Recipe:
[Editor's note: this recipe has been edited slightly to be less complicated. You'll end up with the general effect, though. Promise.]
Dupe background layer and blur (gaussian 15). Show all mask added and soft brush used to bring back focus on the face. 50% opacity for whole layer.
Sparta @ 50%
Bullet Tooth @ 50%
Make sure layer order is Sparta ABOVE Bullet Tooth in Layers Palette.
Yin to taste on face
Added to texture layers from Texture No1 and No2
Texture No2 overlay 30% and using soft brush remove effect from face, hair and dress (i.e. background only).
Texture No1 Desaturate, overlay 30% and brush off face, hair and dress.
Group all of the above and add a mask. Brush the pupil of the eyes only as I wanted the blue eyes to come back through.
Done!
muyiwa
That has got to be the best implementation of Dirty Pictures I’ve ever seen. Awesome!
Apr 19, 2010 @ 8:24 pm
Cindy Lee Photography
WOWza! Completely stunning
Apr 19, 2010 @ 9:03 pm
Laura
This is simply breath taking! Wonderful.
Apr 21, 2010 @ 11:11 pm
Eric
WOW, a recipe that applies to the portraits I usually take. Stunning. Off to try right now!
Apr 27, 2010 @ 3:30 pm
Alexa Catalin
Great effect! Thanks for sharing.
Looks good on my photos too!
Regards from Berlin!
Apr 30, 2010 @ 8:57 am