Scary Grunge Photoshop Effect

Make this scary grunge effect in Photoshop CS2 with anybody's picture!

Note: The first picture is the my version, the second is the original

Step 1: Find a picture and black it out

First find a picture. I got mine off google just to use as a example. Once its in photoshop take a soft large black brush and brush out the background leaving an effect similar to what I have in the one I made

Note: You'll also want to use a low opacity brush to make the edges look kind of dark...like shadows on the face

Comments

[SirJoey]

Which layer are we working on here? Then, do we flatten the image? Delete one of the layers? What?

[technosapien]

Whichever you like, at this point.  Try both, examine the effects, see what makes the image work for you.  You're the artist.  :)

Don't delete layers.

Flatten the image only if required by the file format you're saving as.  You will need to do that for example with jpg, gif, possibly png, the three most prominent file formats out there.  But before you flatten save as a psd in photoshop (or if you use gimp, as an xcf) so that the work you've done is stored with the project format native to the app you're using.  That way if you want to make changes, you can go in, undo/redo or make further tweaks to the separate layers, etc.

[SirJoey]

"layer with the face on it"? Both layers have a face. Do you mean the background, or the background copy?

[technosapien]

Only the layer with the picture of a face has a mouth in it if you've followed the instructions.  You would have two layers: the base layer, a picture of a face; and a second layer above it, with a texture, set to multiply.  The second layer doesn't have a face on it, only the first (base) layer does.

[SirJoey]

"Erase where the black is"? Do you mean erase the entire black area of the picture?

[technosapien]

On the new layer you would use the erase tool where you see black coming thru from the layer below it.  You're removing the multiply texture from the areas of the image to which you don't actually intend to apply the texture.

[SirJoey]

I don't understand... "locate this on Google as well". Locate what? Is this something I have to download from somewhere?

[technosapien]

You would locate a texture on google, for example:
images.google.com/images

[Brandie]

AWESOME TUTORIAL! This is MY version!

[Shifrin]

Creepy...

[SirJoey]

Where do these "various grunge brushes" come from?

[altaria1993]

www.deviantart.com search: grunge brushes and voila..

[mad rabid sh33p]

crap. only have photoshop expressions 5.0 or whatever. o well, i dont even get how to use that one lol XD

[Snipertofu]

Thanks. I think this is probaly my best tutorial since my other ones look kind of fake compared to other peoples tutorials. I just started PS a year ago (im 14) so im not pro at it obviously but i might try gimp if i get the change :) (\(o_o)/)

[cry_wolf]

Wow, very nice. It would be nice if you blended the flesh with the rock a bit better though. But still its shweet =D I use GIMP so if you also have that, please don't hesitate to make an instructable for it too =]

[Crash2108]

Cool, but could use more pictures.

[LasVegas]

I agree. Some clips showing the steps and interim results would be helpful.