Fairy manga icon

[seleneheart]

I'm using Photoshop Elements 4.0, so I'm sure this would be heaps easy for any higher level software.

I chose this pic because it was fairly simple, not a lot of extra stuff.

So we're going from this: to this:



1. crop to 100x100


2. filter > sharpen , filter > sharpen edges


3. duplicate the background image three times, and set each layer, in order, as screen 100%, then soft light 100%, then multiply 80%

Now you have this:


4. put this pink gradient, made by me, rotated 90 right, over it, set to multiply at 100%, and it looks like this:


5. next put this light stripey texture, which I got from google, set to overlay 100%, looks like this:


6. layer > new, then stamp this custom dragonfly brush that I made in random areas of the background. Any natural form brush will work. I clicked it three times at each spot to get it darker. Set at 28px.


7. copy the background image again, set to screen at 35%, gaussian blur at 3px. Now it looks like this:


8. paste the light stripes again, this time set to screen at 70%. Now you have this:


9. Duplicate the background again, set to overlay 75%, gaussian blur 6px. You have this:


10. Layer > new, select > all, stroke a 1px border on the inside, in dark, dark green. I used #111d00


11. Add text. Layer > new. Font CAC Saxon bold. I used the same color for the text as I did the border.

You're done!

Final product:

If any of that wasn't clear, I'll be happy to explain.