{"id":285,"date":"2016-12-29T23:39:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T06:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:10:11","slug":"photoshop-project-half-me-half-monster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/photoshop-project-half-me-half-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop\/ Photopea Project: Half Me, Half Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/photoshop-project-half-me-half-monster-2023-version\/\">There is a new version of this tutorial here.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fLfUWrwDKAQ?si=CLE-_C0clb7YfnqR\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p>Goal: Create a picture that is half normal, and half monster. Use the liquify tool to distort your face. Adjust the \u00a0hue and saturation \u00a0to give yourself monster skin. Attach parts using layers and masks. Change the background on one side to match your monstrous new look.<\/p>\n<p>The video demonstrates using Photopea, but the instructions are nearly identical for Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>Some things you might add:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>horns<\/li>\n<li>scars<\/li>\n<li>fangs<\/li>\n<li>hair<\/li>\n<li>clothing<\/li>\n<li>hats<\/li>\n<li>earrings<\/li>\n<li>different eyes<\/li>\n<li>more eyes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a simple example image:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Half-Person-Half-Monster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-287\" src=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Half-Person-Half-Monster-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Half-Person-Half-Monster-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Half-Person-Half-Monster-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Half-Person-Half-Monster-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Half-Person-Half-Monster.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look at the way the Photoshop document is put together to help you figure out how to make your image.<\/p>\n<p>Some other projects to help you with this one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warping the face: <a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/photoshop-introduction-melted-and-warped-face\/\">Melted &amp; Warped<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adding parts from other images, changing skin color: <a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/frankenface-instructions.pdf\">Frankenface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photoshop file:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Half-Person-Half-Monster.psd\">Half Person, Half Monster<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a new version of this tutorial here. Goal: Create a picture that is half normal, and half monster. Use the liquify tool to distort your face. Adjust the \u00a0hue and saturation \u00a0to give yourself monster skin. Attach parts using layers and masks. Change the background on one side to match your monstrous new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2593,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions\/2593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}