deke.com posts about portrait effects

Two Ways to Colorize with Gradients in Photoshop

Deke uses two different methods to colorize a tryptic portrait with gradients in Photoshop

Flipping a Face to Create New Identities

Deke flips and mirrors a model's face to explore human facial symmetry in Photoshop.

Carving Deep Wrinkles or Scars into Skin

Deke takes a partial blue zombie and gets him closer to white walker status in Photoshop

The White Walker Begins

Deke begins the process of turning an ordinary citizen into a menacing frozen monster inspired by Game of Thrones

Combining a Tile Pattern (from Illustrator) with a Photograph (in Photoshop)

Deke applies the pattern he created in Illustrator to a photographic portrait in Photoshop.

Contour Mapping with Distort > Displace

Deke uses a displacement map to contour a stripe pattern to his model's face.