Create a Surreal, Emotional Underground Scene Photo Manipulation

Create a Surreal, Emotional Underground Scene Photo Manipulation
Create a Surreal, Emotional Underground Scene Photo Manipulation
depression11
depression11a

Step 12

Make a new layer under model one. Use soft black brush with opacity about 30% to create shadow for model clothes, legs on the ground:

depression12

Step 13

To give the model more "dirty" look, choose wood texture, use Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to make a selection :

depression13

Place this part on the model and use Warp Tool (Edit-Transform-Warp) to bend this part a little:

depression13a

Change the mode of this layer to Soft Light 100%:

depression13b

Step 14

From brush menu, choose Reset Brushes to change brush preset to default. Now on brush menu, click to choose one of Spatter brushes (mine is Spatter 24):

depression14

Press F5 to change settings for this brush:

depression14a

Add layer mask to this wood texture layer. Use indicated brush to remove hard edges and create a subtle effect on the model:

depression14b
depression14c

Step 15

I darkened the effect with a Curves layer:

depression15

On its layer mask, reduce the dark with soft brush with very low opacity (10-15%) on model feet:

depression15a
depression15b

Step 16

After darkening, the model hair became very solid and unnatural. To correct it, I made a new layer on the top, used brush with color #080707, 5 px to paint some soft parts and tiny hair strands:

depression16

Step 17

Open soil 2 stock. Take a part from it and position it above the model:

depression17
depression17a

Use layer mask to get the look below:

depression17b

Step 18

Drag the soil again into our pic:

depression18
depression18a

Add layer mask to this one. Use black brush with hardness about 70-75% to paint inside this part to create a form of a cave.

depression18b

Step 19

I wanted to fix something of the cave so active Clone Tool (S) and make a new layer:

depression19

Use this tool to remove these details:

depression19a

Step 20

Make all the cave layers and clone one selected then press Cmd/Ctrl+G to make group for them. Change the mode of this group from Pass Through (default group mode) to Normal 100%. I named the cave layers "part 1" and "part 2". Create a Hue/Saturation layer within this group:

depression20
depression20a

Step 21

Use Curves to darken the cave:

depression21

On Curves layer mask use brush with very low opacity (10-15%) to reduce the dark on some parts a little:

depression21a
depression21b

Step 22

Open branches 1 stock. Use Lasso Tool (L) to choose one part from this image then drag it into our image. Use Warp Tool to tweak this part as shown below:

depression22
depression22a

Remember to place this layer under cave group.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

28 comments on “Create a Surreal, Emotional Underground Scene Photo Manipulation”

  1. Unfortunately, the resources are no longer available. There's a double edge to free stock photos; they're free, but they tend to disappear. It is still possible to follow the tutorial using alternative photos. You can download the PSD and find the stock photos there as well.

  2. gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddddd

  3. Great tutorial, All are path instruction for a model very teachable. Thanks for sharing great experience.

  4. Great! all Photoshop tutorials are unique. Thanks for sharing your good effective knowledge.

  5. Hi, I think the link for the "Branches 1" is not working. Could you give me the alternative link instead? Thank You

  6. Please re uploaded PSD file because when i click on download showing 404 error, this is best work for me i want check how did you do this

  7. This is a pro job.
    I'm a fan of photoshop and I see that you give real professional lessons.
    I admire your work

  8. I a beginner in photoshop, I know only make the cut: (
    Seeing such advanced tutorials I wonder how people are to learn all that

  9. I will follow this tutorial to see the results.
    I am looking for a long time this kind of lesson

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

cross