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In this tutorial, I will show you the processes involved in creating this Horror Looking, Extreme Grungy
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Click on the “OK” button and you will see the background around the model disappears. Now create a
new document sized 2400px * 3600px with 200 dpi resolution, use the Movel Tool (V) and drag the
model onto the new document.

Now you may see under the model’s right arm there is a portion of the texture isn’t removed. We can
easily fix this by using Magic Wand tool to make a selection:

Go to Edit > Clear and you will see it’s now removed:
Here is the overall effect so far – you may see the edge of the model appears to be torned. I was going
to the correct this, but in the end decided to leave it as it is for the final effect. Be aware this was created
from the Extract Filter and because the brush size I used. You can avoid this by changing the brush size
to a smaller one in Extract Filter.
Name this layer as “Model” and prepare for some Photo Retouching fun!

Step 2
Duplicate this model layer Once. Apply the following blending mode to the duplicated layer:

Blending Mode: Multiply

Opacity: 100%

Go to Filter > Brush strokes > sumi -e and apply the following settings:
Then apply the following Layer Mask to this duplicated layer: (Tip: use the Gradient Tool to achieve this
effect)
Duplicate this layer twice, keep the blending mode of those two layers as “Muliply”, but drop their opacity
to 60%. You will have the following effect:
Step 3
Duplicate the original “Model” layer once again and drag this duplicated layers on top of all other
layers.

On the first (bottom) duplicated layer, apply the following Gaussian Blur settings:

Change the blending mode of this layer to “Screen” and add a layer mask to it. On the mask, use the
Eraser Tool to ereser some random areas on the shirt so to create some lighting depth:
After erasing, duplicate this layer once and change the blending mode to “Soft light”, here is th effect so
far:
Step 4
Duplicate the original “Model” layer one more time and drag it on top of all other layers, apply the
following High Pass filter (Filter > other > high pass) to it:

Change the layer blending mode to “Hard Light” and you will have the following effect:
Optional Step: to add some extra smoothness and lighting contrast to the image, you can duplicate the
original “Model” layer one more time, apply the following Gaussian Blur settings:

Change the blending mode to “Screen” and add a layer mask to the layer, erase the following parts on
the mask:
Here is the effect so far:
Step 5
On top of all previous layers, add the following two adjustment layers (Layer > new adjustment layer >
…)

Levels

Black and White

Create a new layer called “colour” on top of those two adjustment layers, set its blending mode to
“overlay” and opacity to 40% and use a dark brown brush to paint over the following area:
Add another Curves Adjustment layer on top of the “colour” layer, apply the following settings:

Here is the effect so far:

Step 6
Now let add some background textre to it. Create a new layer just above the background layer, use the
Grungy brushset to over it (try out different brush flow and opacity settings), here is my effect so far:
To add a bit more texture effect, we can create a new layer fill with Black colour, go to Filter > Render >
Fiber and apply the following settings:

Change the blending mode to “Soft light” and drop the opacity to 55%, you will have the following effect:
Ok that’s it for this tutorial! You can of course add some of your own texture or filter effect and see what
the end results are!

Here is my final image for this tutorial: (I slightly adjusted the colour contrast and add some motion blur
effect) – Click to enlarge:
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Hope you enjoy this tutorial, drop me a comment if you have any question, I will try my best to help you
out.

Cheers and have a nice day!

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joyoge designers' bookmark Says:

May 19th, 2009 at 3:18 AM

nice work I like she’s clothes, thanks for the tut..

Steve Says:
May 19th, 2009 at 4:52 AM

A nice tutorial, but I find it confusing with all the duplicate layers. (Duplicate this
layer twice, Duplicate the original layer one more time) A picture, or a numer to
each layer of the woman would make it more easier.

huwaw69 Says:
May 19th, 2009 at 11:25 AM

As expected on you man! very cool, the background of the image is really
awesome, thanks for the free brush too…
tariq mahmood Says:
May 19th, 2009 at 11:24 PM

This is Awesome tutorial and i learned a lot and i hope you teach us and a lot of
other effects you will show us that how to make that effects. thanks and
goodbey. takecare yourself

Arkady Says:
May 20th, 2009 at 9:53 AM

You don’t have the balls to open up your site to real comments then James.

admin Says:
May 20th, 2009 at 10:11 AM

@Arkady: well you’re obviously the god of Photoshop and Graphic Design :)
why not throw me some Constructive comments? We’re all benefit from your
expert advice!

admin Says:
May 20th, 2009 at 11:04 AM
@tariq: tutorials can give you a guideline, instead of totally relying on tuts, try
use your own creativity :) That’s why for most of my tutorial here I try to show an
alternative effect.

FilthyInsomniac Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 8:58 AM

This is great just what i was looking for exactly what i needed thanks so much.

Tri wahyudi Says:

May 30th, 2009 at 4:01 AM

A very good lesson for me is new to photography

layer Says:
June 4th, 2009 at 4:12 AM

Interesting photomanipulation but as mentioned above layer’s issue is really

confusing hence tutorial is difficult to follow and discouraging.
Dylan Says:
June 10th, 2009 at 3:23 PM

good effect.
some confusing sets tho (ie. On the first (bottom) duplicated layer) this was very
confusing to try and follow.
you should have included your layer palette so that it could be seen what layers
you were talking about, but great work and great effect =D.

Eugenio Says:
June 18th, 2009 at 5:45 AM

Too amazing. The changes you make sometimes are really subtle but add a lot
to the final image.

Thanks for this tutorial, I’ll be sure to do it.

steve Says:
June 19th, 2009 at 12:53 PM

some people cant spell

 Hedda Says:
June 21st, 2009 at 3:54 PM

Nice effects, I like the combination! I agree with Dylan, there are some confusing
bits, mostly related to where layers are supposed to be. A few screenshots of
your PS layers pallette would be useful. Cheers!

CgBaran Tuts Says:

June 21st, 2009 at 9:44 PM

Great tutorial thanks

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