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 TexasGuy49 States And TexasPremium
join:2002-12-02
Houston, TX
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Re: Tattoo tutorial. With Multiply you can't do much because the effect depends on another layer and thus, you can't manupulate the tattoo layer independently.
I quickly removed all white from the skull to make it black/transparent, see the file above.
Then I pasted it directly onto the girl and rotated so the skull axis would be the same with the axis of the hand. Then I used Liquefy, it is much easier to use Liquefy than the separate effects for bending. I used a big brush and touched the tattoo with the side of the brush, not center. Thus, I shaped the tattoo as if it was curving around. More curve I need, smaller the brush (like where the tattoo seems to go off the hand). Then I erased the part that was sticking out.
The rest was selecting the tattoo by its dark color and making a new layer on top, filling directly the selected area with a blue color. Then some fading and I combined the layers to do hue. You can't do hue on B&W, thus, I needed to give it some color. I hued it to the blue tint I thought would represent an ink under the skin. Some curves...
Basically, you do it till it seem to look right.
EDIT: Forgot, I also did some lighting effect on the skin where the tattoo is, thus, where the light strikes, it gives the skin and the tattoo lighter shade. Thus, it created a better 3D illusion. If your tattoo color is uniform, it would look flat. If it has shades which change along with the skin's shade, it looks as if it is really on the skin.
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 javaManThe Dude abides.Premium,MVM
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San Luis Obispo, CA | said by TexasGuy:. . .Then I used Liquefy, it is much easier to use Liquefy than the separate effects for bending. I used a big brush and touched the tattoo with the side of the brush, not center. Thus, I shaped the tattoo as if it was curving around. More curve I need, smaller the brush (like where the tattoo seems to go off the hand). Then I erased the part that was sticking out. . . . I've never thought of using Liquefy like this but now that you point it out, with a little tweaking, it could be used quite effectively to shape the selection to body contours, if the area was muscular for instance.
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Superb method TexasGuy  . I'm going to give it a try now and post back as soon as I am done. Thank you very much for the instructions.
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Using the TexasGuy method. It works very well. Many thanks for the technique.
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