Photoshop makes my brother become a psycho guy!

[ecols]

Hey there.. Today I got a pic from my bro.. While messing around with color balance, etc I had an idea..
See what came out and suppose some improvements!
You're also welcome to post your own ideas!

Thank You!

Here are the pics:
Original file..
My Idea

greets

ecols

[amica999]

He sure looks....macabre :-)

[ecols]

Oh no.. he's a nice guy..

That's what made him bad:

[0lBaldy]

Hmmm, maybe you could combine yours and mine.

[ChrissyB]

That is so cool!!!

[LaurenW]

how do you get the blood look like that?

[janie]

Wow! Its great and spooky!

[ecols]

Originally Posted by LaurenW

how do you get the blood look like that?

What exactly do You want to know?

[LaurenW]

Originally Posted by ecols

What exactly do You want to know?

everything? lol
ive been trying to get that look for awhile, but i have no idea how :/

[ecols]

took a brush, selected a bloody red brown darkish color, painted, ereased, grunged a bit and blended the layer in "soft light" mode <- my favourit blending mode for quite a few applications.
to get the look right it's important to get the overall mood of the pic - via curves and tones - the desired way.. in fact, the back of his right (left on the pic) hand got like that through color tuning and almost wasn't brushed..

[prizo]

ecols - your version looks great!

[samoflak]

i love this style... great pic man