How to Get a Statue Effect in Photoshop
- 1). Choose a portrait that doesn't have too wide a range of contrast from light to dark, but that has some nice shadows. Very little makeup and no floating hair is also preferable.
- 2). Extract the portrait from the background with the Extract tool ("Filter," then "Extract"). If your version of Photoshop doesn't feature the extract tool, then you can use the Lasso tool to outline the subject, invert the selection ("Select," then "Inverse"), then delete the background. Clean up the border of your extracted image using the eraser.
- 3). Turn the image to grayscale by going to "Image," then "Adjustments," then "Desaturate" or "Image," then "Mode," then "Grayscale." If you choose the latter process, make sure you change the mode back to RGB.
- 4). Open the texture image you want to use as the texture for your statue. You may not want it to be too busy so the details of the portrait come out. Make sure it is big enough to cover your entire image. Paste the texture on top of the portrait. It will become a new layer. Set the blend mode of this new texture layer to "Multiply."
- 5). Select the portrait layer and, using the Magic Wand tool, select the empty area. Go back to the texture layer and cut out the area that doesn't cover the portrait using the area selected by the Magic Wand.
- 6). Use the Lasso tool on the portrait layer to select the eyes. Use the Healing Brush or Clone Stamp tool to create solid eyes that match the rest of the face. You can give the eyes more depth by creating shadows. Create a new layer, set the blend mode to "Linear Burn" and the opacity to about 20 to 30 percent, and use a brush with black color to create the shadows. Play around with the opacity to get the look you want. You can also use the Burn tool set to medium exposure and opacity on the portrait layer to create the shadows.
- 7). Lighten up and blend some of the darker areas using the Dodge and Healing Brush or Clone Stamp tools. For example, if the lips are too dark, lighten them so they blend a little better with the rest of the face.