Create a Female Cyborg in Photoshop Tutorial - Web Design Blog

Create a Female Cyborg in Photoshop Tutorial

In this Photoshop tutorial we will make a realistic refinery using mattepainting technique, I’ll show you some photo manipulation techniques to transform a picture of a girl into a

female with cyborg characteristics. If you want to take your Photoshop Manipulation and creativecomposition skills to the next level, this tutorial is perfect for you. As usual, you’ll learn loads of great tips andcool tricks in this tutorial. Let’s get started!

Tutorial Details

Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5Difficulty: AdvancedEstimated Completion Time: 5 Hours

Final Result

This is a preview of the final effect.

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1. THE BASE

After selecting the photo you want to transform into a cyborg, start with opening a new document with

following parameters: 30 cm wide by 40 cm high at 300 pixels and RGB. Copy your photo into this newdocument, and position it in the center.



2. ADJUST THE FORMAT

In my case, picture lacked fur on both sides, so I duplicated and enlarged it to have more of it on both

sides. Then with a Mask I removed the inside of the mask to leave the base image undistorted. Youmay have to adjust the brightness with Curvesto match the two layers. I blurred the layer with the new furto give it a volume as if it were more of it in the front.



3. MAKE-UP

To give cheeks more volume we will have to add a little white to them. To do that we’ll use large brush and

reduced Opacity. Then on the new layer we add little bit of pink on cheeks, also in harsh light. Adjust thelayers’ opacity to complete the cheeks. Choose a light blue and a layer set to Color. Add color over theeyelids to enhance the look. Do the same for the lips and soften the selection with a mask after copying it toa new layer. Use the Plastic wrap filter and select the layer mode to Hard light. It will give more contrast

and there will be more reflections.



4. THE LOOK

With the Pen make a path to select the eye. Copy on a new layer and set its mode to Density, than adjust

the opacity to settle the effect. Draw two circles on the iris of the eye. Choose a white brush with awidth smaller than the size of the iris. On a new layer with the selected path in the Window tracks optionsyou will find the option Contour plots – uncheck it. Simulate the pressure and accept. You have justcreated two white circles on the iris. Switch the layer mode to Overlay. I did the same but with black to

mark the edge of the iris.



5. SKIN

Copy and duplicate layers by moving the new layer icon. Flatten it to get a new working basis. Clean theskin with the Stamp tool and Spot Healing Brush tool. Duplicate this layer and apply the blur filter. With amask limit its effect to the skin of the face. Keep up the edges. Now you have the original layer and the layerwith the smoothen skin. You can use the Spot Healing Brush tool to smooth out some details.



6. LIGHTS AND COLORS

Create a new folder and name it Light. In this folder you can place different layers to illuminate the modeland to give it different colors. I added yellow fur set to Bright lightat 20% Opacity. I added the blue inthe picture with a broad brush in color mode set to Density. Then I adjusted the Opacityto 15%. I also

added black on the edges with a layer mode set to Multiply and white on the upper face with a layer modeset to Overlay.



7. CONTRASTS DETAILS

Add a layer settings Brightness/Contrast and adjust the Contrast to 24%, and the Opacity to 25% tomitigate the effect. Add the Curves adjustment layer and play with different settings to obtain a green and

blue atmosphere that fits well with our theme of Science Fiction. I also added a layer with black hair to lessvisible at the bottom and another layer in which I painted in white on the collar to make it shine.



8. LIPS

Now we will darken the lips. To do it, open new layer, select a brush and paint the lips with black. Set it to60%, as shown. On a new layer I added on eyes and lips some white with a fine brush to add reflections. Iduplicated this black layer and set it to the Color mode at 100% Opacity to desaturate the lips while keeping

the reflections visible. I added a little black on another layer to erase the last faults.



9. CUTTING

With the Pen tool draw rectangular shapes that follow the natural line of the face to break it into several

pieces. Get your first selection line and complete it with black on a new layer. Add a drop shadow to thislayer. Repeat the selection, complete it with white and move the new layer down. This will give theimpression that the skin was cut. By holding [Ctrl] and clicking on this layer, retrieve the selection of thewhite layer and using the Eyedropper paint colors of the surrounding skin. You can also add some black to

give more volume. Repeat these steps on all of the lines that cut out the character. Remember to respectthe general direction of the light.



10. REFLECTIONS AND DETAILS

On a new layer add the black finish for the crossing of face cuts. Take the Pen and draw shapes that followthe curves of the edges of the cuts. Fill them with white and add outer glow layer effect. Soften the edges ifnecessary with a Mask. I also filled the nostrils with black and white reflection to restore volume. Fill a layer

with black at 50%. Add noise and pass the layer mode to Overlay. Set the Opacity to define the grainachieved with the noise.



11. OPENING

To accentuate the Cyborg, make a circle on a new layer and distort it so that it follows the line of the face.Set the Opacity to 50%. Duplicate the layer and then move it under the previous layer to create a whiteoutline. Select the outline and erase the circle that we created in the firt step here. It will create the depth

effect. Duplicate this layer and blur it slightly to Brighten.



12. OPENING VOLUME

By recovering the selection of the first circle, create a new layer above the previous one and with a broadbrush add the gradient with white top and black bottom. Keep the selection on a new layer and add ashadow on the top of the circle. Move the selection and the new layer filled with black up, to retrieve theselection of the first circle and delete the extra pixels. Set the Opacity to 50% and you’ll get a cut in shadow

on the top of our opening.



13. DEPTH

Group the layers from the first round in a folder and duplicate it. With the Transformation tool, reduce the

size of the file copied to create a second circle inside the first one. By recovering the selection of the firstcircle I created a new layer filled with black that I enlarged. To dig inside, I used the menuSelection>Modify>Contract which reduced the selection. Now you just need to cut the pixels inside thecircle. Adjust with the Transformation tool if needed. Finally, with the use of mask layers I created a line that

split the small circle.



14. FINAL ADJUSTMENTS

Add an adjustment layer to adjust the Saturation of the color mask of the Cyborg. The goal is todesaturate the mask against the skin. I added a Photo Filter adjustment layer to change the overall color of

the picture with a sepia tone to 35%. I then finished with a layer of Brightness/Contrast to strengthen oncemore the contrast of the image.



15. FINAL STEP

To finish up, flatten your image and duplicate it one last time using the Plastic wrap effect with an Intensity

of 5 on a detail and smoothing in order to achieve a soft effect. Add a layer mask and invert the black toclear plastic packaging. Then with a white brush at 50% Opacity paint robot parts on the mask. This willhighlight the effect only on selected parts of the image. You just go over the layer’s mode lighter color.That’s it!



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