Making a Vampire

To create the Vampire look in my image, I used a range of tools and skills on photoshop in order to do this.

I opened up my image in photoshop and saved the document in order to keep all my transformations backed up. I then clicked on the sponge tool, variation 'lollipop'; by changing the mode to desaturation 80%, it would remove the colour from the image. I used this tool on the skin in the image (this included the face and neck, in order to make it more realistic and professional) to remove the colour and made it grey  to look more 'undead'. However, I made sure to avoid the mouth and eyes as I would be using other techniques on them later.


Once I was satisfied with the outcome I selected the burn tool from the menu and then changed the range to shadows and made the exposure 50% (so the effect would be darker than the original image - to make the colour stand out more). I then used it to go over the eyes and lips in the image. This made the red of the lips more prominent and darker and put shadows around the eyes. It makes them stand out more by keeping the colour on the pale face.

The next task was to change the colour of the teeth; to make them whiter to improve the overall effect of the image. I did this by using the magnetic lasso tool to draw around the models teeth and then pressed control and clicked to show the options. Then I clicked layer via copy. After this was done I could click on the image and go to adjustments and then levels - I then changed the settings in order to make the teeth whiter. 

After I did this, I could then change the shape of the teeth into fangs; to make the model really look like a Vampire. In order to do this, I used the start of the same process that I used to whiten the teeth. After I layered via copy, I then clicked on edit. Next I chose transform and then warp in order to change the shape of the teeth. Then I dragged and changed the points around the tooth in order to distort it and make it look like a fang; I repeated it for the second tooth. 

I also changed the eye colour to red to make the model look more like a vampire and improve the overall image. I did this by using the magnetic lasso tool to go around the eye (one at a time) and copied them onto a separate layer using 'layer via copy'. Next I clicked on the image, went to Adjustments and found Colour Balance. I changed the hue and saturation of the colour to a dark red that improved the overall look of the model. 

I also wanted to add blood spatters onto my model so I downloaded different brushes from www.brusheezy.com onto photoshop. I downloaded one I liked, and then loaded it onto photoshop by clicking on the Brush Tool and then settings -load brushes. Once my brushes were onto photoshop I opened the brush menu (going to window then brushes) so I could see the options available to change the brushes.

I was then able to change the rotation of the blood spatters and the size, colour etc. I then added some to the image. 

Here are the images: 

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