Photoshop Tutorial: Applying a Realistic Tattoo


	Photoshop Tutorial: Applying a Realistic Tattoo

rainfever

10-22-2007 8:16 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7e096f3c-421d-48c0-b648-beb5453484c1/0A824EE5-21C4-4B6A-A9F0-B5EAEC38F24A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://psdtuts.com/photo-effects-tutorials/applying-a-realistic-tattoo/" href="http://psdtuts.com/photo-effects-tutorials/applying-a-realistic-tattoo/" style="font-size: 11px;">psdtuts.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psdtuts.com/photo-effects-tutorials/applying-a-realistic-tattoo/"><H2>Applying a Realistic Tattoo</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psdtuts.com/photo-effects-tutorials/applying-a-realistic-tattoo/"><P>There are lots of tutorials on the web that claim to achieve a realistic tattoo effect. Usually these tutorials instruct the user to import an image they want to use as a tattoo and to set it to overlay. Out of experience I can say that this does NOT look like a tattoo. It looks like...well...an overlayed image.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psdtuts.com/photo-effects-tutorials/applying-a-realistic-tattoo/"><P>In this tutorial I will be demonstrating an advanced technique to achieve a realistic tattoo. We will be using masks, adjustment layers, displacement maps and several brushing skills will be applied.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psdtuts.com/photo-effects-tutorials/applying-a-realistic-tattoo/"><P>So the first thing I did was that I went looking for a good stock image. I wanted a face with a lot of detail such as facial hair, expression and most importantly; pores! I tend to get my stock images from <A href="http://www.sxc.hu">www.sxc.hu</A> . Being impoverished and all I can't afford to spend a buck on each picture. Sxc offers images for free. I ended up using <A href="http://www.sxc.hu/photo/731511">this great image by Emiliano Spada</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0A824EE5-21C4-4B6A-A9F0-B5EAEC38F24A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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