Was hoping for some help with an odd project of mine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Question#Similarities_to_other_comic_book_characters
Ok, the Question.
I'm trying to figure out how to remove all the features of a face, while
leaving some skin color and texture.
Removing the face, nose, eyes.... eyebrows.... you know...

 

Are you related to Ed Gein?

 

No?

 

Well, sometimes photoshoppers are "copy cats"
But Photoshop, in that regard, is a fairly benign weapon.

Kyuss, in my old PS 6 I'd probably start from scratch, try to create a skin
pattern, draw and fill my featureless face, either over a photo or new, then
use parts of the photo or shade/tint/color to build some features back in to
define jaw line, forehead, whatever.

I'm just guessing though. I don't currently have a good face shot with skin
texture to play with.

inez

 

If I give you a pic... could you use it to demonstrate these methods in a
tutorial,
It sounds tricky, and I've never used photoshop before.

 

Kyuss,

A quick way would be to use the clone tool to copy areas of chin, cheek or
forehead onto the features you want to remove. If you are using CS/CS2 you
could also try the healing brush and patch tools.

MH

 

Rubber stamp.

 

As others have suggested, you might try the stamp tool. In PS 6 though, I
find it dissatisfactory for large areas of skin IF you are talking about a
closeup of skin where you expect to see the texture in print. I used the
stamp a lot for blemish removal, scratches, dust, etc. It really depends on
the degree of realism you're aiming for and how you expect the areas of
deleted features to look. Remember when they removed Neo's mouth in the
Matrix?

You can send me a file if you wish, but I have an ongoing project and I'm
sure it would take me a good deal of time, off and on. I might enjoy the
diversion though If it's hi-rez or a large file you'd have to stuff or zip
it. I'm on slow dialup Slow computer I'm just plain slow

You can e-mail me at (without the spaces):
inez h smith (AT) imagessence (DOT) com

inez