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Stock
Images : Pirate
Hat
, Sea
Landscape
,
Man
Photo
, Earring
, Skull
, Warships
Brushes
Preview
of The Final Image
Step
1 – The Background
Open
a new document with the size 700 / 600 pixels. I am not sure if this
is going to be the final size of the image. Sometimes I like to crop
the image to improve it! As you can probably suspect I am writing the
tutorial while I am working in photoshop because it is easier for me
to remember everythig that I do .
So
copy the Sea
Landscape
large
size and scale it to 70% (edit – transform – scale). Name
this layer Sea Landscape and change the opacity to 80%.
Step
2 – Fix The Background
As
you can see in the image above there are white areas that need to be
filled. For that I think the best tool is the Clone Stamp Tool.
Create a new layer and call it Background Extension. With the Clone
Stamp Tool try to fill the empty area vertical and horizontal. Make
sure to have Sample All Layers checked so you clone the images from
the other layer Background Layer.
After
you have covered all the empty space it is time to merge the two
layers : Background Layer and Background Extension Layer. As you can
probably see the cloning process is not perfect so with the Smudge
Tool try to fix the clouds with circular moves.
Step
3 – Bring the Pirate Man into the Scene
Copy
the Man
Photo
from Flickr into your scene. Scale the image to 55% and call this
layer Pirate Layer. I will put all the layers that belong to the
pirate photo manipulation, in a new group. Place the pirate in the
right corner of the image. Now with the Pen Tool trace the man
contour. We have to remove de background. For the shape a new layer
was created…call it Shape Layer. Change the opacity to 0%
while you are tracing the contour to see the man image.
Now
press CTRL and click the Shape Layer Thumbnail. A selection was made.
Take now the Magic Wand Tool and right click in the selection. Make
sure to work in Pirate Layer. Choose Select Inverse and press Delete.
With
the same method delete other parts of the backgroud(hair area). You
can use also the Eraser Tool to do that.
Step
4 – Add the Hat
Copy
the Pirate
Hat
photo
into your psd file. Scale it to obtain similar sizes (equal face
sizes).
Now
take the same Pen Tool and draw the shape of the hat. As shown in the
previous step we will delete the background.
I
have selected the shape, choose select inverse and delete the
background. As you can see in the image below I have added a red
stroke to the Hat Layer because I will have to delete with the Eraser
Tool parts from the hat to blend with the pirate. The red line helps
me to see better where is one layer and where is the other. When I
will finish the retouch I will remove the Stroke option.
Step
5 – Fix the Hair
I
have to fix the hair now to blend the hat with the rest of the image.
Because I will not use hair brushes the best method to fix hair
problems is to use the Smudge Tool.
To
look more real I have copied to parts of the hair from left and
right. Call this layer Extra Hair Layer. Place the Extra Hair Layer
above Pirate Hat Layer. I have colored the hair with red 50% Colr
Overlay to see exactly the shape of the hair extension. Use also the
Smudge Tool make the hair look real.
Remove
Color Overlay.
Step
6 –Change the Hat into a Pirate Hat
It
is really simple to transform the hat into a pirate hat. Just add
some items and this is it!
Let’s
start by adding a white line. With the Pen Tool, check Paths and draw
a line along the exterior edge of the hat.
Than
select the Brush Tool and make sure you have brush size 3 and color
white.
Create
a new layer and call it White Lines. Select the Pen Tool again and
right click on the path and choose Stroke Path.. like in the image:
Now
go to Edit – Transform – Scale and make the path a little
bigger. The idea is to obtain to white lines. You can easily use the
Conver Point Tool to adjust the shape of that second line. After you
obtain a nice paralel line choose Stroke Path again. Now press Delete
and the path is gone. Now change the opacity of this layer to 45 %.
With
the Eraser Tool , opacity 28 % smoothly delete the parts of the lines
to obtain shadows.
The
second item that you I need to add is the Skull
and
the hat is ready.
Step
7 – Pirate Earring and Eye Patch
To
complete the pirate look I will add an Old
golden earring
and an eye patch.
Resize
the earrings to 40% and delete the right sided one. Than use Edit –
Transform – Skew to give it the right perspective.
Change
the opacity of the Old Golden Earring to Lighten 100%.
Use
the Eraser Tool , opacity 30% to add shadow and to give the
impression that is really his earring.
Ok
now let’s deal with the eye patch. With the Pen Tool simply
draw the eye patch, color black.
Rasterize
the shape and with the Dodge Tool, shadows , expossure 20% lighten
parts of the eye patch again to look real.
I
will now add a little black makeup to the eye. Use the Brush Tool,
different opacities and sizes. Use also the Filter – Blur –
Gaussian Blur . In final add a little black line with the Pen Tool,
Paths.
Step
8 – Add the Pirate Ship
To
complete the image add the pirate boat.
You
can of course find another ship if you don’t like this one. So
go to this link Warships
Brushes
and
download the brushes. Create a new layer and call it Ship Layer.
Set
the Foreground Color #241005. Take the Brush Tool, load the Warship
Brushes and use ship_2 , size 400 px .
Note:
I have forgotten something that is really important . The pirate
image looks a little fake where the hat meets the forehead. I have to
create a shadow area (for further information read about illumination
and ambient occlusion
) .
So
with the Pen Tool (choose Paths) create a line along the hat edge.
The foreground color is #241005. Select the Brush Tool and make the
following settings:
Create
a new layer and place it right below the Hat Layer. Select the Pen
Tool again and right click the path line. Choose Stroke Path and
press delete. Change the opacity of this layer to 55%
The
last thing you have to do is to add Drop Shadow to this line
Step
9 – Add the Old Look
To
complete this image I will create two layers that will act like
filters. So the first layer is a rectangle , color #
de9e60.
Go to Filter – Noise – Add Noise and do the following
settings:
Change
the Blending Mode of this layer to Overlay 100%.
Above
this layer create another rectangle this time the color is #
e97e15.
Change the Blending Mode of this second layer to Hue 100%.
The
final image should now look like this:
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