Name:______Hour: _____(Rev.2012)

MONSTER PROJECT
HAVE FUN, CREEPY KIDS!!!!

Suggested Steps to Begin:

  1. Draw the name of a classmate. I drew: ______(name)
  2. Pick a background (high quality, large image). There are some in the “spookybg” folder or find your own.
  3. Take a few photos (full length) of classmate in a pose. Use flash! Get hair out of face as much as possible.
  4. In PS, open background. Print preview to be sure it’s not small. Drag classmate over to the monster background and resize.
  5. Select the classmate and then add a mask to remove their background.Touch up the mask.
  6. Begin other changes—liquefy, patch/clone stamp, add elements, textures, color changes, etc.
  7. At very end, do a Levels adjustment to the entire project (no clipping mask)to make it darker/more contrast.

Requirement / Points / Deductions
Includes a classmate as the zombie/monster figure –high quality! --at least waist up! / 10
Uses appropriate background image (haunted house, forest, etc.) --appropriate size / 10
Quality of selections (mask or other selection tool used carefully—very picky on this… don’t go to the eraser!) / 10
Utilized at least THREE “horror” Photoshop effects (adjustment layers, blending modes, special brushes/cracks/blood, liquefy filter, patch, clone stamp, etc.)
LIST YOUR EFFECTS and WHAT YOU DID WHEREHERE!!! The more, the better! / 20

FILL
THAT
OUT!!
Added additional item to monster (feather edge if on skin and blend or color match/adjust carefully; examples--tail, horns, animal part—nose, eyes, teeth, open wound, stitches, etc.) / 10
Creativity / 10
Overall quality (make it look real and scary!) Touch up on masks! Color match! / 10
Turned in on time with peer review complete / 10
Printed in color, stapled to this sheet, centered on the page (make sure it all fits!) / 10
TOTAL (Remember to Save to Web/Portfolio) / 100 +

**Text is optional; you may add a “spooky” title to the finished project, if desired**

If you downloaded any special brushes or fonts, list those things below (cuz you are KEWL!):

  1. 3.
  2. 4.

About Brushes—Remember to OPEN the zip file, EXTRACT all files, and copy/paste the Brushes/ABR file to a folder so you can load the brush or use Brushes folder on Z drive.

(may have to close and reopen Photoshop to find it)

Websites for fonts-- (click Horror) or (click Scary)

OPEN the zip file, Extract all files and click next until finished, then double click the TT icon and Install

Staple this sheet to your finished product. FILL OUT THE SCORING GUIDE!!! If you finish early, try to make a monster or vampire out of yourself, your teacher, or a celebrity. Have fun with it! 

PEER REVIEW: Monster Project

Creator of Doom:______

Monster Person:______

Is background image appropriate? (Halloween, scary, etc., or just plain black?) / YES NO
NOTE:
Cropping job—Is the cropping high quality and no “pieces” are missing? / YES NO
NOTE:
Are various effects used / YES NO
NOTE:
Includes a title or text with your MONSTER MOVIE name and uses creepy fonts… bloody text…etc. / YES NO
NOTE:
Suggestion for Name:
Creativity—Is the project creative? Does it use good PS techniques? / YES NO
NOTE:
Overall quality—Does it look real and scary? / YES NO
NOTE:
Other suggestions? What would Mrs. Skinner say?
NOTE:
Is the project finished yet?
NOTE: / YES NO
Grade right now (look at scoring guide—now what you would give it, but what the teacher would probably think) / A B C Incomplete

Signature of Monster:______Date:______