Halloween Photo Manipulation: Make the Beautiful Depraved

This instructable shows how to turn a normal photograph into a grungy, Halloween ready image.

Tools Needed:
Photo of yourself, your friends, your boss, etc.
Adobe Photoshop (This was done in CS5, but any version should work)
Various textures (we will cover the specifics in the steps)
Various brushes (we will cover the specifics in the steps)

Step 1 Find your image

This step is one of the most important of all. An image of good quality will make your editing go much more smoothly. It also allows a better finished product. Try to find an image where the subject is balanced and facing straight forward.

I have selected an image from MorgueFile (fitting isn't it!). It is a good place to find free stock photography... Click Here ... I chose this image because it is nicely balanced and the subject should produce good results.

The image I am starting with is 10x6 at 150 dpi. Your image will probably be a different size so any kind of brush sizes, etc. will be a little different. This is your photo edit so have fun and change things as you see fit!

Comments

[Kiteman]

Nice (?) job - I especially like the subtle point of turning the smile into a frown.

[JohnnyBighead]

Thanks for the kind words. I really try hard to make pieces that people won't think are edited at all. This is impossible with something like this, but subtle touches make it look as natural as possible! Please let me know if you have any questions!