Learn how to Zombify people
Learn how to zombify people, to create stunning zombie like effects!
Skulls and bones
After I found myself a suitable source pic (1), I first used Hue/Saturation, to decrease the overall saturation and make the colours greener, and did this especially near the lips (2). For the head, I looked for a picture of a skull which was taken from roughly the same angle (3), and used a layer mask to make it seem as if her eye had been taken out (4).
Adding details
In the neck area (1), I used source pictures of a leg with spider veins (2), a mummy and a war victim (3). Source pictures which are usable for such a contest aren’t always pleasant to look at… I experimented a lot with different blend modes, till it looked right. I finally decided the features of her body weren’t clear enough, so I did some masking adjustments to bring them back (4).
Dirty Laundry
The clothes (1) were soiled with a soft brush in red and greenish black colours, while using the overlay layer mode (2).
Finished
Finally it was time for some more detailed work. I took the image from (1) to (2) by, among other things:
- drawing little zits and such
- using hue/saturation very selectively to tone down the saturation and make some skin extremely green
- de saturating the hair completely
- using overlay, soft light and color burn layers and soft red and black brushes to add more shadow and bloody parts
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial !
Tags: zombie manipulations, zombify
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Haha, so damned awesome :)
Looks soo real :)
muchos kudos to you ^^
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Very useful effect… really apprehensive…
July 24th, 2007 at 3:44 am
hey, that looks awesome.
im a real amateur when it comes to photomanipulation
and
i was wondering how in your
adding details segment
you got the actual scars and iperfections from the pictures blended into the source.
thanks.
July 24th, 2007 at 7:54 am
hi,
I just started photoshopping.
I can as far as the hue/saturation.
I would like to know how you past the skull in.
thanks
July 26th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Sorry but that was an absolutely terrible tutorial, A tutorial is supposed to take you through step by step explicitly so even a monkey could achieve very similar results, you’ve just glanced over very briefly the basics and not gone into any detail.
The only people who this would benefit are those who know photoshop inside out, even then they wouldn’t need this tutorial as could more than likely do it themselves.
I suggest you start again and explain everything in great detail step by step, until then, rubbish and won’t even attempt using your tutorial.
July 26th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Thats interesting, im sorry you couldnt follow it, maybe try again when youve learnt some more. I will try and go into more detail in the next zombiefying tut… its pretty self easy to me…
thanks for coming by!
July 30th, 2007 at 4:58 am
Hey that was real awesome……great job dude!
August 1st, 2007 at 3:26 pm
It would’ve been a great tutorial if you explained the details more.. She looks so zombie it’s almost scary and it’s a shame that you dont explain more, ’cause without details, sorry for saying this, this tutorial is useless… As William said, the only one who can do this without details is the ones who dont need this tutorial.
October 6th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Thank you for sharing!
March 11th, 2008 at 1:00 am
What amazing job ! Great !
It me remember the horrible picture of Cryptologist.
Thanks again !
June 6th, 2008 at 8:26 am
your site is very nice everything is very good i wanted to download that all but i fai so im requesting you to make it easy
June 21st, 2008 at 9:57 pm
True, you should explain more.
Gives out a nice effect.
I used it to make a manipulation for an image, nice job.
But I have experience with Photoshop.
Those who don’t, will be completely lost.
It would be best if you redid everything, explaining in detail…
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:05 am
thank so much! your tutorial is really useful for me! I learn a lot of technique from that! hope you make more tutorials like that!One more time thanks!