1. create a 300x300 file, enter a letter on it.
2. set foreground color to #A7A7A7, bg color #F1F1F1. CTRL+click on the text layer to load the selection of the text, create a new layer, use gradient tool to do something like this.
3. stroke it with a darker gray, 1 pixel
4. go to select ---> modify ---> contract, 3 pixels.
5. create new layer, set fg color to #99FF66, bg color to #33CC00, do another gradient
6. create new layer, create a ellipical selection, create a new layer, gradient from white to transparent
7. ctrl+ click on green fill layer, then Ctrl+shift+I to inverse selection, then go to the white gradient ellipse layer, tab delete.
8. drop shadow, here we go
9. ctrl+U to play around with colors.
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