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.
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.
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.
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%.