Composite image - Cursed

A composite image consisting of the following elements: The person, the pentagram on his forehead plus the scar on his neck. Both the right and left shoulder was originally left out of the original stockphoto, so they had to be made from other parts of his sweater. The background image was found on a stockphoto site. 

First off, the image of the person was warped a bit to make his facial expression. 

The light effects were added: A bright light source simulating a backlight was placed on the background. Then rim lights on both shoulders and on his side of the face and nose were painted on. Finally the main spotlight washing out the details was supplemented. Shadows and dark areas were also done in coordination with the spotlight. 

Some retouching of the eyes and skin were done, plus the knitted pattern in the sweater in order to merge the added shoulders with the original. 

Finally, the different elements of the image was blended together with a mix of color correction, blurring and also feathering certain areas of the masks. 

At the final stage, some selective sharpening on the face, a depth of field-filter on the rest of the image plus film grain reticulation was mixed in.