Verbal Abuse

I selected the lips from the original photo, deleted the background, smoothed the edges with Refine Edges and Eraser Tool, and created a new layer with the new selection, which I colored red with the Brush Tool. I then used the Filter "Poster Edges" to give it a harder look and used the Burn Tool to make the line between the lips as well as the lips themselves darker. I also added the Dissolve layering effect.

 

I selected the lines of the text bubble in the same way and colored them red. I added the Dissolve layering effect.

 

I used the Dissolve layering effect on the paragraph of text and 95% opacity to show how verbal abuse distorts the victim's viewpoint and mentality. The words looked more distorted on Photoshop, actually.

 

I used a linear gradient background of scale 1000%.

 

Credit: Lips by Carina Suarez (Me) flic.kr/p/rbRLxQ

no hype by Paul Clement flic.kr/p/7fyZon

 

Rule of thirds: the word "abuse" and the sentence in red "it's your own fault" are at intersections.

This image is purposefully dark to match its subject matter.

Done