Zombie Family Portrait (with demon pet)

 by emilygraceking
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Nothing says 'family' like three siblings sticking together after becoming zombies. Our loyal cat even came along to protect us! Unfortunately my family and I have not had the test of an apocalyptic disaster to test our love for each other, so I had to predict the future using photoshop.

Things I know will happen after we all turn into zombies that I have reflected in my very scientific rendering of the future:
- We will all creepily smile while eating brains.
- My cat Nemo will turn into a super protector with horrifying powers of destruction.

Turning your own family portrait into a glimpse of the future is fairly simple with this Photoshop Ible even if you have very little experience using Photoshop.
 
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Step 1: Materials

- You will need a photo of you and your family. I chose a photo of me and my little brother and sister. Look how happy we are! I think that the happier and more beautiful the occasion of the photo, the better your end result will be.

- For the added demon pet element, you will need a photo of your pet. Try to find a photo where your furry friend's eyes are particularly enormous.

- You will need to find a desolate hellscape for your background. HINT: searching for "desolate hellscape" in google image search is not effective. Try "hell" or "hellscape." Look for something particularly firey.

- I use photoshop to alter the photos, but I don't do anything super fancy. Even if you are a novice user you should be able to change your usually cute family into a gang of horrible undead.

- Over the years I have loaded my photoshop with various custom brush packs I found for free on the internet. While not necessary, brush packs make it easy to add textures. Here are some links to brush packs I used for this project.

ROOTS: http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes/1773-Dirty-Roots
SMOKE: http://blog.qbrushes.net/smoke-brush-set/
bmyers11 says: Oct 21, 2011. 2:57 PM
This was great. I made my sister and I into apocalyptic zombies for a class and everyone thought it was awesome! Thank you so much!
halloween themed.jpg
emilygraceking (author) in reply to bmyers11Oct 21, 2011. 5:31 PM
That looks awesome! You guys are great zombie sisters. Glad your class enjoyed your work!
flyingpuppy says: Oct 19, 2011. 12:11 PM
THAT is a winner! Fantastic work.
emilygraceking (author) in reply to flyingpuppyOct 19, 2011. 12:19 PM
Wow, thank you! I sure hope so :)
Mrballeng says: Oct 17, 2011. 9:52 PM
Is there anything your not good at? Great work.
emilygraceking (author) in reply to MrballengOct 19, 2011. 6:22 AM
You are so kind as always! Thanks for the complement. I love the contests, they always challenge me to try new things!
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