Ah, I really enjoyed making this icon. It was great fun. I also amde this for a 20in20 icontest on LJ, for the theme air, so you'll find a lot of little vibrance and later strong vibrance in this icon.
So, shall we begin?

The original screencap:

Of course, you first have to crop your image. I wanted to go with her eyes and neck first, but that didn't work out well, so I only cropped it above her lips.

Like I said, I made this for...

This was actually complicated. I initially wanted to make it a blue icon, but had no luck with that, but I think it turned out pretty good in the end. I may have also been distracted by the absolute hotness in the icon...ahem...

Okay, so first I took the center image of this and cropped it.

And after giving up on making it blue, I deeply sighed and created a curves layer.
Input: 127 Output: 128
It only changed the icon a bit, but I was just so done I was glad even for that.
I added a vibrance layer.
Vibrance: +50, Saturation: +20
I stamped the layers and used variations. I attempted using blue...

"So, Westeros", the Doctor spoke as everyone were in the main room, making it kind of uncomfortably crampy, but he had to say this to everyone. "It's not exactly like our universe. It's more.. medieval..", he grimaced. "Can't explain. Nevertheless, we've got lots to do there and we will be staying for a while. You'll need different clothes. Rose will assist you. And first we'll make a stop across the Narrow Sea to pick up two more people."
"More people?" Clint asked desperately. "COME ON!"
"Only two more", the Doctor promised, turning to look at Rachel. "You don't go anywhere. The rest of you,...

Jackson and Diana were in the cafeteria still, laughing at their high school memories.
"And this one time, Derek and Stiles-", Jackson couldn't even finish his sentence with all the laughing. Diana was having a time of her life, and she couldn't help but to wish she could feel like this more often. She truly, truly liked Jackson.



"I think I would fit in well at your group", she said after she'd stopped laughing.
"It's not really a group, but you would", Jackson agreed. "A witch would fit right in."
"I'm not a witch", Diana snapped. "Not really....

I’ll fix you if you want, but love you
just the way you are

“ I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future. “

~ Friendship at first sight, an unbreakable bound and happiness all around. That’s us. Friends are the family you can choose, I guess that means I picked you or maybe you found me. I don’t even care, all that matters is that I am here and I am looking around and sometimes I just can’t believe. I can’t believe how you can befriend somebody...