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001. I will start the tutorial with this base... basically I just cut out Christian Bale's head and stuck it over a texture from... crap I don't remember who.
002. To make the icon black and white I made a new hue/saturation layer, and set saturation to -100.
003. The black and white just doesn't look that nice, so I made a curves layer to create more contrast.
Second dot: O 82 | I 65
005. Not bad, you can stop now, but you can also use light textures to decorate your icon. I used this and this one.
006. You might also see black and white icons with a red tint like this. To achieve this effect, make a new selective color layer with this adjustment:
007. If you want a sort of "vintage-y" effect, make a new fill layer with #ecddcf, and set it to Multiply at 55%.
