Manipulative Human Artwork with Particles and Flying Flower Petals in Photoshop

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Step 1

Create a new document 724px * 1024px with black background. We will prepare some ground texture first, so let’s load the Metal Texture into Photoshop and select a portion of it with the rectangular marquee tool:

Copy and paste the selection over to our document, use the free transform tool to perspective this as shown below:

Then, use a soft eraser to remove the edges of the texture to create some depth:

Add the following 3 adjustment layers as clipping mask to this texture layer:
Black and White

Levels

Layer mask on the levels adjustment layer:

Curves

and you will have the following effect so far:

Step 2

Load the model image into Photoshop, and cut out the model as shown below, resize and place it above our ground texture:

Tidy up the edges of the model with a soft eraser, as well as fade the lower body a bit so it blends into the background:

Hint: set the eraser tool’s flow and opacity to around 50% for a subtle effect.

Add a levels adjustment layer as clipping mask to this model layer:

Attach the following layer mask on this levels adjustment layer:

and here is the effect so far:

Step 3

The hair looks a bit boring in my opinion so I decided to draw some instead. Create a a new layer and draw a path with the Pen Tool:

Choose a 4px hard brush:

Go back to Pen Tool and Right-click on the Path, choose “Stroke Path”:

Stroke the path with this brush, and turn on “Simulate Pressure”:

and you will have the following effect:

I repeated this above steps many times and adjusted the shapes, size and colour of the hair, and I have the following effect as a result:

This can be a lengthy process so be patient :) If you have difficulty with this step, check out this video tutorial I have on the PSDVault Youtube Channel:

Step 4

We can now paint or render some cloud over the background with either a cloud brush, or cloud filter, make sure you adjust the layer opacity to a low value to ensure we only have a subtle effect:

We can add some particles around the model – once again we utilise the metal texture and select a piece from it:

Copy and paste the selection over to our document and place the layer below the model layer, add the following 2 adjustment layers as clipping mask to it:
Black and White

Levels

Warp this particle layer so it forms a flying shape:

and here is the effect you will have:

Repeat the above steps and add some flying particles to the right hand side as well:

Step 5

OK we can now make a new brushset for painting the flying flower petals, create a new document (size doesn’t really matter), create a new layer and paint a single dot:

Warp this dot into a petal shape with the warp tool:

Then hide the background layer, go to Image > Trim and trim out the transparent pixels, then go to Edit > Define brush preset:

Give the brush a name, and go the brushes windows and apply the following settings:



Use this brush to paint the flower petals according to the flying Hair path:

and you will have the following effect so far:

I further added some colour adjustments over the image, and you will have the following final effect: (click to enlarge)

That’s it for this tutorial! Hope you enjoy it and find it useful! Till next time, have a great day!

Manipulative Human Artwork with Particles and Flying Flower Petals in Photoshop

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Create a Tangled, Horror Cracked Figure with Layer Masking Techniques in Photoshop

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In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create a Horror Cracked Human Figure with Layer Masking Techniques in Photoshop. The primary goal of this tutorial is to show you how you can blend textures together with layer mask, and how to achieve the best end result possible.
We will also go through other skills such as image adjustments, layer blending, selection tools and some simple photo retouches.
This is an intermediate level Photoshop tutorial so some steps can be tricky.

Note: The Photoshop tutorial is done in CS6 – therefore some screenshot may have slighting different layout as in the earlier version.

Here is a preview of the final effect I have for this tutorial: (click to enlarge)

Step 1

Load the Metal background image into Photoshop – we will use it as our canvas. Duplicate the background layer and apply the following unsharp mask filter to it in order to bring out a bit more details:

Add the following 2 image adjustment layers to this background layer:
Levels

Layer mask on the levels adjustment layer:

Curves

and here is the effect so far:

Step 2

Load the model image into Photoshop and cut of the model from its background, paste it onto our document. Resize and position it to the centre of the canvas:

Then use the spot healing tool to clean out some dark spots as shown below:



Use a soft erase tool to fade the edges of the model so it blends into the background:

Step 3

We can add the following 2 image adjustment layers this model layer as clipping mask:
Levels

Curves

and here is the effect so far:

Step 4

We can now add the crack texture onto the model – load the crack image into Photoshop and use the Lasso Tool to select a portion of texture:

Copy and paste the selection onto our document and set it as a clipping mask to the layer below, use a soft eraser  (set flow and opacity to around 60%) to remove some parts of the texture as shown below:

Hint: this effect can be a bit tricky achieve, you should try adjust the flow and opacity of the eraser tool as you see it, until parts of the body is reveal and not covered by cracks.

Again we add the following 2 adjustment layer as clipping mask for this cracked texture layer:
Black and White

Levels

and you will have the following effect so far:

Step 5

We will add some further crack texture around the model, so go back to the cracked image and select another piece of it, copy and paste the selection over onto our document, de-saturate its colour:

I applied the following layer mask to this new cracked texture layer to hide some of it:

Add the following 2 adjustment layers to this new crack layer as clipping mask:
Levels

Curves

and you will have the following effect so far:

Reduce the layer opacity of the new cracked texture slightly down to around 90% for a subtle effect:

Step 6

I decided to add something under the model for some extra effect. So I loaded the tree root image into Photoshop and select a piece of the roots with the quick selection tool:

Copy and paste the selection onto our document, resize and place it under the body, add the following layer mask to it to soften its edges:

Add the following 2 adjustment layers as clipping mask to this root layer:
Black and white

Levels

and you will have the following effect so far:

Step 7

We’re almost done! For some final touches, I rendered some cloud down the bottom of the canvas:

I also used the brush created in Step 5 of this tutorial to added a few leaves around the model:

I also used a 2px hard brush to paint some lines around the model for some dramatised tangling effect:

I further added some colour adjustments over the image, and you will have the following final effect: (click to enlarge)

That’s it for this tutorial! Hope you enjoy it and find it useful! Till next time, have a great day!

Create a Tangled, Horror Cracked Figure with Layer Masking Techniques in Photoshop

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