In this first tutorial of The Photoshop Training Channel I will guide you through the various easy-to-follow steps for creating a realistic Photoshop Zombie.
Why a zombie for my first tutorial? it’s not even Halloween?
Well Zombifiying people in Photoshop is ridiculously good fun! And The Walking Dead is one of my favorite shows, so I figured I would start with a cool looking zombie!
Also, the techniques that you will learn in this Photoshop tutorial can also be applied to many other types of projects. So you don’t need to create zombies in Photoshop to be able to apply the tricks you’ll learn in this video tutorial.
Update: You can see how crazy I am about Zombies in the Tweet below:
I Photoshopped myself as a #Walker from @WalkingDead_AMC
I love that show! Can’t wait for this Sunday’s episode! pic.twitter.com/QbMkbrUdPy— Jesús Ramirez (@JRfromPTC) March 14, 2013
In this zombie Photoshop tutorial I won’t be using any face swapping techniques, instead, I will use non-destructive techniques that are all editable so you can always go back and fine-tune your image.
I’ll use a picture of a young woman to create this cool Photoshop effect, but feel free to use your own image to make your zombie, the trick is with the textures we’ll be using.
Also, don’t be afraid of pressing Ctrl + Alt + Z (Mac: Command + Option + Z) on your keyboard to undo any mistake you may have done!
If you have any questions or comments leave them below.
If you created something and would like to share it, leave the URL to your image as well.
In This Zombie Photoshop Tutorial You Will Learn How To:
01:33 – Change skin tones using adjustment layers
03:45 – Transform and mask a skull
07:00 – Use textures to create damaged flesh
14:25 – Create zombie teeth
16:50 – Add a scary background
17:05 – Create mist and fog using images of smoke
18:43 – Create a vignette using the brush tool
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MOHAMMED AL-ASADI says
August 15, 2012 at 11:02 pmthanks for the professional tutorial
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 28, 2013 at 10:19 amThanks for the comment!
tutorialstorage says
October 3, 2012 at 10:01 pmvery impressive, look’s like a real zombie 😉
Photoshop Training Channel says
October 3, 2012 at 10:06 pmThanks!
Glad you liked it!
Carlos says
February 19, 2013 at 11:33 pmThis tutorial was very helpful.
I like how you explain things very clear
Thanks soo much
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 28, 2013 at 10:19 amNo problem! Thanks for watching!
ululf01 says
February 20, 2013 at 11:39 pmthanks for the tutorial .
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 28, 2013 at 10:19 amyou’re welcome!
amine says
January 21, 2015 at 11:41 amzombie hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Miro says
November 1, 2015 at 10:58 amthank you… very helpful… you are an artist
Chuck swingle says
May 3, 2016 at 12:02 pmThis is one of my favorite ones!!!
Photoshop Training Channel says
May 26, 2016 at 1:19 pmThank you, Chuck!
Big Uwu says
November 30, 2018 at 11:05 amYes very nice