Today’s PSD is a Skyrim icon! I have also included a tutorial on how it was created. Feel free to customize and use it in anyway you like. Enjoy!
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Tutorial
As with most of my icons, I like to start large. I started this project with a 1024px by 1024px document, filled with a black background. Of course, you’re free to start at any size you wish. Next, I started to lay out the different elements of this design. We’re going to be working with 4 primary elements.
- Outer black ring.
- Inner silver plate.
- Beveled plate.
- Middle circular plate.
To define the size of the design, I’m going to create the Outer black ring first by dragging out a perfect circle in the center of my document. (To constrain your circle, hold down your Shift key).
With that created, our next circle will act as the silver plate. To make things simple, I went ahead and duplicated the current circle by using the Command+J (Mac), CTRL+J (PC) shortcut key, and scaled the duplicated circle down. This can be done by using the Command/CTLR+T shortcut key to enter Free Transform mode, and then drag one of the corners inwards. **To ensure a perfect scale, hold down Option+Shift (Mac), Alt+Shift (PC) while dragging. It’s also probably a good idea to change the color of the new circle so you can differentiate it from the previous one.
Do the exact same process two more times for the other elements. (Duplicate then scale). The third circle should be scaled almost exactly like the second, and the fourth circle should be scaled only slightly inwards. See the image below for reference.
Now that we have the elements in place, let’s start adding Layer Styles. We’re going to start from the back circle, and move our way forward. *Important: Make sure the final circle, the middle one, is colored #404040.
Back Circle – Gradient Overlay, Inner Shadow
Inner Silver Plate – Gradient Overlay, Inner Shadow, Stroke
Beveled Plate – Gradient Overlay, Drop Shadow
Middle Plate – Pattern Overlay, Gradient Overlay, Inner Glow, Inner Shadow
At this point, if you followed the Layer Styles above quite closely, you should have a result that looks like this:
On the next page, we’re going to add some texture, highlights, and the Skyrim logo!
Continue tutorial!
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