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Message: <blockquote data-quote="creativeN" data-source="post: 8537758" data-attributes="member: 224119">EVIL EYE<img src="http://www.steelfrog.com/wp-content/uploads/GoodEvil.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Split a photo into two distinct sidesIn this tutorial, we’ll be taking a photo  and splitting it in  two. One side of the photo will be light and  colorful while the other in  contrast, will be dark, evil and brooding.  This is a complete re-write  of my popular tutorial. With the new  design, I figured it was time to  update the tutorial and improve some  of the confusing steps. I’m assuming you have general knowledge  of Photoshop, know how to use  various layer blending modes and applying  brushes. If you have any  questions or have problems with a step, be  sure to leave a comment and  let me know. <img src="http://www.steelfrog.com/wp-content/uploads/GoodEvil/Step_01_thumb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getting started with a good stock photo, managing layersThe foundation of any good photo  manipulation is to find the photo  that suits your needs best. For this  tutorial, I chose Stock-33  by Liquid Venus simply because it offers a  front-facing shot, because she’s, quite  frankly, very pretty, and the  lighter eye color and contrasting eyeliner  will simplify some of our  work later on. After you’ve grabbed and opened the photo in Photoshop, resize  it to 800×690. Since we’re  splitting the image in two, let’s create  two layers from the two halves.  Select your Marquee Tool and change the  Style to Fixed Size. In the  width and height boxes, enter 400×690  respectfully. Make your selection  along the right edge of the photo,  thus selecting half the photo  starting from the right. Hit Ctrl+C to  copy the selection followed by  Ctrl+V to paste it in a new layer. If  you need to, move the layer back  into it’s proper location. Do the same  for the left side as well. Now would be a good time to rename your new layers so we don’t lose  track. Rename the new  layer to Right Side and the other to Left side. Set  both layer’s blending modes to Soft Light to enhance  features. Create one more layer on top and rename it to Line.  As its  name suggests, we’ll make our separation line on this layer.  Select your  Single Column Marquee Tool and create a black line on the  split. <img src="http://www.steelfrog.com/wp-content/uploads/GoodEvil/Step_02_thumb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Desaturate the evil sideSelect the Left Side layer and grab your Sponge Tool. Make  sure the mode is set to Desaturate and at 40% flow. Select the Soft  Round 100px  brush and make a few passes on the layer, focusing on  the skin and  lips. Don’t go overboard. We’re trying to go for an “undead  skin” look.Take out the eyeWhile we’re working on our dark side, let’s go ahead and remove that  pretty eye. Create another new layer above Left Side and rename  it to Evil eye.  Select your Brush Tool and choose the Soft  Round 35 pixels brush and  select black as your foreground color. On this  new layer, carefully  brush over the eye in solid black. Set that layer  to Overlay and create  another layer above it. This time, will in the  white area using a soft  brush with color #200505 and again, set the  layer Blending Mode to  Overlay. Rename this layer to Eye Red.Adjust your Hue for enhanced evil-nessSelect the Left Side layer and head into the Hue/Saturation panel.   In the sliders, move the hue slider to the right up to 155, the   saturation level to 20 and the lightness to -30. Accept those changes   and let’s keep going. <img src="http://www.steelfrog.com/wp-content/uploads/GoodEvil/Step_04_thumb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />It’s texture time!Let’s start by grabbing an appropriate  texture from a photo. I chose Concrete  Texture Thing by Cranial  Bore.  Save the texture and open it in Photoshop. Place it in a new  layer,  above all of the others, but right under the Line layer.  Rename this new layer to Texture and change its Blending Mode  to Hard Light. Lower the opacity to 80% and apply a layer mask. We now need to mask away parts of the  image we don’t want to texture.  To do so, click on the Layer Mask to  active it and choose Black as your  Foreground Color. Select the Brush  tool and using the various round  brushes, mask away the hair and the  lips. You mask away the entire right  side using a 400×690 rectangular  marquee and filling the select in  black. Finally, open the Hue/Opacity Panel and drag the Saturation slider  all the way down.Burn ‘erSelect the Left Side layer and  grab the Burn Tool. Set the  Range to Highlights and the Exposure to  about 80%. Select a large, round  brush and pass over the skin to create  dark “burn” spots. I basically  made one pass that covered the entire  area, and a second one to target  around the eyes and the lips. You can  repeat the same process over a few  select spots using the Highlights  and Shadows Ranges as well. <img src="http://www.steelfrog.com/wp-content/uploads/GoodEvil/Step_05_thumb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Brush me gentlyNow that we have the texture in place and  darkened the skin a bit,  it’s time to get some detailing done. We’ll  be using a variety of grunge  brushes to create various effects. First, let’s create a new layer right above the Left Side and rename it to Brush 1.  Set the blending mode to overlay and  reduce opacity to about 30%.  Using a soft, round brush in black, brush  around the eye to create a  wound and make an outline around the left  side of the face to create  depth. Create another layer, this time renaming it to Brush 2.  Grab  the Messy  Makeup brush set and open them in Photoshop. Using the  second brush  in the set, place a run of makeup under her eye. Use the  same brush  scaled down to create another small drip under her lips on  the Brush 3  layer. That should be enough for now. You can add more detail if you’d like  now that you have a good idea of what to go for.Move to the light sideLet’s get some work done on the light side by adding in some  sparkles. Start by creating a new layer above Right Side and  rename it to Sparkles. Select the Brush tool and from the  default brush set, select the 14px star brush. Open the Brush panel and apply the following  settings to your brush: Brush Tip Set Spacing: 100% Shape Dynamics Size Jitter: 100% Angle Jitter: 100% Scattering Scatter: 1000% Both Axes Checked. Count: 3 Set your foreground color to white and  brush a couple of strokes  around the face and eye area. Once you’ve got  something, apply a white  outer glow to the sparkles to make ‘em shine. <img src="http://www.steelfrog.com/wp-content/uploads/GoodEvil/Step_06_thumb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Lighten up the eyeWhile our model already has beautiful eyes, we’re going to go ahead  and make them even better. Select the Right Side  layer and  select your Elliptical marquee tool. Create a selection  around the  colored portion of the eye, then create a new layer from the  selection.  Rename it to Eye color and open the Hue/Saturation panel. Tweak the Hue and Saturation sliders  until you find something you  like. I made it purple and changed the  Blending Mode to color, then  masked away the extra material.Making it all warm and fuzzySelect the Right Side layer and change  the Blending Mode to Overlay  and apply a Gaussian Blur of 10 pixels in  strength. Notice how soft and  smooth our light side now looks. Drop the  opacity down to 50% to  complete the effect. If you’d like to enhance  the lightness effect, open  the Levels panel and move the right-hand  slider towards the center to  increase white levels’ intensity. <img src="http://www.steelfrog.com/wp-content/uploads/GoodEvil/Step_07_thumb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Wrapping upWe’re done. In a few short steps, we’ve  taken a perfectly innocent  picture and created an evil side and a  light, soft side and maximized  their respective attributes through the  use of various tools, image  adjustments, brushes and textures. If you  have any questions regarding  this tutorial, be sure to post a comment  and I’ll do my best to help you  out whenever possible. Last but not least, throw in a frame by increasing your canvas size  and filling the empty space in black and call it a day</blockquote>

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