Photoshop a Zombie in Five Easy Steps
Disclaimer: Before we begin, you should know that I am not a photoshop expert, or even good at it, and the last time I seriously tried to learn photoshop was back in 1997. I still have the Photoshop 4 book, sitting unread, on my shelf. So I'm more of a photshop hack, and yesterday with almost no knowledge i was able to quickly create a decent zombie pic. So grab some Halloween spirit and lets photoshop.
Make Quick and Dirty Zombie with Photoshop
Start with a decent photo of yourself or your intended victim.
1. The Eyes are the windows to the soul, and our soulless zombie needs dead eyes. All i did was take the Dodge Tool and work the eyes until they were lifeless, dead and evil looking.
2. Zombies are Pale, so lets play with the Brightness and Contrast. Either of the entire photo or just the skin.
3. Zombies are Blue-ish (or whatever colour you want), so lets select the face with say the Polygon or Magic Wand, create a layer out of it and Adjust the Color Balance (Apple-B on your mac).
4. Burn Zombie Burn! Zombies look bruised and bloodied, go nuts with the Burn Tool, I did some burning before and after i made the zombie blue and pale, I just can't get enough of the burn tool.
5. Feed Your Zombie - Zombies eat raw flesh and are not clean about it. To quickly create blood dripping from your mouth; I created a new layer (or forgot too on one side) used the polygon tool to draw out the blood shape, filled it with red paint, went with the smudge tool and then back to my favorite new friend the Burn tool. You can get really fancy here and create nice effects with layers of blood and transparency, so do as little or as much as you want.
Your done, so post your pic to your favorite social network and enjoy the Halloween accolades of your friends and family.
Make Quick and Dirty Zombie with Photoshop
1. The Eyes are the windows to the soul, and our soulless zombie needs dead eyes. All i did was take the Dodge Tool and work the eyes until they were lifeless, dead and evil looking.
2. Zombies are Pale, so lets play with the Brightness and Contrast. Either of the entire photo or just the skin.
3. Zombies are Blue-ish (or whatever colour you want), so lets select the face with say the Polygon or Magic Wand, create a layer out of it and Adjust the Color Balance (Apple-B on your mac).
4. Burn Zombie Burn! Zombies look bruised and bloodied, go nuts with the Burn Tool, I did some burning before and after i made the zombie blue and pale, I just can't get enough of the burn tool.
5. Feed Your Zombie - Zombies eat raw flesh and are not clean about it. To quickly create blood dripping from your mouth; I created a new layer (or forgot too on one side) used the polygon tool to draw out the blood shape, filled it with red paint, went with the smudge tool and then back to my favorite new friend the Burn tool. You can get really fancy here and create nice effects with layers of blood and transparency, so do as little or as much as you want.
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