This is called the Guillotine project because you will completely cut the heads off of 2 other people. You will perform 2 bloodless head transplants. One surgery will involve smooth skin-to-skin blend of your neck directly onto someone else's. The other surgery will involve placing your head & neck into someone else's shirt & collar. You'll use a "sandwich layering" technique for the second surgery. The finished images will look freaky but believable because of your Photoshop skills and attention to detail.
Work on the skin-to-skin surgery first. Many of the skills from this will transfer to the sandwich layering surgery. You will be working on these for 3 full class periods (1.5 class periods per surgery). DISCLAIMER: Please don't get the impression that we are making fun of skinny people, white people, black people, short people, heavy people, etc. This is simply a fun way in which to demonstrate skill with some of Photoshop's basic tools and concepts. No more, no less. No offense is intended. It's all in good fun. |
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1. Mugshots |
You can probably use your cropped & cleaned up original head from the previous project. However, you can also download a different head if you'd like to. |
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Access your mugshots - Password is on the white board |
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2. Body Photos |
Skin To Skin bodies - DO THIS ONE FIRST! Password is on the white board |
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Sandwich Layering bodies - Password is on the white board |
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3. Watch this BEFORE attempting a surgery! |
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"Save As" - saving file as a TIFF |
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4. Skin To Skin Surgery |
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Transfer Head Onto Body File |
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Back Up Layers |
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Changing Head Size |
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How To Rotate Head |
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How to Flip Head |
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Adjusting Skin Color |
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A Good Idea At This Point! |
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Address Levels Or Color Of The Body |
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Eliminating The Original Person's Head |
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Minor Touches - Blur |
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Minor Touches - Rework Color |
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Minor Touches - Lighten and/or Darken (Dodge & Burn) |
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Minor Touches - Add Noise |
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5. Sandwich Layering Surgery |
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Preparing The Files |
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The Sandwich Effect - Selection |
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Dealing With The Original Background |
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Fine Tuning |
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Addressing Skin Tone |
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6. Printing and Turning In - You will print 2 separate pages. |
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Flattening Layers |
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Print Templates |
1. skin to skin 2. sandwich |
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Transfering to Illustrator |
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Printing |
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