PS Synthetic hell after the beautiful mysterious dark style picture effect tutorial

Creative Thinking

Ghosts, always with a trace of mystery and fear of the breath. The works want to express is the protagonist experienced a deadly battle, at this time has been physically and mentally exhausted, heart full of hatred and inner despair, at this time from the hell

The messenger was coming to meet the woman who was about to fall.

The theme that the photographer wanted to express was already clear, but added a series of footage to highlight the theme, adding to the castle's background and Spectre. In order to make the picture more mysterious, the smoke material used here is more,

The overall color is mainly blue, and to grasp the position of the characters and the overall composition.

Final Effect Diagram:

Original:

1, open the original, the overall adjustment of the image. First deal with the character skin, and then use the filter liquefaction, adjust the character form. Use the pen tool to dig out the character material.

2, pull the figure and adjust the size of the characters into the prepared in advance of the material map, and pay attention to the overall composition.

3, adjust the character tone to make it more harmonious with the scene, where the use of color balance and hue saturation, color balance: Highlights-1, 0,-19 midtones-1, 0, +16 darkened-12, +5, +20,

A new layer paints a shadow with a black brush.

4, add smoke material, layer blending mode for color filter, add mask. Use the brush tool, the color is black, to erase the desired shape.