decapitation02

the subtle art of decapitation (part 2)

Step 9

Click the top layer to dectivate the mask, then CRTL+Click the layer to select it. Go Filters->Noise->Add noise.

Step 10

Hit CRTL+U to open up the Hue/Saturation screen. Make sure the ‘Colorize’ box is checked. Isn’t ‘colorize’ the most horrendous word you’ve ever heard?

Step 11

Use the burn and dodge tools (O) to make the inside darker and the outside lighter:

Step 12

HORRIBLE!
Just what I was looking for.

Step 13

Now we need a piece of bone sticking out of the goo. Make a new layer, choose white for the foreground color, and use a small brush paint something like this:

Step 14

Now use the blur, smudge,color dodge and color burn tools. Add a dab of dark red and blur some more:

Step 15

Blood. Lots of it. Make a new layer, choose the pen tool and make our pool. CRTL+Click to select it like before, and fill it with a dark red:

Step 16

Change the Blend mode of the layer to Multiply and go to Filter->Artistic->Plastic Wrap:

Step 17

Not enough blood so I painted in some more. Only thing left to do now is make a new layer, with a small brush click once at the bottom of the neck, then SHIFT+Click in the puddle to create a straight line. Give it another plastic wrap filter and that’s it.

You can also look on the ‘net for custom blood splatter brushes. Just do a google search, copy them to your brushes folder, and away you go.

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The author would like to make it known that neither himself nor anyone else for that matter, was decapitated or in any way made headless during the making of this Photoshop tutorial. (Although the author does admit he was a bit legless the other night).

The author also wishes to take this opportunity to make it known to any publishing company reading this material that he is available for book deals, business lunches, free air flight to and from the U.S.A/Europe, and all free accommodation said publishers might like to provide him.