Open the image and duplicate the layer, ctrl +j.
step 1 of 10
step 2 of 10
Open up the levels dialog, crtl + l. Change the midtone level to about .40, then change the highlight level to around 200. Click O.K. The image will look dark and muddy, but that it how should be.
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step 3 of 10
Select the burn tool. In the option bar, select Shadows for the range and set the exposure at 30%. Use a soft brush to darken around the eyes, cheeks and forehead. Then change to the midtone setting and darken the areas around the shadowed areas slightly.
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step 4 of 10
Duplicate the layer, ctrl + j. Go to filter > sharpen > smart sharpen > amount 100%> radius 1.0, click O.K.
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step 5 of 10
The next step is to go to, filter > other > high pass > 50% pixels, click O.K. Change the blend mode to soft light.
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step 6 of 10
Under the image menu go to, mode > grey-scale, click on merge layers in the dialog box. When the the second dialog box appears click discard.
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step 7 of 10
Oce again go to the image menu. Go to mode >Duetone, and in the type menu select Duetone. Click on the white swatch box and change the color to a tan when the color picker pallet appears. Click O.K.
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step 8 of 10
Pull up the levels dialog box, ctrl + l, and set the midtone to about 1.6 and the output to about 230. Click O.K
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step 9 of 10
Add the red eyes, and blood splatters.
step 10 of 10
Here is a screen shot showing all meta data on the image I used.
Final result
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