This image was created by Stable Diffusion with the following prompt:
Prompt – smiling businessman, portrait photo
Negative prompts – (worst quality, low quality, normal quality:1.8)
Use the Quick Selection Tool to select the face region except the eyes and the mouth. [Control + C] to copy, and [Control + Shift + V] to paste in place.
Select the newly created layer, and go to [Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate].
Change the blend mode to Overlay.
This image was created by Stable Diffusion with the following prompt:
Prompt – background is a reptile skin
Negative prompts – (worst quality, low quality, normal quality:1.8)
Open the image in Krita.
Type [W] and zoom out with mouse wheel. Select, crop, and save the zoomed out image.
[Control + Select] the newly created layer to select the face region. Paste the skin texture into a new layer, and create a mask to fit the skin texture into the face region like this.
Select the top layer, Right Click, and select Merge Down.
Use the eraser with low opacity to soften the edge of the skin mask like this. (e.g. the top side of the image where we could see a visible line.)
This is the end of the tutorial. 🙂