Graphic Design 1 projects

Guillotine - Photo Manipulation

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.

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.

Access your mugshots - Password is on the white board

P1 link

P2 link

2. Body Photos

Skin To Skin bodies - DO THIS ONE FIRST! Password is on the white board

skin to skin

Sandwich Layering bodies - Password is on the white board

sandwich layering

3. Watch this BEFORE attempting a surgery!

"Save As" - saving file as a TIFF