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Shaved Initials in Hair

Have you ever seen someone who has intials shaved in their hair. Regardless of whether or not you think this is cool to do, it is something you might like to learn to do with Photoshop. The great thing is that you can do it as a practical joke on your friend by shaving some words that are poking fun.

1. Open a photograph of the back of the person's head in Photoshop.

2. Select Eyedropper Tool.
3. Click on an area of the skin from the person's photo so that it is the foreground color.

4. Select the Type tool. 5. Type out the letters for initials.

6. Right click the layer with the type from the Layers Palette. Select "rasterize" from the pop-up menu list.
7. Goto Filter > Liquify.
8. Choose an appropriate brush size and begin pushing the type in a way that works with the contours of the back of the person's head.

9. Click OK to get out of Liquify mode. You should begin to have your shaved initials.

10. Double click the layer with the type to enter the Layer's Properties.
11. Change the "Inner Shadow" properties to the following:

12. Click ok to exit the Layer Properties and you should now have your shaved initials effect.