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My favorite baby demon
Published: 2009-03-10 01:17:21
This is my best buddy! I´m so sorry for adding my digital paint on you but deep inside I hope you like it!
This is what the original looked like:
Post processing
Here are the steps involved in creating this image.
1. Masking "the little demon" ;-) with the pen tool and making a selection using a 2 pixel feathering.
2. Placing him on a black background. (Way to black and flat in hindsight)
3. Finding an image of the mighty Gene Simmons makeup and placing it over the masked image. Streching it to fit the little guy.
4. Using the pen tool, creating paths/selecitons to use for the black parts of the makeup.
5. Creating a desaturated layer for parts with white makeup.
6. Crating a layer with white color in a blending mode I can´t remember, probably soft light.
7. Adding selective dodging and burning over certain parts of the face.
8. Adding texture with different brushes to make the fake makeup look somewhat real.
9. Toning down some lit parts of the boy's body to make him "fit" in the new setting.
10. Adding subtle makeup smears on the boy's t-shirt.
11. Brightening his eyes and removing/adding pupils and catchlights.
12. Softening parts of the boy's arms/hands.
13. Adding strands of hair to make the boy not completely look like a cut out agains the background.
14. Changing the color of the t-shirt with a Hue/saturation adjustment layer.
15. Using Liquify, slightly distorting the makeup to make it fit the lines in his face.
16. Recreating lines under his eyes, new eyelashes and eyebrows.
17. Adjusting the saturation of his tounge.
18. Creating black lipstick.
19. Adding small red lines under his eyes.
20. Converting to sRGB 8-bit.
21. Adjusting color balance with proofing monitoring.
22. Flattening layers.
23. Creating a duplicate layer, running some USM (100, 0,4, 4) on it with a layermask.
24. Revealing selected parts like eyes, mouth and hair by adjusting the layermask.
25. Saving a .jpg file.
26. Posting it on the blog.
27. Going to bed at 02.00 a.m.
That´s it!
This is what the original looked like:
Post processing
Here are the steps involved in creating this image.
1. Masking "the little demon" ;-) with the pen tool and making a selection using a 2 pixel feathering.
2. Placing him on a black background. (Way to black and flat in hindsight)
3. Finding an image of the mighty Gene Simmons makeup and placing it over the masked image. Streching it to fit the little guy.
4. Using the pen tool, creating paths/selecitons to use for the black parts of the makeup.
5. Creating a desaturated layer for parts with white makeup.
6. Crating a layer with white color in a blending mode I can´t remember, probably soft light.
7. Adding selective dodging and burning over certain parts of the face.
8. Adding texture with different brushes to make the fake makeup look somewhat real.
9. Toning down some lit parts of the boy's body to make him "fit" in the new setting.
10. Adding subtle makeup smears on the boy's t-shirt.
11. Brightening his eyes and removing/adding pupils and catchlights.
12. Softening parts of the boy's arms/hands.
13. Adding strands of hair to make the boy not completely look like a cut out agains the background.
14. Changing the color of the t-shirt with a Hue/saturation adjustment layer.
15. Using Liquify, slightly distorting the makeup to make it fit the lines in his face.
16. Recreating lines under his eyes, new eyelashes and eyebrows.
17. Adjusting the saturation of his tounge.
18. Creating black lipstick.
19. Adding small red lines under his eyes.
20. Converting to sRGB 8-bit.
21. Adjusting color balance with proofing monitoring.
22. Flattening layers.
23. Creating a duplicate layer, running some USM (100, 0,4, 4) on it with a layermask.
24. Revealing selected parts like eyes, mouth and hair by adjusting the layermask.
25. Saving a .jpg file.
26. Posting it on the blog.
27. Going to bed at 02.00 a.m.
That´s it!
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