Two Quick Tutorials

The first tutorial is from the magazine and it is a solarized eye effect. First, I opened the start image in camera raw and used the curve tool to create an inverted cone shape to alter the colors of the eye. Next, I made the image black and white. I added a mini cemetary scene and put it in the iris of the eye. I duplicated the cemetary layer and changed both to linear dodge to make it blend in with the eye.

The second tutorial is Sin City inspired with the black and white contrast and rain effect. First, I made the image black and white and then changed the levels to make more contrast. To make the rain effect, I made a new layer and filled it with 50% gray. Then I went to Add Noise and changed the amount to 400% and made it monochromatic. Then I used a Motion Blur with the angle and 90 degrees and skewed the layer so it was slanted. Then I changed the layer mode to vivid light. I made a new layer and did the same thing, but slanted this layer less to create a different effect for the rain.