A Work in Progress: Let me Entertain You!



This guide was made for entry:
Let me Entertain You!
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gumballs


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step 1 of 10

These are my basic gumballs used in creating my clown. I tried to find the best ones from the source image to fit my needs. I wasn't too bothered about their color as I was going to color them as I wanted later on.

Creation of Let me Entertain You!: Step 1

step 2 of 10

Started to recreate the clown trying to keep track of initial image. Basic methods used: warping, resizing, flipping, masking, coloring along the way.

Creation of Let me Entertain You!: Step 2
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step 3 of 10

Continued with same methods described in step 2.

Creation of Let me Entertain You!: Step 3
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step 4 of 10

Added details on head. Same methods as in step 3&4.

Creation of Let me Entertain You!: Step 4
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step 5 of 10

Added low opacity gumballs over the hair and gumballs on the bow tie.

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step 6 of 10

Started to recreate an imaginary backround.
I have reshaped a round blue gumball into a square one, copy/pasted it more times and changed color to light and dark blue for pattern purposes.

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step 7 of 10

Finished the backround and added shadows/brightness and gausian blur.

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step 8 of 10

Added shadows to the clown and the lines around eyes and mouth for better definition.

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step 9 of 10

Added overall gaussian blur, blending mode soft light and also some lights coming from right.

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step 10 of 10

Added high pass filter for high definition. Flattened image, duplicated layer, desaturated it and changed blending mode to overlay to pop up shadows/brightness even more. Lowered opacity down to 50%.

Creation of Let me Entertain You!: Step 10
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Final result

Creation of Let me Entertain You!: Final Result

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