312 Turning a photo into a giant mural

…Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…A few weeks back, my youngest son Sam had an art project at school.…And the assignment was to take a photograph…of himself, which I shot here in the studio,.…And then draw a crazy background inside of…Photoshop and then mask himself against that background.…And I think he did a pretty good job.…I didn't do anything, I just offered advice.…But then I thought, wouldn't it be fun to take…this idea and turn it into something that you guys.…Might get a kick out of.…

So I took this photograph and you can take any portrait shot you like and then turn…it into a gigantic mural painted on the side of a warehouse wall.…Sort of a city beatification process and you can see all these bricks and this…paint inside of Sam's face here and we even have a door into the warehouse.…Here, let me show you exactly.…How it works.…All right, here is the final version of the effect.…Just so that you have a chance to see it on screen.…We're going to start off inside of this file which features…