Bruising Edit
I learnt how to create the effect of a bruise on skin with the use of the brush tool, the burn tool, and the sponge tool.
I used close up portrait images to start the technique on.
From the images I had used I felt that a black eye and cheek bruise were where I wanted my bruise effect to be. Using a portrait image helped to make an obvious bruise however with the focus of my campaigns I will have to think of less obvious ways or more creative places to place these bruises, eg an image of a female removing a scarf with a neck bruise.
Step 1) Open my picture in Photoshop by going to File
Step 2) Select the Burn Tool, and set it to Midtones and 50 percent exposure. Use a large brush around 300 pixels.
Step 3) Using the Burn Tool, go over and make the initial bruise in Photoshop. This will determine the size and shape of your bruise. Go over the area twice with the brush.
Step 4) Using a soft paint brush of the same size in a dark yellow color, go over the burn area with settings at Soft Light and opacity of 35%.
Step 5) Repeat Step 4 with a dark purple color. Go over the area twice instead of once, like you did will the yellow.
Step 6) Now the bruise is colored, use the Sponge Tool to Desaturate the color a little bit. I used a 300 pixel size brush and a flow of 50. Go over the bruise once more.
I used close up portrait images to start the technique on.
From the images I had used I felt that a black eye and cheek bruise were where I wanted my bruise effect to be. Using a portrait image helped to make an obvious bruise however with the focus of my campaigns I will have to think of less obvious ways or more creative places to place these bruises, eg an image of a female removing a scarf with a neck bruise.
Step 1) Open my picture in Photoshop by going to File
Step 2) Select the Burn Tool, and set it to Midtones and 50 percent exposure. Use a large brush around 300 pixels.
Step 3) Using the Burn Tool, go over and make the initial bruise in Photoshop. This will determine the size and shape of your bruise. Go over the area twice with the brush.
Step 4) Using a soft paint brush of the same size in a dark yellow color, go over the burn area with settings at Soft Light and opacity of 35%.
Step 5) Repeat Step 4 with a dark purple color. Go over the area twice instead of once, like you did will the yellow.
Step 6) Now the bruise is colored, use the Sponge Tool to Desaturate the color a little bit. I used a 300 pixel size brush and a flow of 50. Go over the bruise once more.