Ahh Edward....
My recent obsession with the Twilight series got me to thinking... Just how did Richard Kidd and Catalyst Media add all that sparkle? Well, they have a whole mess of creative software to work with and I just have Photoshop. So here it goes.. I hope you like "my Edward" "sparkling as if encrusted by diamonds, yet is smooth like marble.." thanks Stephanie Meyer for the inspiration!
Here are the steps...
I started with a nice sunny shot of "My Edward"... you gotta have sun for the vampire to sparkle... then I made a quick mask selection of the highlights, refining when needed, we don't need to add sparkle to the meadow... so just the skin will do. I placed that on its own layer and started adding effects.
The Effects
Effect number one was a layer style... I used Pattern Overlay... Dirt. I then created a layer of that, made a few curve adjustments to get the right tone and hue and duplicated it. On the dup I added a Radial Blur on zoom at about 16. I placed the blurred layer under the first effect layer so I still had detail. I also changed my layer mode, on the first effect layer to lighten, that seems to add just the right amount of glow.
Next, I had to add some multi-faceted sparkling to the texture... so I made a bunch of tiny little rainbows and some bling using different brushes on its own layer and turned back the opacity to about 81%.
Lastly, I added some noise to the first texture layer, I used monochromatic gaussian at about 5-8 %. I also darkened the surrounding meadow area so the effects would really stand out.
All in all, I used a bit of color retouching, mixed with some color manipulation and ended up with something that could be used as promotional materials for my own little vampire story... that is if it wasn't already beign done by someone else... LOL
I had fun, hope you did too!
I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial. I know it's a bit advanced... sorry about that... I guess it was more of a self challenge to see if I could really get "my Edward" to shine! I'd love to hear your thoughts or questions... especially you Twilighters out there... how did I do?
Ciao
Joy
My recent obsession with the Twilight series got me to thinking... Just how did Richard Kidd and Catalyst Media add all that sparkle? Well, they have a whole mess of creative software to work with and I just have Photoshop. So here it goes.. I hope you like "my Edward" "sparkling as if encrusted by diamonds, yet is smooth like marble.." thanks Stephanie Meyer for the inspiration!
Here are the steps...
I started with a nice sunny shot of "My Edward"... you gotta have sun for the vampire to sparkle... then I made a quick mask selection of the highlights, refining when needed, we don't need to add sparkle to the meadow... so just the skin will do. I placed that on its own layer and started adding effects.
The Effects
Effect number one was a layer style... I used Pattern Overlay... Dirt. I then created a layer of that, made a few curve adjustments to get the right tone and hue and duplicated it. On the dup I added a Radial Blur on zoom at about 16. I placed the blurred layer under the first effect layer so I still had detail. I also changed my layer mode, on the first effect layer to lighten, that seems to add just the right amount of glow.
Next, I had to add some multi-faceted sparkling to the texture... so I made a bunch of tiny little rainbows and some bling using different brushes on its own layer and turned back the opacity to about 81%.
Lastly, I added some noise to the first texture layer, I used monochromatic gaussian at about 5-8 %. I also darkened the surrounding meadow area so the effects would really stand out.
All in all, I used a bit of color retouching, mixed with some color manipulation and ended up with something that could be used as promotional materials for my own little vampire story... that is if it wasn't already beign done by someone else... LOL
I had fun, hope you did too!
I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial. I know it's a bit advanced... sorry about that... I guess it was more of a self challenge to see if I could really get "my Edward" to shine! I'd love to hear your thoughts or questions... especially you Twilighters out there... how did I do?
Ciao
Joy
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