How to make an awesome zombie-fighting scene in Photoshop

 by wkortum
This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to make an intense zombie fighting scene. This instructable requires some very rudimental Photoshop skills, but even if you don't know Photoshop you can probably still follow along. The example of what we are creating is below, but unfortunately Instructables compresses the photos. I have attached a .psd file if you want to see a higher res version. This Instructable is entered in the Halloween Photo Editing Challenge, so don't forget to VOTE!
 
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Step 1: Materials

zombie1_1265330868.jpg
tokyo-marui-m16-golgo-13-ve.jpg
muzzlef3xk0.jpg
muzzlef2hf1.jpg
allegheny-national-forest-pennsylvania-wallpaper-1600x1200-forest-wallpaper-nature.jpg
PLC271_TPX_display.jpg
For this tutorial you will need:
1 Photo of a subject. I kindly asked my Totoro stuffed animal to pose for a few shots. Having a couple of pictures from different angles is optimal, but not necessary.

1 Hi resolution background picture. This should be something scary like a forest, a dark alleyway, or another place where you could picture zombies. The image does not have to be scary, as I will show you how to tweak it in photoshop. I found my example picture here: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4qCy09Nn_2Q/Tl0Yc_ViDII/AAAAAAAAAig/3I7S1ofLv4g/s1600/allegheny-national-forest-pennsylvania-wallpaper-1600x1200-forest-wallpaper-nature.jpg

1 Picture of a gun of some sort. I found mine here: http://www.airsoftnews.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tokyo-marui-m16-golgo-13-ve.jpg

1 Image of another zombie-hunter weapon. I found a baseball bat here: http://m.baseballrampage.com/p/productphotos/PLC271_TPX_display.jpg

Some silhouettes of zombies. These worked well: http://img.coplusk.net/originals/0010/8474/zombie1_1265330868.jpg

A muzzle flash: http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8817/muzzlef3xk0.jpg

And about 20-30 minutes of your time.
hjshin says: Oct 18, 2011. 9:49 AM
Love totoro! Glad to see he's vanquishing zombies! It's now my screensaver...
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