Slender Man Photo Edit

When I posted my last Halloween photo edit instuctable (Scary Woods Photo Edit) several of the commentors (such as nfk11) suggested that it would be much better with Slender Man in it.  I was resistant at first but I thought it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.  I used similar adjustments and filters as in the Scary Woods edit and the original photo that I used was taken at the same location (Cortes Island, British Columbia).  I created the image of Slender Man himself in Pixlr using a photo of my brother (I wanted to use only my own images for this photo edit).

Step 1: How I turned my brother into Slender Man

I was looking through my photo library for a image of someone in a suit.  I came across my brothers wedding photo which was perfect (I hope he doesn't mind).

• To start editing the photo I went to the Pixlr website and select Open Pixlr editor (advanced). Then clicked on Open Image from computer. 
• I cropped the image so that it had only my brother and smudged his face with the smudge tool.
• Using the lasso tool I copied and pasted him onto a new blank background.
• With the eraser too I cleaned up image so that it is just him.
• I resized the image with out the proportion constraints to make him taller and skinnier.
• I then created a new layer and used one of the flower brushes adjusted to a large size to create Slender Man's snake like protrusions.
• I used the Free transform tool from the edit menu to rotate them and copy and paste a set for the other side of his body.

Comments

[Atlas Portal 2]

is the editor free?

[ChrysN]

Yes, Pixlr is free. Though it is an online editor.

[smiley G.I JOE]

go to you tube and look up how it should have ended slender games. let me know what you think.

[Cyclone1764]

i got a marble hornets style photo on halloween, simply just by (well dressing up as slendy) but standing in a dark room with the croket camera in a bright room,
what do you think?

[ChrysN]

Great photo!

[t217265]

Nice instructable, but what is Slender Man? Is it local ledgend or am I just out of touch? I live in California and have never heard of him. Guess I could google it but I would like to hear about it from you since you made him. Thank you :)

[ChrysN]

My understanding is that slender man was created on the internet. There was photo editing contest with a paranormal them on The Something Awful Forums and someone photo shopped and image with a tall (~8ft), skinny, faceless man in a suit lurking around. Well I guess the image got around and people thought it was real. Then more photos appeared and it spread around the internet as some things tend to do, it became a meme. So a mythology developed about Slender Man, with people writing about him giving him a story, and saying such things as there is a woodcut print of Slender Man from the 16th century. There is now a video game about him called The Slender (that is where I first heard about him) and I think there might be a movie in the works.

[t217265]

That is the coolest mythology story ever. Thank you for the update.

[Cyclone1764]

do yourslef a fovour and never watch marble hornets or play slender ;)

[t217265]

Now that you told me not to, I have an insatiable urge to do both these things even though I have no idea what they are :)

[Cyclone1764]

http://www.youtube.com/user/MarbleHornets
http://slendergame.com/download.php

[nfk11]

you should have put that I said.

[ChrysN]

I just changed the text in my intro to say that you were one of the people who suggested it. Thanks!

[nfk11]

NP

[Thergox]

Cool!

[jessyratfink]

Ohhhhhhh so fancy! Slenderman is my favorite. Especially love the gif. :D

[ChrysN]

Thanks! I thought he might be a bit hard to see, but the waving arms in the gif, draws your attention a lot more.

[PotatoCoffee]

Haha! I see you did it!