Turn any photo into a dot grid artwork with these Photoshop actions. You'll get great results with dots that change size. They get larger in brighter areas and smaller in darker areas. Free download available.
Step 9 - Draw an LED
Draw a small square that should resemble the shape of an LED. Make a selection with either the Lasso Tool or the Pen Tool. Fill it with red. Make the outer glow effect with the Blending Options (see Step 7 for reference).
Step 10 - Final Reflections
Pick up the Pen Tool (P) and drag the lines in the same way I did in the image below. Please do follow the steps I wrote down. Blur Tool - Keep the left-click pressed and go around the margins to make them blurry. Smudge Tool - Drag the margins slowly in the opposite direction to create the feather effect.
Step 11 - Contrast/Brightness
Group all the layers we’ve made so far. Make the white background hidden and select all (Ctrl+A). Click Ctrl+Shift+C and then paste. Make the group hidden and then adjust the contrast and brightness like I did.
Find Brightness and Contrast atImage > Adjustments >Brightness&Contrast.
Step 12
To make it a more prominent icon, you can adjust the Blending Options to make it darker with Gradient Overlay and add a Bevel and Emboss effect.
Final Results
We have reached the end of the tutorial. I wish that my explanations were clear and that the result you obtained is pretty much the same as mine! Have fun!
Download the PSD
Printer Icon.zip | 235 KB
Freelance graphic designer Cucu Tudor-Ionel is a student in Bacau, Romania. He is currently writing tutorials based on his personal projects. At the age of 13 he started writing Photoshop tutorials about virtual-tuning, and then creating different chops and websites in his free time.
- Cucu Tudor-Ionel