Marilyn Manson effect with Photoshop

Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician and artist known for his outrageous stage persona and image as the lead singer of the eponymous band. His stage name was formed from the names of actress Marilyn Monroe and convicted murderer Charles Manson.[1][2] In 2004, the band's hit "Mobscene" was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance." (from Wikipedia).

I have been asked to show how to create the effect of his face painting in Photoshop.

These are two photos I found of him. Let me see how far I can do this.

I will use this photo to give the effect.

Step 1 : Double Click the Background in the Layers/Channels/Paths pallete.

Step 2 : The New Layer dialogue box opens. Click ok.

Step 3 : The Background has changed to Layer 0.

Step 4 : Click the Pen Tool.

Step 5 : Click a point. Then without releasing the left mouse button drag. You will find two handles emerge.

Step 6 : Now press ALT and click where shown by the red arrow. One of the handles disappear.

Step 7 : Click another point further up with the Pen Tool. Do not let go of the left mouse button. You will see that you be able to bend the line as you please. This takes a little bit of practice.

Step 8 : Now press ALT and click the upper handle. It will disappear. This is how you select with the Pen Tool.
Step 9 : Click another point further up with the Pen Tool. Without letting go of the left mouse button drag and you will be able to align it with a curve. Step 10 : Again click ALT and delete the upper handle. This is how you have to select. (I had posted a tutorial on how to use the Pen Tool. The tutorial is here. )

Step 11 : The selection has been made.

Step 12 : In the Layers/Channels/Paths pallete click Paths.

Step 13 : In the Paths pallette notice the Work Path.

Step 14 : Right Click the Work Path and a drop down appears. From It click Make Selection.

Step 15 : The Make Selection dialogue box opens. Set a Feather Radius of 1 pixel. Make sure New Selection is set. Click ok.

Step 16 : The selection is now visible as a column of 'marching ants'. The selection is not complete as the eyes, hairbrow and lips have to be selected. I will select this with the Pen Tool.

Step 17 : Use the Zoom Tool to zoom in on the eye.

This is the Zoom Tool.

At the top panel you will find the Zoom in and Zoom out functions -- the magnifying glass icons marked with a plus and minus. They are for zooming in and zooming out. You can also us the bracket [ ] keys to zoom in and out.

Step 17 : The eyebrow has been selected.

Step 18 : In the Paths pallete right click the Workpath.

Step 19 : In the Make Selection dialogue box that pops up make sure Substract from Selection is checked. Set the Feather radius at 1 pixel. Click ok.

Step 20 : The eyebrow has been selected.

Step 21 : The eyes, lips, nostrils and eyebrows have been selected now.

Step 22 : Switch back to the Layers pallete.

Step 23 : Press CTRL+J on the keyboard and the selection will be copied and pasted to a new layer -- Layer 1.

Step 24 : Ctrl+click the Layer thumbnail on Layer 1.

Step 25 : You will find the eyes, eyebrows, lips etc reselected.

Step 26 : Click the small bent arrow to change the Foreground Color to White.

Step 27 : The Foreground color has changed to White. To set the Foreground/Background to the default colors click the small black and white squares.

Step 28 : Press SHIFT+F5 on the keyboard to bring up Fill dialogue box. Make sure Use is Set to Foreground Color. Click ok.

Step 29 : This is how the image looks now.

Step 30 : Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur.

Step 31 : I have given a Radius of 9.7. It will depend on your image.

Step 32 : Reduce the Opacity by dragging slider to the left. I have reduced it to 64 %.

Step 33 : This is how the image looks after reducing the opacity. Press CTRL+D to deselect.

Step 34 : Press the Add New button shown by the small white hand and you will find a new Layer -- Layer 2 added.
Step 35 : Zoom in on the eyes.
Step 36 : Click the Brush Tool.

Step 37 : On the top righthandside see the icon shown by the white arrow. Click it.

Step 38 : The Brushes and the Controls opens. I have chosen Brush No 17. You can use the bracket keys [ ] to increase/decrease the tip of the brush size.
Step 39 : Set the Foreground Color to Black.

Step 40 : I have painted around the eyes with the brush tool. Does not look very impressive, does it not.

Step 41 : Lower the Opacity of the Layer.

Step 42 : The opacity has been lowered.

Step 43 : Go to Filter>Liquify.

Step 44 : The Liquify dialogue box opens.
Step 45 : Look at the Controls on the left, reset as shown.
Step 46 : Click the Zoom Tool shown on the left with the white arrow and zoom in.

Step 47 : Click the Forward Warp Tool.

Step 48 : Use the Forward Warp Tool to brush upwards and downwards in short strokes to create this effect.

Step 49 : Do the same with the other eye.

Step 50 : This is how the image looks like now.

Step 51 : Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur.

Step 52 : The Gaussian Blur dialogue box opens.

This is how the image now looks.

I have opened this image now to borrow the lips.

Step 53 : I have selected the lips with the Pen Tool and then gone to Edit>Copy.
Step 54 : I have clicked on this image and gone to Edit>Paste. I have then resized the lips with the Move Tool. Step 55 : Click the Move Tool or any other tool to Apply the transformation. Click Apply when this dialogue box opens.

This is the Move Tool.
Step 56 : Lower the opacity of the lips layer. Here it is the topmost layer or layer 3.

This is how the image looks.

Step 57 : Go to Filter>Liquify.

Step 58 : I have zoomed in on the lips and used the Forward Warp tool to give this effect by giving short strokes with it. Click ok.

And there is the Marilyn Manson Look.

If you want to give one of the eyes a makeover also, then follow these steps.

Step 59 : I have opened this image of an owl's eye and selected it with the Pen Tool. Press CTRL+C to Copy. Click the image of the man and press CTRL+V to Paste.

Step 60 : Zoom onto the man'a eye and paste and resize the owl's eye. Make sure that 'Show Transform Control on the top panel (Bounding Box in PS7) is checked. Press ALT and resize with the Move Tool. Then click the Move Tool. The Apply Transformation dialogue box opens. Click Apply.

Step 61 : Reduce the opacity of the eye layer.

And there you are!