Alien Transformation

Create your alien!
1. First open a new file. Change the background settings to transparent.

2. Open up a picture (preferably close-up, if not you can use the crop tool).

3. Use the eraser tool and erase the eyes.

4. Use the clone stamp to clone parts of the cheek onto the nose. (It should look like there is not a nose). Do this by pressing (Alt+click).

5. Remove any unnatural looking areas of the nose, by the use of the healing spot brush.

6. Go to filter and use the liquify tool.

7. Use the forward warp tool and stretch the empty space where the eyes should be. (Make them long & oval, like an alien)
8. The website provides a source for alien eyes that you can use, download & save to computer

source file.

9. After downloading the eye, post the picture twice onto a new layer.

10. Move this layer behind the original. Scale the eyes by using the transform tool. Also use the liquify tool to stretch the eyes out like aliens.

11. You can use the burn tool around the eyes for a more realistic look if preferred.

12. Now use the filter, liquify, forward warp tool again to stretch the ears out. Make them look long & skinny.

Time to begin turning your alien green!

1. Go to color balance and change Shadows to 0,20,0 Midtones 0,20,0 and highlights to 0,40,0.

2. The website once again provides a grunge brush you can use , download & save to computer

source file.
3. Create a new layer and post the grunge brush over the entire face by using the transform tool.

4. Set the blending mode of this layer to color burn & change the opacity to around 30%.

5. Now use the rectangular marquee tool, select the forehead and duplicate it (ctrl+j).

6. Use the free transform tool & drag the box of the forehead to stretch it out like an aliens.

7. Merge the layers be pressing control then selecting the layers, right click, then merge.

8. Now you have an alien!

http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/alienize_transform_a_person_into_an_alien.html