31 thoughts on “What is that this impact known as??”

  1. Unfortunately, I do not know (also do not think there is) any automated program to do this for you easily. But still, This can be done quite easily in Photoshop based on how comfortable you are with the software.

    1- Clean up the photos you want to use. Pay attention to how the designer cut each photo to give the illusion of Matroska (even though Matroska is vertically closed)

    2-Position the photos that are cleaned and cut in half just like in this example (not a straight cut). For each person, you need only one half, and then you copy one more, flip horizontally. If you look at the poster left and right sides of the face are the same.

    3-Then, You need to give drop shadow. If you set the angle right it might be quick. But if I was the one designing this, I would manually create the shadows by duplicating each image, painting with black, applying Gaussian blur, using multiply as layer mode, and positioning until it looked like a natural shadow.

    5- Next, there is a subtle edge effect with a stroke and the parts looking like inside of the head. For the stroke, you need to work with a small brush (it will require patience :)) for the interior surface, try to find a cardboard texture and try to montage manually. You need to get crafty for these last two parts, Cut, combine, erase, paint until you get the desired result.
    6- Lastly, you can play with the color correction, bing a background (on this poster the designer used a wall texture).

    You may spend the entire day to get a satisfying result. I hope it helps, good luck.

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  2. It’s a concept, not an effect. Not knowing at all what the show is about, my assumption is that it ties into some meaning about the character. At the risk of sounding pedantic, I would avoid using this in one of your own designs, unless you simply want to practice your Photoshop skills.

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  3. If you’re looking for more – this composition style has been heavily popularized with Instagram designers in the last few years by magidel Lopez’s dailies. He used to do a ton with this effect (but way more stylized)

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