Tigz has used a male model here, and concentrated more on the beard – but the Photoshop techniques described here will work for both male and female subjects, and for hair on the top of their heads, beards and moustaches and elsewhere (for when you need to give your model a Tom Selleck-esque chest wig). You can download the photo Tigz has used here, or you could use your own. We’ve used Adobe Photoshop to complete this process, which is available separately or as part of Adobe Creative Cloud. Some students are eligible for an extended free trial of Creative Cloud, and there are also ways to get Photoshop for free. First, create a new blank layer and set its blending mode to Darken. This will be especially good for the sides of the hair where the hairs are shaved and there is little in the way of detail. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. You want to blur the image until the sharp detail has gone, usually about 4px. This is the layer that holds our colour information. Once Done press OK. This layer holds our texture information. Create a new blank layer between the High Frequency and Low Frequency layers. This layer is where we will non-destructively add in some hair tones to the skin. Choose a soft-edged brush and set the Opacity of your brush to somewhere between 10-20%. Don’t forget to switch your Clone tool’s blending mode back to Normal. And you’re done.
