Zombie-Laya

Zombie-laya In the spirit of the Halloween season, and for a general love for horror movies that I know students have, we will be creating imagery that echoes the deepest darkest recesses of the mind.

Students will be taking photos and manipulating the photos to turn the subject of the photo into a brain hungry zombie. Students will be creative in selecting areas around the campus to create a scene that fits zombie lore.
 * Assignment: **

Students will **relate and apply** knowledge of the burn tool, dodge tool, and image adjustment menu in Photoshop to create a convincing zombie image. As well as demonstrate the ability to follow directions, as well as critical thinking skills in creating the zombie-fied image. Complete instructions for creating the Photoshop zombie can be found at: [] You will create a new wiki page
 * Objective: **
 * Next we'll darken the photo and boost the contrast a bit. Once we're happy with the tones, we'll use the Photoshop burn tool and burn around the eyes to give them a little bit more "scare". Next, we'll color Fred's eyes in white. This makes it easier to edit later on...
 * So now we're going to use the burn tool some more, but this time on his shirt and finger tips. This way it will look like our Zombie doesn't shower.
 * Let's burn some more! This time focussing on his face, fingertips and his jacket.
 * Moving on, we're now going to make a new layer that contains a copy of Fred's face and hand. We then go into image > adjust > variations and give this layer a blue overtone. Finally, we'll boost up the contrast, slightly desaturate it, then set the layer's opacity to 46%. Don't use 45%, as the difference is WORLDS apart....I mean it's huge, folks. Our zombie should now look more pale.
 * So now things will get a bit bloody. Using a mixture of the multiply and overlay "blending modes" (layers panel), we'll add some blood strips leaking from our Zombie's mouth. The leak shapes were made using the polygon lasso tool (sick tool), and then filled with 2 versions of red on each of the layers specified above.
 * Now we'll work on those eyes, and attempt to give that handsome arm some disgusting veins. The eyes were stolen from a pigeon and then placed over Fred's white eyes, which were very easy to select from since we made them white in step 2. Oh and the arm veins...the arm veins were overlayed from another photo.
 * ....so now - Let's add more blood! Using the same marching order from the previous step, we'll make Fred's pigeon eyes bleed a bit. Almost done!
 * To finish things off I'm going to overlay the photo with a red "spotlight" type gradient using the "multiply" blending mode on your layers palette. We're done!
 * On that page you will
 * Name the page "Zombie-Laya"
 * A paragraph that describes the process you used in creating the image
 * No less than 60 words.