Disintegration Manipulation

April 6th, 2011
I know 365 isnt rly full of many "photoshopers" or manipulators, but I was still curious if anyone else on here had done a take on this effect since its something that ive seen several times elsewhere

Im interested in seeing it from other peoples perspectives!

Heres mine:
April 6th, 2011
Here are some others that ive found and fav'd in the past

NOTE: THESE WERE NOT DONE BY ME.


April 6th, 2011
@3nder heres mine..... but i like your photo.... its more flawless .... ♥ nice work!





April 6th, 2011
these are all freaking awesome ! i wanna try this !
April 6th, 2011
Love the top one that is awesome! I really like the effect.
April 6th, 2011
@gavincci Thanks! I like this take as well tho! Its almost like hes being made up of a bunch of smaller images
April 6th, 2011
This is so cool, have to try it!!!
April 6th, 2011
Are there any tutorials around for how to do this technique?
April 6th, 2011
Idk about tutorials, Ive been using PS for a long time so I came up with how to do my effect on my own.

A good place to start would be to find Scatter Brush tutorials for PS. I used several of my own made scatter brushes to create my effect using a tablet to paint it where i wanted it etc..

For removing "pieces" of yourself I like to work with layer masks b/c its Non-Destructive so its easy to go back and alter things later w/o having to bring in the original and erase things again. Masking can be a little... tricky-ish to understand at first but its very useful once you get the hang of it.

Getting it all to "look right" is a matter of patience with blending values of debris. Using multiple layers of debris and running a gaussian blur filter on one of them can add some nice depth (tho I did not use that technique in mine since I like to paint with my tablet more)

If i have some free time ill try to create a video tutorial for what i did, or at least an overview of it.
April 6th, 2011
Very cool. I haven't seen that done in a photo before. If I ever finish learning how to use photoshop, I may have to try it!! Thanks for sharing.!
April 6th, 2011
oh awesome effect...would love to have a go at this....would definitely test my editing skills!!!!
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