Optik Tutorials |

Outcome:

Begin by making a new canvas any size that you would like, I chose 450×120. Fill it with black.

Now insert a stock photo into the center of the document. Don’t worry about the edges not blending in. For the photo I used, click here.

I used another stock photo with some nice blue colors in
it, and then positioned it on the left side of the document. Then get out a
default hard edged size 9 brush, go to Window > Brusges, and apply these
settings to it. To get the stock image I used, click here.

Set the strenth of the brush at 100%, and start smudging the edges of the blue layer so it looks eroded and it starts working its way into the face image.

Now press Ctrl+J to duplicate the blue layer and
then using a softbrush erase the right side and move the duplicated layer towards the center of the document so it fills up the black section of the background layer.

Duplicate the first blue layer then go to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal and then move that layer to the right side like below.

Duplicate the layer that you just flipped and move the new layer towards the center, like you did with the other side. Use a brush to delete the overlap.

Make a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and go to Image>
Apply Image so you have the whole image in one layer. Now go
to Filter>Sketch>Chrome and choose some fitting settings
you like, then Flip/Rotate the layer into a un-noticable
position. Then get out a splatter eraser brush and erase
sections from the center and leave the sections on the outside
of the sig, then turn the layer to Darken at 100% opacity (Layers Window>Change Normal to Darken>Leave opacity at 100%).

Make a new layer and use a soft brush with black and
grey where you would like the lightsource and shadows:

Turn the layer to Overlay 100%.