Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create a Terrifying, Flaming Skull!

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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for fans of power and the mccobb I'm

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going to show you how to create a

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flaming skull for your convenience I

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provided this skull PNG file for you to

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download its link is in my video's

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description or project files if you

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prefer to use your own photo just cut

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the face out from its background and

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copy it to its own layer I covered how

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to cut and copy images in many of my

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tutorials I also provided this image of

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flames that will use later open the

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skull file

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foreground and background colors aren't

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black and white click this icon or press

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D on your keyboard invert the colors by

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clicking this icon or by pressing X

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click the adjustment layer icon and

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click gradient

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open your gradient presets if you don't

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see this set click the gear icon and

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click reset gradients click this

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thumbnail

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make the style linear the angle 90

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degrees and the scale twenty percent

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check reverse and drag the gradient up

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approximately this much then click OK

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to remove any of the white gradient that

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may be inside the eye sockets click the

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layer mask to make it active

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and open your brush tool

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make the brush size 125 pixels with a

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hardness of zero make sure the opacity

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and flow are both a hundred percent

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brush inside the eye sockets to reveal

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back those areas of the skull click the

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adjustment layer icon and click

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hue/saturation

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check colorize

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and make the hue 200 and the saturation

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40 will convert our image into a smart

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object so we can modify it

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non-destructively as well as allow us to

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replace our subject with a different one

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without having to redo the effects that

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we'll be adding to it to do this

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shift-click on the skull to make all the

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layers active and click the icon at the

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upper right of the layers panel click

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convert to smart object

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make two copies of the layer by pressing

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ctrl or command J twice

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named the top layer blur and click the

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eyeball icon to hide the layer

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rename the middle layer multiply

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change the blend mode to multiply

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make the top layer visible and active

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and change its blend mode to overlay

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go to filter blur and Gaussian blur

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make the radius 5 pixels and click OK

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go back to filter blur and motion blur

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make the angle 90 degrees and the

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distance a hundred pixels

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to save space in the layers panel let's

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collapse the blur effects by clicking

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the small arrow on the right

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer will fill the empty layer with

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white and since the foreground color is

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white press alt or option + delete

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change its blend mode to overlay'

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make a copy of the layer

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and change its blend mode to difference

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named the top layer difference and named

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the second layer overlay

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click the adjustment layer icon and

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click color balance

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in mid tones make the yellow blue 30

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open the tones and click highlights this

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time make the yellow blue 50 this makes

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the mid-tones and highlights warmer in

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color we're ready to add the flames make

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the top layer active

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and open the flames image I provided or

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you can open your own flames image to

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place it onto your skull document press

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V to open your move tool and drag it

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onto the skull tab without releasing

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your mouse or pen drag it down onto the

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skull and release change the blend mode

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to screen

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask next to the flames will be

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making a few copies of the flames layer

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but first let's place the flames and

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it's layer mask into a folder by

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pressing ctrl or command G

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name the folder flames make the flames

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layer active and make three or four

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copies of it

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hide all the flame layers except for the

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bottom one which will make active

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drag the flames over the eye sockets and

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for it to resize it open your transform

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tool by pressing ctrl or command T go to

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a corner and when you see a diagonal

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double-arrow press and hold shift as you

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drag it in or out holding shift kept the

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flames retain its aspect ratio to

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reposition it go inside the transform

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and drag it then press Enter or return

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to remove areas of the flames make the

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layer mask active

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and make sure your foreground color is

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black

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presb to open your brush tool to make

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your brush bigger or smaller press the

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right or left bracket key on your

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keyboard and then brush over areas to

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mask them out will place more flames

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over that area to finesse it make the

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next flames layer visible and active

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open your move tool and drag an area of

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the flames over the part you want to

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finesse make the corresponding layer

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mask active open your brush tool and

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brush over the areas of those flames you

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want to mask out make the next flames

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layer visible and active

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open your move tool and drag areas of

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the flames to the bottom left if you

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want to resize it open your transform

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tool and drag it over to resize it

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then press Enter or return continue

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these steps for your other flames until

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you're happy with your final image this

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is Marty from Blue Lightning TV thanks

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for watching