Eye burn

[Nico]

Hello !

This time, I come back to you for making a burn on the eye of a character. I have a image and I would like a burn on the left eye until his ear, on the right. A burn mark.

I tried some things but it's hard to have a "beautiful" result.

My orginal image :

https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/bv6j.png

My attempts :

https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/y7io.jpg

https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/muys.jpg

I know, it's a very graphic stuff but maybe you will can help.

Thank you !

[PixLab]

It seems to be an overlay/color to alpha's problem, you would like to remove the yellowish thing which define those straight edges?
if I am right, you are using an image on a layer above to "burn"...? Am I?
If so can you provide us that image that you use to "burn"?

[Nico]

Hello !

No, I didn't use an image on a layer, not really. In fact, I procedeed like that :

- Use acryilic 03 brush with red color to put some "burn marks" : https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/uz97.png

- Erase the red on the hair and on the eye for a more natural result => https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/znwd.png

- Select the "burn marks" with Free Selection, transform to layer one by one and go to G'mic > Colors > Color Blindness > Acromatopsia => https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/dj4d.png

- Then, I set the differents layers mode to "soft light"

- Superimpose the original image on the last image and lower the opacity. This is not exactly the same, I think I forgot a step since my attemps but I can't remember which one : https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/yyg5.png

- And I use smudge to merge the burn mark with the skin. I have some difficult to use this tool so this step is optional.

- The final result => https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/okdu.png

I thought that a burned blue skin would be grey, that's why the burn mark is quite grey.

[PixLab]

Grey? why not but, I would see more something like dark blueish or may be very dark violet?
just because Red burn scars = red blood/red-pink skin...
Look on a black skin, it's not red > https://i0.wp.com/cdn-prod.medicalnewsto...jpg?w=1845

[Nico]

Oooh yup ! it's quite difficult because that character has a blue skin and no one irl has a blue skin...naturally. It would be easier if my character had a human skin just like your image.
But yes, I see what you mean. I tried with dark violet but it's looks like a bruise : https://zupimages.net/up/21/30/odnw.jpg
Maybe darker ?

I think I am in progress but I have to improve. Hum, do you know how more merge the burn mark on the skin ? With my last result (and the others) it looks like a paint.

Thanks for your help !

[Krikor]

(07-27-2021, 04:50 PM)Nico Wrote: I think I am in progress but I have to improve. Hum, do you know how more merge the burn mark on the skin ? With my last result (and the others) it looks like a paint.

Maybe applying a bump-map, using the burn-mark as a map can give an interesting effect.

https://ibb.co/g6sXLvn

[Nico]

Oh it's very cool ! Just a question, how applying a bump-map ?

Thanks for your help !

[Krikor]

(07-28-2021, 02:22 PM)Nico Wrote: Oh it's very cool ! Just a question, how applying a bump-map ?

Thanks for your help !

Easy busy
https://youtu.be/YEj6hIUVcUo  -  gimp210 bumpmap

[Nico]

Okey, thank you, this video will be useful !

A last question, did you use my final resultat to do your own result or did you start the burn mark again ? Because I tried and the final result is not exactly the same.

[Krikor]

(07-28-2021, 03:50 PM)Nico Wrote: Okey, thank you, this video will be useful !

A last question, did you use my final resultat to do your own result or did you start the burn mark again ? Because I tried and the final result is not exactly the same.

I started from the initial image and the steps you went through in post #3 using the acryilic 03 brush to make the "burn marks".

At the end I decided to experiment with the bump-map. The result didn't please me very much, but I think it has potential.