Help with making this effect look more realistic

[Tygra]

Hi guys,

I am trying create a similar effect on my predator image (the first image) as it is in the photograph from the movie (the second image), where there are link blue sparks of electricity. I know it looks very different at the moment, but I am trying to make it look more realistic. At the moment the blue sparks on the first image looks like it is just pasted over the top of predator, as opposed to making it look like it is actually on his body.

Do you guys know what technique I could use to make it look like the blue sparks are actually on his body?

Many thanks.

[sallyanne]

   
What I did was open a picture of the predator. Make a selection around it (background was easier for me as it was one colour) then invert that selection. Add a transparent layer and use the sparks brush to draw your sparks where you want them. The brush is yellow so you will have to change the colour in colourize to the colour you want your sparks to be. Then while the top layer is selected change the layer mode to 'grain merge' This should give you the expected result.