Comment on Decortication of death by fangedfem
Eew! Where did you take that picture, and why would you touch it?
Hehe - I took the picture of me and then digitally added to it as well. Basically when I do work like this I start out with a photo and get as much into the original photo as possible before taking it into PS- makes it much more realistic that way. On this one I used real blood (cows blood from a butcher), dirt on my face, and a clear gel face mask that peels off like skin when it dries. After I take the picture I bring it into PS to "decay" it even more. A lot of dodging and burning, color adjustment, and sometimes a brush or two.
Oh.... Oh, I didn't know it was a manipulation 
Well, you're pretty darn good at it!
Well, you're pretty darn good at it!Part of it is and the rest is in the original photo. IMO the best way to do a manip is to get as much real in the original photo as possible to avoid having to do too much manipulation. Thank you 
I don't know how to manipulate photos at all. All I can do is just draw with mechanical pencils and (people tell me) shade fairly well. I can't color or anything. But that sounds like it would be easy to do