Step by step- Typography portrait

Step 1: I selected an image of Liam Neeson and used the dodge tool to edit out the background.

Step 2: I then created a shadows and a midtones layer of my original image and merged the two layers together. 

Step 3: I used three words which I felt best summed up Liam Neeson as an actor and I turned those three words into a brush. 

Step 4: I then created a new layer and used my new brushes to cover my image of Liam Nesson with the words I felt most appropriate. I did this for a while as I needed to make sure that I covered all the right areas of the image with the correct size and colour of text.

Step 5: I then created a new layer and placed it between my text layer and my toned image.

Step 6: I then copied my double toned image and created a mask layer next to my text layer. I then pasted the double toned image into the new mask layer, after that I inverted the double tone image so it looked like it does on the right. 

Step 7: Finally I selected another layer and my layers merged together to create my finished typography portrait that you see on your right.