A Work in Progress: Cone head

This guide was made for entry:
Cone head
In Contest:
pxl members

step 1 of 15

first i erased the hair

step 2 of 15

then using the pen tool i made the head and filled it with black

step 3 of 15

then i made the black layer into a selection by clicking ctrl/cmd. then with the original layer i used the clone stamp and filled in the selection. then i used the patch tool to smooth out the skin.

step 4 of 15

then i erased the shirt and made a copy of the skin and flipped it.

step 5 of 15

then using the pen tool i drew out the skin i wanted.

step 6 of 15

then i used the clone tool. to fill the selection like i did two steps ago.

step 7 of 15

then i drew the skin for the back layer.

step 8 of 15

then the same technique with the clone stamp

step 9 of 15

then i drew my head gear using the pen tool

step 10 of 15

then i added some string by drawing them with the brush and some burn and dodge. i also added some burn and dodge to the skin and head gear

step 11 of 15

then i added the texture. i had to make a copy of it and rotate it. then i set both of the opacities to about 15% maybe more

step 12 of 15

then i added a color overlay.

step 13 of 15

then i added a green color overlay and added some brush strokes with a soft brush and changed the opacities

step 14 of 15

then i added a color overlay just on the skin

step 15 of 15

i changed the color of the head gear

Final result

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