (and same colour as the text), made by me, and put it next to "'s" :
06. Then using the Rectangular Marquee Tool I made a small rectange, on the side of the icon, I filled it with black (#000000):
07. Then I took this brush, made by ??? (I'm sorry, but I can't remember, you're credited in my resource post, but since I cut and resized it, I can't tell who's it is probably
dearest's or 's), and added it to the rectangle, in the same colour as the text:And we're finished!! I hope this helped someone learn something... You can take the icon and copy the tut aslong as you credit
__iiconize__.Tutorial #11: Jack - "Texture Thingy Effect":
From this:
to this: 
-Photoshop 7
-Medium
-Image Heavy
01. I got this picture of Jack, from Lost-Media. I cropped it to 100x100 pixels. I then sharpened {Filter-->Sharpen-->Sharpen} it once. Now we have our base:
02. I thought it was too dark, so I duplicated {Layer-->Duplicate Layer} and set it to Screen at 100%. Much better:
03. I still don't like the colouring, so I duplicated the Screened layer, changed it to Soft Light. I left the opacity at 100%, but desaturated the image {Image-->Adjustments-->Desaturate}. It's a bit too dark now, but we'll fix that later:
04. I made a new layer {Layer-->New Layer} and filled it with a dark blue colour:
(#020117)I set the blend mode to Exclusion and left the opacity 100%:
05. I created another new layer and filled it with a light-pinkish colour:
(#E3D5CD).Set the blend mode to Multiply and left the opacity at 100%:
06. I then went right back to the bottom, and duplicated my Screened layer. I dragged it right up to the top of the layer pallette, and changed the opacity to 80%. I also desaturated it:
07. I thought Jack was too light now, so I made one more new layer, and filled it with a light blue colour:
(#D7EFEE)I set the blend mode to Colour Burn and left the opacity at 100%, now we have:
08. I was semi-happy with the colouring now, but I really wanted Jack to stand out from the background, which I really didn't think he was doing at the moment, so I added this texture by Tre and set it to Multiply at 100% opacity:
09. I was happy with the background, but Jack was looking totally eew! He was way too dark and too green. So I added a mask {Layer-->Add Layer Mask-->Reveal All} to the layer. A white box should appear on the layer pallate, and look like this:
10. With the mask selected (you can tell because it has the black lines around it), fill it with black (#000000). Now your picture should look exactly like it did before you added the texture. Using a default round 5px brush with the colour white (#FFFFFF) I painted over the background, this slowly reveals the texture, but leaves Jack looking the same. If you make a mistake switch to black - and this will act as an eraser and go back to how it was. I use masks because they're so easy to fix mistakes. Now, we have this:
11. Well Jack defiantly stood out now, and it was looking better, but IMO he didn't really match the background (and that looks bad), so I added the same texture as before, and set it to Soft Light with 46% Opacity.. Though the background looked sort of off, so using the same technique has above, I added a mask, filled with black, and painted over Jack in a white brush, it doesn't make huge difference, but I love little details in icons... Anyway, we have this now:
12. Finally I added text. I wrote "Hero" in Death Struggle (all lower caps) 24pt Anti-Alias Sharp, and I then rotated it 180 degrees clockwise {Edit-->Transform-->Rotate 180}. "Faded" was in Century Gothic (all caps) 8pt Anti-Alias Sharp Kerning 100. I put the text in white (#FFFFFF) and set it Soft Light:
And we're finished!! I hope this helped someone learn something... You can take the icon and copy the tut aslong as you credit
__iiconize__.Lozzyxx
December 14 2005, 15:21:42 UTC 6 years ago
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December 14 2005, 16:23:37 UTC 6 years ago
I'm gonna try the Shannon one thanks Loz =D
December 14 2005, 19:23:03 UTC 6 years ago
December 15 2005, 00:29:43 UTC 6 years ago
Variation on Tutorial 10 :3
I used your tutorial #10 for:Except instead of seeping the background for the texture I seeped the needle. Then whited out on 14% his skin to make it more sickly.
Thank you so much for the tutorial
(Note: i'm not pro-heroin, there's supposed to be irony in the icon)
December 15 2005, 06:53:56 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Variation on Tutorial 10 :3
Wow! That looks good! Glad I could help!Lozzyxx
December 15 2005, 06:54:59 UTC 6 years ago
December 16 2005, 00:38:30 UTC 6 years ago
December 19 2005, 08:47:34 UTC 6 years ago
brilliant tutorials! will try out when i am free! (=
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 04:54:35 UTC 6 years ago
huda-icons.blogspot.com
January 12 2006, 00:03:33 UTC 6 years ago
January 12 2006, 04:41:08 UTC 6 years ago
I'll re-upload them :)
January 14 2006, 09:18:50 UTC 6 years ago
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July 8 2006, 22:39:26 UTC 5 years ago
I'll try the others but I got this with the last one:
July 26 2006, 11:46:50 UTC 5 years ago
Heres one of my results, I didn't follow it all though.
Thanks xxx
July 26 2006, 13:31:59 UTC 5 years ago
October 4 2006, 22:08:41 UTC 5 years ago