A Work in Progress: Lost Soul



This guide was made for entry:
Lost Soul
In Contest:
asian man


Original image


step 1 of 9

start with a black background and put the graveyard image over it reducing the opacity of the graveyard to 15% and adjusting its brightness/contrast to -150/-50

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 1
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step 2 of 9

add the man and reduce his opacity to 57%

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 2

step 3 of 9

duplicate the image of the man in a new layer then move it to the right a little. apply a filter-wave to it. then merge the two layer

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 3

step 4 of 9

using the dodge/burn:distort wave:edit/fade wave (you can use any method you prefer), make a lot of smoke and fill his face.

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 4

step 5 of 9

control+left click on the smoke layer to load selection to its luminosity. Select the original model layer and apply a layer mask on it with the selection. Hide the smoke layer once the layer mask is created.

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 5

step 6 of 9

create a new layer right below the man and above the graveyard layer. apply a cloud filter and delete most of the clouds leaving only those in the lower left corner, then set it to 'color dodge'.

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 6

step 7 of 9

get the skull and position it on the man's face. reduce opacity to 10%

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 7
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step 8 of 9

change hue/saturation (clicking colorize) and make the color light green to have a ghastly effect.

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 8

step 9 of 9

added a hand on top of the background image and reduce it's opacity.

Creation of Lost Soul: Step 9
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Final result

Creation of Lost Soul: Final Result

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