Madison Miller: May 2013

Step 1: Open photo. Change width value to 2000.

Step 2: Use the lasso tool to select the head and add a layer mask. This is the "lady black layer".

Step 3: Select the lady's layer (not the mask) and change the threshold value to 90.

Step 4: Having black as the foreground colour, got to colour range and change the fuzziness to 200.

Step 5: Create new layer and use a black brush to paint over any white parts (like in the hair) that are unwanted.

Step 6: Create a new layer, fill it with white, and move it to the bottom.

Step 7: Create a new layer and use splatter brushes to paint around the hair.

Step 8: Paste in a grunge texture. With the texture layer selected, command+click on the "lady black" layer to select its pixels. Then shift+control+click on the layer with the paint splatter to also choose their pixels.

Step 9: Add a layer mask to the texture layer. Now all the layers except for the texture layer and the white layer can be hidden.

Step 10: Now for the last step you can add a gradient adjustment layer to add some colour to your texture. You can choose one of the default gradients or you can make your own. Set the gradient layer to overlay.