A Work in Progress: My PXL



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step 1 of 7

Take the logo you wanna use. Here I'm using pxleyes.com logo.

Creation of My PXL: Step 1

step 2 of 7

Give a good gradient background. After that I give a white stroke to the logo. Then right click on the layer effect icon in layer window and click on the "Create Layer" option.

Creation of My PXL: Step 2

step 3 of 7

Now deactive the stroke layer. And make some copy of the logo layer by clicking alt+down and alt+left key.

Creation of My PXL: Step 3

step 4 of 7

By the same way i've given a 3d look to the stroke layer. But this time atfirst I copied the layer and give a blue shade to it. And for coping I've used alt+upkey and alt+left key. Then marge all the copied layer

Creation of My PXL: Step 4

step 5 of 7

Give some shadow and some highlight to give some better look.

Creation of My PXL: Step 5

step 6 of 7

Give some drop shadow.

Creation of My PXL: Step 6

step 7 of 7

Give a reflection: Copy the whole 3d Icon's layer (except the background layer) and transformed into Flip Vertical. And add a layer mask. Use gradient( white+black) and click and drag to the desire area. That's all.

Creation of My PXL: Step 7

Final result

Creation of My PXL: Final Result

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