PS Quickie! Your Own Crazy Movie Poster
Hooooo!
So anyone who knows me knows that I love movies. That said, I recently was overcome with inspiration when I saw the new Pirates of the Caribbean Posters. They are pretty sick.When you look at the POTC Posters (That will be Pirates of the Caribbean and NOT Passion of the Christ from here forth....you know you were thinking it!) they all follow a general theme: A collage of imagery along the bottom, a bunch of enormously large heads along the top, and the classic parchment paper logo with a title slapped across it. Oh and some hot chick but we wont be using one of those for this. Boo.
After staring at the posters a few minutes, I decided to see if the movie poster could be achieved with normal everyday photos you'd find out on the "internets".
OK! Let's begin....
Here's what you'll need:
OH and a willing participant that can make "The Evil Face".
Christian:
I think we're set. Watch closely now, this will go fast!
Start with your open ocean.
Make the desired color adjustments.
Add a vignette and the boat.
I did a choppy cutout and tilted it to prepare for the wave of DOOM.
Add your creature.
I drew inspiration from the recent POTC poster, and added a large tentacle. Afterwards I inserted and blended the wave. Do your color adjustment accordingly.
Add some sheens.
I added some light sheens to the tentacle for the "wet look". I also threw in some color tints that will be used later on.
Add noise and overlay tones.
I used a dark green/olive overlay later. After that I added a black and white noise layer, blurred it just slightly and set it to Soft Light over the poster.
Add some grit.
Next I added some grit, dirt, and of course - an explosion!
More texture.
I added yet more GRIT and then used a parchment texture for the top. I did some adjustments to make the parchment more green and contrasted - then blended it in.
Add your head. Modify at will.
I took that photo i shot of Christian and adjusted the contrast and shadow/highlights. I then went in and manually burned the outlines of his face and color dodged some highlights. Lastly, I added a fantastic mustache and some eyeliner. Oh and I extended his eyebrows. Christian, such a saucy minx.
Almost done!
I next added some messy hair above his eyes add gave his chin some stubble. Also, I started implementing some background shadows.
Add some sparkle.
Next, add some orange overlay lights wherever you choose. When you are done - add palm trees on the sides!
And we're done!
Throw in some tonal lighting and shadows. When you're happy, toss ina mutilated logo and some casting credits. Done!
I hope you enjoyed this little photoshop quickie. It's not perfect and it certianly could get more in-depth, but I had fun making it. That said, let me see yours!
Ok that's it! Until next time....
Digg It.
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Comments
that tutorial was sizzlin...
SWASHBUCKLE UP!
All you need is add some weapons
Love it. The only thing that would have made it better? Christian putting his hands out beside the boat and explosions - like he was playing god.
great :) one knife and perfect :D
How does a Pirate get to the store.....
He drives his carrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Where do pirates save their files?
/vaaaarrrrr!!!
What did the pirate say to President Clinton?
Where's mee cigaaarrrrrrrr!!
Why did the pirate want to work at iMarc?
He was also an interactive media ARRRRRRrrrrrchitect
That is probably the worst attempt at plagerism that exists heres an idea. Why not either copy it well or create something ... erm ... original
haha right on Bob.
That is probably the worst attempt at plagerism that exists heres an idea. Why not either copy it well or create something ... erm ... original
Copied well.
"plagerism" - noun: The act or instance of spreading plagues.
I thought it was 'plagiarism', but then maybe you're just being original.
"That is probably the worst attempt at plagerism that exists heres an idea. Why not either copy it well or create something ... erm ... original"
Heard of Fan art? Douche.
Learn to spell, use punctuation and how to compose a sentence. Good job, you suck.
It's good but some critiques: The originals also have nice splashes of red and warmth. I feel like your explosion is out there in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to explain it. Why not add another ship out there? But the single most important difference between the originals and the copy is the lighting of the portraits. One of the most important things to know about Photoshop is: it's no substitute for good photography to begin with. Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Hey Jim, thanks for the crit - you're dead on. However, just wanted to point out that the title of this sucker is " PS Quickie:.." because, well - I do them quick! It's all just for fun :) Thanks again, though...
thats has a hell of a tutorial mate
haha, that was humor :D
go n be a real designer, people like you screw the industry!! copy and paste-aholic!!
crap pople like you that flood our industry with plagiarism!
go and be creative! or is that too dificult!
your the sort of guy that rips from the first page in google images!
hahah that was awesome..
Love the tutorial - and the catty comments. Miiiaow! I lol'd. Thanks much!
i like this photoshop tutorial :)
Thanks for the tutorial! Question: If you were to make a poster size print, do you have a minimum Megapixel recommendation in which to take the pictures?
Hey Mydriatic-
If you're taking photos for a movie poster, make sure you should at high-quality, and preferably 300dpi :)
Thanks, Love the meteor storm too!
Hi Craig
love your work. do you have a more indepth tutorial like the one you just did. as in a step by step guide showing the individual blending/colour changing/masking etc.
some of the screenshots looks like they required alot of steps.
Hey Chow- I wish I did! Unfortunately I dont have a more extensive version of these tutorials put together. But, rest assured - I have a new one brewing and I will be certain to keep it very detailed! Thanks for the nice words...
thanks Craig...i'll be watching this space for your new tutorials from now on. it is so damn hard to find a professional photoshop manipulation tutorials like yours. am i looking at the at the wrong place? do you know any other cool sites that teach this sort of advanced photoshop skills?
I wish creativity came so easy to me...
Any more of these killers ??? ..::an artist in training::..
Dudeeee you rock, thanks matey this will help me with a theme i want to develop.Keep them coming
Thanks for the tutorial! Question: If you were to make a poster size print, do you have a minimum Megapixel recommendation in which to take the pictures?
go n be a real designer, people like you screw the industry!! copy and paste-aholic!!
crap pople like you that flood our industry with plagiarism!
go and be creative! or is that too dificult!
your the sort of guy that rips from the first page in google images!
Hi Craig
love your work. do you have a more indepth tutorial like the one you just did. as in a step by step guide showing the individual blending/colour changing/masking etc.
some of the screenshots looks like they required alot of steps
thanks Craig...i'll be watching this space for your new tutorials from now on. wonderful job ;)
Love it. The only thing that would have made it better? Christian putting his hands out beside the boat and explosions - like he was playing god
Hey Chow- I wish I did! Unfortunately I dont have a more extensive version of these tutorials put together. But, rest assured - I have a new one brewing and I will be certain to keep it very detailed! Thanks for the nice words...
Hey Chow- I wish I did! Unfortunately I dont have a more extensive version of these tutorials put together. But, rest assured - I have a new one brewing and I will be certain to keep it very detailed! Thanks for the nice words...
is there any way you could do this for me. i would like the scar face poster but with a picture of me on it!
please email me
ladysted4lyf@gmail.com
OH and a willing participant that can make "The Evil Face".
Awesomeeeeeeee dude..
... not much of a tutorial really. i mean, anyone can look at a poster and see the different elements, a wave, a face, a boat... what happens in photoshop is what a tutorial is really about...
Thumbs up ! but i agree with Mica; im a not big P- shop nose
certainly you have ability to use photoshop, but im agree with Micah: this is not a tutorial !!
Wow that was really awesome. It looks like that could of just been used for the movie instead. lol That was all done with photoshop right?
certainly you have ability to use photoshop, but im agree with Micah: this is not a tutorial !! Heloc
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