Make 'Em Sweat Tute

Llywellyn

I was asked a couple times about the processing of these images, so I thought I'd try to throw together a tutorial on it. This is my first time even attempting a tute, so I apologize if it's nonsensical. This is an elaborate series of steps and not very easy to explain; I've done the best I could. :wink

Couple of caveats: this tutorial assumes you have a good grasp of Photoshop. I was using CS3, and I have not tried this on earlier versions. Also, I'm a layer-happy kind'a gal because I like to tweak for each individual image and appreciate the freedom of going back to correct earlier steps at any part in my process. You may prefer to flatten as you go. By all means, adjust this to your own workflow. :thumb

Lastly, I used hard lighting in a two-light set-up positioned close to the model for quick fall-off. This processing relies heavily on the lighting in your image, and thus will not look so hot on some images. The "sweat" is sunflower oil that I had my friend slather all over her arms, face, and neck. This processing brings out the shine, it does not add it in afterward.

Okay, that said, give this a gander to see how to go from this...


...to this.


Let me know if anything doesn't make sense. :deal

Tango

Wild! i will try something like this in the near future using your Tute!!
thanks Kerry! you rock!

Llywellyn

AaronNelson wrote:

Wild! i will try something like this in the near future using your Tute!!
thanks Kerry! you rock!

You're welcome. I look forward to seeing what you use it for!

shatch

Most excellent!!! Thank you for sharing!

richtersl

That's pretty wild! Love the effect.

Thanks for sharing.

Llywellyn

You're quite welcome, Steven and Linda! I hope it comes in handy.

pathfinder

Your tute is the best replication of Dave Hill's style processing I have seen. Very nicely done.

Did you add any make up/dirt to the model besides the vegetable oil for highlights?

Baldy

That was awesome! Thanks for writing that up.

evoryware

Thanks! Hopefully I can get up to CS3 this fall.

Llywellyn

pathfinder wrote:

Your tute is the best replication of Dave Hill's style processing I have seen. Very nicely done.

Did you add any make up/dirt to the model besides the vegetable oil for highlights?

Thank you! That means a lot considering I was teaching myself how to do this processing just for this shoot.

I did add make-up. First I used a make-up sponge to apply black eyeshadow on her arms, neck, face, shirt--everywhere, essentially. Then I had her apply the sunflower oil so it streaked the "dirt" while adding the sweat. The blood is a mixture of corn syrup and food coloring.

I knew my days in the theatre woud come in handy some day...

Baldy wrote:

That was awesome! Thanks for writing that up.

You're very welcome!

evoryware wrote:

Thanks! Hopefully I can get up to CS3 this fall.

This could work with earlier versions; I don't think I used anything special to CS3 since it's mainly adjustment layers and sharpening. But I didn't try it on anything else, so just wanted folks to be aware.