Imbuing Your Chuck Close Effect with Color

Deke takes his patterned portrait homage to Chuck Close and imbues it with color using radial gradients.

Selecting and Masking Eyes (and Lips) in Photoshop

Deke intensifies eyes and lips behind a wall of sensible color, then reveals them by selecting and masking the blandness away.

Tattooing Your Face in Photoshop

Deke applies a striking facial tattoo in Photoshop.

Twirling a Portrait in Photoshop

Deke uses last week's twirling technique to make a one-of-a-kind portrait.

Constructing a Two-Way Portrait in Photoshop

Deke uses a profile shot to constrain a full face photo for a forward-looking new year portrait.

Deke's Techniques 239: Turn a Portrait into a Dot Drawing

With the aid of some Photoshop smart filters, Deke quickly turns a portrait into a pointillized dot drawing.

Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Mastery Nears Completion

Deke's Techniques 079: Rendering a Portrait in Type

Is a portrait worth a thousand words? This week, I show you how to superimpose layers of text over a face to create an image that's literal and visceral at the same time.

Deke's Techniques 074: Preparing an HDR Zombie in "The Lab"

This week, I show you how to begin turning the near-dead living into the absolute living dead. It starts with a faux-HDR technique that favors Photoshop's Lab Mode.

Deke's Techniques 026: Turning a Photo Into an Ink Drawing

This week, I show you how use an everyday average collection of smart filters to turn a high-contrast photograph into a credible ink drawing.

Deke's Techniques 011: Blending Textures Onto a Face

This week, Deke takes a portrait shot and maps two different textures onto the subject to create an exotic effect. No masks were invoked; it's all about advanced blending.

Deke’s Techniques 010: Smoothing Skin Texture with an Anti-Edge Mask

This week's movie says goodbye to text effects and hello to photography techniques. Specifically, I show you a quick method for smoothing over skin details in a portrait shot.