In this tutorial we are going to create a colorful RSS icon for your blog.

It's necessary for the beginning to create a new file (File>New) of 512x512px and 72 dpi. Select the Ellipse Tool (U) and try to make an ellipse like the next one:



Fill 0% on the layer:



Select Blending Options>Gradient Overlay (making a mouse click on the processed layer on the layers' palette) setting the next demands as below:



This element we should get. It'll represent the shadow of the icon:



. Select the same tool to draw now a circle, colored with #F36523



Select Blending Options>Inner Shadow and set the next parameters for the last layer:

 

Blending Options>Stroke



Fill 0% for the layer. We should get the next result. It'll represent the basis of the icon



Next we shall represent one more circle:



Choose the next selection for the layer: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

 

Gradient Editor:



Now we need to draw another circle, but a circle that needs to be corrected with Direct Selection Tool (A), as it is shown below: