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1. Open a new 100 x 100 image

2. Open your image and resize it (I put my height at 80px). Drag it onto your 100 x 100 image.
I got:


3. Duplicate your base and set to screen. Duplicate the screen layer and set at an opacity of 50%.

I got:


4. Now I went to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation.
Set the saturation to +56
(you will want to adjust this depending on your image)
I got:


5. Now go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
Set to:
RGB:
Point One
I: 120
O: 133

RED:
Point One
I: 123
O: 132
I got:

GREEN:
Point One
I: 133
O: 128
I got:

BLUE:
Point One
I: 145
O: 115
I got:


6. Now I went to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Colour.
REDS
C: -30
M: 0
Y: 0
B: 0

NEUTRALS:
C: -10
M: -5
Y: +10
B: -10

I got:


7. Now go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation
Set the Saturation to +17



8. Now go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast
Brightness: -6
Contrast: +17

I got:



9. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Colour
Neutrals:
C: +25
M: 0
Y: -26
B: 0

I got:


10. Now I just used my "Polygonal Lasso Tool" and trimmed the image to have slight diagonal edges, just to soften it up a little bit.

And you are done!
Finished Product:


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