Week 28 - Franklin
Not sure if I missed the deadline or not, if I did - well duh me right? Here's an icon anyway. I'm a newbie so you'll just have to forgive me this one time :)

Fonts used are Porcelain and Nasty as well as Bodoni Ornaments, with some brushes by 8nero I think.

Fonts used are Porcelain and Nasty as well as Bodoni Ornaments, with some brushes by 8nero I think.
The background text is set very small, size 6 I think, and has an outer glow of pale yellow which fuzzes it out a bit. There are also some grungy horizontal lines (brushes) in white to obscure it a bit more. The text on top ("life is a short trip") is the same font, obviously bigger, but with an outer glow in black to make it pop so it's readable. The photo underneath is also doctored a bit, it's placed over a solid teal background then set to 'hard light' in the layer blend mode - it sort of brightens and reduces the contrast at the same time, which makes anything over the top a tiny bit more legible too.
Glad you like :) I've been making a concerted effort to get better with the icons. Here's a Snape one I did in basically the same way *points*
Welcome.
I'll set up your tag right now. :)
I feel very welcomed, and am muchly appreciative :)