[Tutorial] Sexy Ghost in the Uninhabited House

I never did a dark art actually but when I made this Photoshop Manipulation Tutorial, I realized that it met my fancy much more than I've thought :D. Hope you all will enjoy it. We are going to combine different images and use some nice Photoshop splatter brushes to create a frightful scene for the Halloween.









Resources needed:

• Corridor ghost pic LINK
• Girl LINK
• Texture LINK
• Splatter Brushes LINK

Step 1:


Open the corridor pic, crop, re-size and then duplicate it.







Step 2:


Move cracked texture into our file and transform as shown:









Move it to the left side of the pic and change mode to Soft Light 100%. Duplicate it and move to the right. Lower Opacity to 50%. Add Layer Mask for two texture layers and use soft black brush to eraser some parts as selected:







Step 3:


Open the pic included the model. I use Magic Wand tool to Extract her out of pic.







Move her into our document and re-size:











Duplicate this layer and desaturate it. Choose Edit - Fade:











Step 4:
Create a new blank layer, set to Overlay:





Then use Dodge (Highlight range) and Burn Tool (Shadows Range) with 100% Opacity to paint over the model skin, face, eyes, forehead to make a terrible look.








Step 5:

Create a new layer, use Soft Brush, 2px with color 2e2a28 to draw near her breast like the pic below to make a Claw like scratches:





Step 6:

New layer again, use Soft brush 1 px with same color draw some lines in horizontal:







Step 7:

I create a new layer with Overlay Mode, use Burn Tool to darken the scratches on her skin:






Step 8:

Create a new layer, and make sure foreground color and background color is 2e2a28 and white. Choose Filter - Render - Clouds:













Set this layer to Multipy 100%. Place it under the girl layers. We have:










Step 9:

Create a new layer, use Splatter Brushes, color 670813 to paint on the wall and set to Multipy 100%. I added a Layer Mask to clear some parts. Duplicate this layer.

Step 10:

New layer and I use Soft Brush, color 4e0f02 painting on the ceiling, change the Mode to Multipy 60%. Move it under the girl layers.







Step 11:

Make a new layer with Multipy Mode 100%, I use Splatter Brush, color 5a1508 to make a bloody mouth:







Step 12:

I use Burn Tool in the same way above (with soft light mode) to darken her clothes.








Step 13:


Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to merge all layers. Hide all layers except top layer and all layers under the girl ones like the pic below:







Add a Layer Mask and with soft black brush, Opacity 45%, Flow 45% to blur the girl (except her eyes) to make the "ghost" effect:










Step 14:

Create a new brightness/contrast layer, then use soft black brush to eraser the girl.


Final Result:

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