Hillbilly Mud Divin'

[bc_2005]

[IKermit]

woah....going through the family album?

[bc_2005]

Originally Posted by IKermit

woah....going through the family album?

nope. my digital cam

[FiLL]

lol that pic's hilarious..


y do u have that on ya digi cam man??

[bc_2005]

Originally Posted by FiLL

lol that pic's hilarious..


y do u have that on ya digi cam man??

joking lol

[FiLL]

Originally Posted by bc_2005

joking lol

i was gonna say haha..


hmm now i gotta think of some more chops..

[IKermit]

[IKermit]

haven't got the hang of these yet..

[mark118]

Kermit, if I could I would rep you! amazing pics

[KrushR]

Titania!!!

[IKermit]

Originally Posted by mark118

Kermit, if I could I would rep you! amazing pics

thanks..i'm trying to get the hang of displacement maps. they can be tricky to fine tune.

[joshbond]

Originally Posted by IKermit

thanks..i'm trying to get the hang of displacement maps. they can be tricky to fine tune.

Could you explain a bit more on this? I've been trying to figure out how to do that for a while now.

[IKermit]

Originally Posted by joshbond

Could you explain a bit more on this? I've been trying to figure out how to do that for a while now.

sure
i don't have a good grasp of these yet but i'll list the steps i used.

open original document (hillbilly in this case)
duplicate layer and desaturate.
duplicate gray layer and set to overlay.
merge down.
gaussian blur 1-2 pixels (this step can have some variation)
save the .psd to use later.

open the hillybilly picture and a texture picture.
with hillybilly picture, paste texture on new layer.
filter>distort>displace...use default settings. displacement map > this is where you need the .psd you saved earlier.
set this layer to overlay.
mask out anything that isn't skin.

that should do it. you might want to play with the layer blending mode, brightness/contrast, levels, etc to get the right effect.
this is off the top of my head....if i missed anything, let me know.

[joshbond]

^^ I'll give it a try, thanks.