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Making a Shiny Icon


Step 1. At first, open Photoshop document. Draw the shape of your icon.

Press U - Rounded rectangle tool - Unconstrained - Radius 20px.

Now create a new layer then: Paths - "Select your path" - Fill path (color doesn't matter now).

Layer - layer style - Gradient overlay - Fill with gradient from #00cf00 to #02ba07 (Angle 90°).

Of course, you can choose other colors.

Making a Shiny Icon image 1

Step 2. Okay, now we have the workpiece of our icon.

Let's divide it into two different layers. The first will be the glassy shine and the second will serve as the main part.

Select the Eliptical Marquee Tool (M) and select the imaginary shape of the shine.

Right click on the selection - Layer Via copy.

Layer - Layer Style - Gradient Overlay.

I filled with #08d548 to #2dd685 (angle 90°).

Making a Shiny Icon image 2

Step 3. Now we will make the icon more Web 2.0 like.

Select the layer with the main part, press M and choose the Rounded rectangle tool.

Set feather 10 px and select a small area at the bottom of our icon.

The familiar Layer Via Copy.

And the more familiar: Layers - Layer Style - Color overlay (Only!) - #14ee01.

You can also add a shadow.

Making a Shiny Icon Tutorial: Final Result

Enjoy!

Download psd from here.



About the Author:

Let me introduce myself. My name is Andrey Igorevich Chernov, or just Andrey. I was born on March 25 1990 In Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia (near China and North Korea). Started to experimenting with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw since 1998. Yes, it was very amusing. Now I work as a web designer and run my Photoshop tutorials blog at verbaska.com.
These tutorials also appear on webdesign.org. Many thanks to the site's team who published them!

Author's URL: Verbaska.com
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