the girl

Heather. Christian. Canadian. February 13, 1988. Petite. Pianist. Singer. Bookworm. Hopeless romantic. Quiet. Friendly. Loves Audrey Hepburn, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, [BBC] costume dramas, Gilmore Girls, Doctor Who, Robin Hood (2006), Relient K, Nickel Creek.... more?

currently

Date: May 30/08
Time: 5:36 p.m.
MP3: None
CD: "LaRue" by LaRue
Reading: Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery, among others
Last movie: Can't remember...
Obsession: Probably Sense & Sensibility

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Email: peculiar_treasure13[at]hotmail.com

MSN Messenger: peculiar_treasure13[at]hotmail.com

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Version 21, featuring Lizzy and Darcy from the 2005 version of 'Pride and Prejudice' starring Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen.

Version 22, featuring Robin and Marian from the 2006 BBC show 'Robin Hood.'

Version 23, featuring Marianne and Elinor Dashwood as played by Charity Wakefield and Hattie Morahan in the 2008 miniseries 'Sense and Sensibility.'

Version 20, featuring Gwenyth Paltrow as Emma.

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Tutorials

Tutorial #1: Icon

We're going to learn how to make this icon:

	I started out with this picture from here. (I took a screen capture and then cropped it.) I then re-sized the image and dragged it to a new 100x100 canvas, instead of cropping the picture directly. (I find this helps me put the picture exactly where I want it, because I can then move it around a bit.)
	Next, I sharpened the image. ( Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen ) I duplicated the layer and set that layer to screen, and then duplicated it again and set the top layer to soft light. This helps brighten up the image a bit; however, this obviously doesn't look very nice...
	...so I played around with the opacity levels of both layers until I was pleased with the brightness. The end result was: Screen layer - 40% and Soft Light layer - 65% I also played around with the saturation of the Soft Light layer. This affects the vibrancy of the image. I ended up desaturating the Soft Light layer by -30. ( Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation > Saturation -30 )
	I decided to add a white box to the side, using the square marquee tool.
	I love patterns, so to make the icon more interesting, I added a strip of this pattern from hybrid-genesis.net. The colour doesn't quite match the icon, so I used the Hue/Saturation tool and set the Hue > -90 and the Saturation > +35.
	As a finishing touch, I added this brush from . Then, all you have to do is flatten the image and save!

Just in case you would like a visual, here's what all the layers should look like at the end: