Photoshop Montage

Here is my montage! Created entirely in photoshop in my DMAD 193 class. I think it came out fantastic. I feel I have learned so much in this class... way past the basics now. Since discovering Adobe Illustrator I have generally stuck with it. Now that I have been learning photoshop I think I am going to use it so much more.

I spent a lot of time doing this but here is what I did:

I took a picture of my brother and sister and told them what kind of facial expression I wanted.

I made each of them look zombie-esque. Placed scars on their face and different hair style. I changed the levels of their faces to  make them look pale. I also changed the color of their eyes. After working on their individual picture I turned them into a smart object and placed them into the American gothic painting. I then masked out their bodies. 

In the American gothic painting I took the beautiful blue sky away and replaced it with an apocalyptic background. I then added lots of texture to the houses in the background. I created a broken class effect and placed a frame around the entire thing.  I did lots of curves and level changes to make the entire thing cohesive in terms of color. I had a lot of fun doing this project. 

What do you think?