The Dark Art

At the last time, I showed you how to create the Dragan Style. So today, I will show you how to create the dark art style.

Here is the final

From the original photo:



Step 1
Open an original photo and duplicate it by press Ctrl + J (Layer > Duplicate layer).

Step 2
Choose the background copy layer. Then choose Image > Apply Image



So you will have



Step 3
Create a new layer by press Shift+Ctrl+N or choose Layer > New > Layer, and fill this layer with black color.
Note: You should change the opacity of this layer to 40%.

So you will have



Step 4
Choose the Elliptical Marquee Tool and create the ellipse like that



Then, create the feather for this selection by press Ctrl + Alt + D or choose Select > Feather, change Feather Radius to 30 pixel.



Delete the selection by press Delete key or choose Edit > Clear. The result after this step is:



Then last thing to do in this step is changing the blend mode for this layer to Soft Light and change the opacity back to 100%.



You will have



Step 5
Choose the "Back Ground Copy" layer and create a "Hue/Saturation" layer



Change its property



The result will be



Step 6
Choose Mask of Hue/Satuaration layer and delete the model's area.



Step 7
Create the level layer for this layer, change its property a little bit.



Then choose Filter/Sharpen/Unsharp Mask



Finally, you got the best result



Add the text & some textures in case you want



Resource from: http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/The-Dark-Art/36882