Tutorial Details

• Program: Adobe Photoshop
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Estimated Completion Time: 3 Hours

Resources Used

The following resources were used during the production of this tutorial.

• Parquet Floor
• Water Droplets
• Water Splash 1
• Water Splash 2
• Grunge Textures Vol 1

Step 1

Let’s start by creating a new A4 document in Photos

Tutorial Resources

• Grunge texture 1 – darkrose42-stock
• Grunge texture 2 – darkrose42-stock
• Model – Photoxpress
• Dried blood splatter brushes – Photoshop Tutorials
• Glossy blood splatter brushes – Photoshop Tutorials
• Cobweb brushes – Obsidian Dawn
• Cobweb texture – Fantasystock
• Wire – Morguefile
• Bandage – Titelgestalten

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Step 1

Create a new document, choose the size with1333x1000 px and fill it with white ( or any sizes and any colors you like

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Tutorial Resources

• Water Background – knightfall-stock
• Model– xstockx
• Skull – christasvengel-stock
• Texture – shadeybabey
• Webs – redheadstock
• Skull 2 – fantasystock

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Step 1- Choose the Model.

This Picture is great to create this type of manipulation, because the model’s make up help a lot.

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Step 2 – Change the size.

To do this go to Image -> Image size. Or Press (Alt+Ctrl +I). Resize the image to: Width:837 X Height: 1300 pixels and press ok.

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Step 3- Select the Model.

Use the Lasso tool to Select the model.

 

Materials needed

There are a lot of images used to make this artwork so I included all the necessary stock images on a single pack, In the zip file you will find all you need to follow this tutorial and also a text file with the credits to the authors of the stock images.

Download stock images zip pack.

Authors of the stock images:
Model – http://dxlogic.deviantart.com
Glass ball – http://chop-stock.deviantart.com
Head engine – http://foxstox.deviantart.com
Steel valve – http://quaddles.deviantart.com
Leaf veins – http://jonathan2478resource.deviantart.com
Green steam engine – http://otherunicorn-stock.deviantart.com
Chest mechanical piece – http://fantasystock.deviantart.com

Resources needed

Background: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/813907
Particles pack: http://mediamilitia.com/particles-pack-25-free-images
Explosion: http://joeycool10.deviantart.com/art/Kaboom-34546797

Step 1

The first thing you need to do is to open the Empire State stock image in photoshop and duplicate it. Name the bottom one ORIGINAL and the top layer TOP-LESS. Now you have to erase the top part of the building on the TOP-LESS layer but leave the sky visible.

In this new tutorial we’re going to learn how to extract an object from a white background,create a paint effect using some brushes and create a quick HDR effect in a few easy steps. So let’s start.

Stock used

Model: http://dxlogic.deviantart.com/art/girl-stock-iii-206766488
Background: http://knald.deviantart.com/art/Vintage-paper-TEXTURE-PACK-152400787
Smoke: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1394829
Paint Spatter Brushes: http://www.starwalt.com/photoshop_stuff4.html
Floral Collage Brushes: http://www.starwalt.com/photoshop_stuff2.html