A Work in Progress: Tool Swap



This guide was made for entry:
Tool Swap
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Original image


step 1 of 6

First, I covered in white some areas in the image that will be visibly affected when I start cutting out the tool parts.

Creation of Tool Swap: Step 1

step 2 of 6

I "reconstructed" (or rather invented lol) the lines on the paper with pencil tool.
(The colored lines in the image have been highlighted to reveal which parts were reconstructed.)

Creation of Tool Swap: Step 2

step 3 of 6

The hollowed out areas show which parts were cut off from the original image. I simply duplicated the layers and cut off a part of the tool for each duplicate.
Figure A - comes from the pen tip
Figure B - comes from tape measure
Figure C - Cutter blade (I duplicated this layer again and again to make the blade longer.)
Figure D - the hammer's head

Creation of Tool Swap: Step 3

step 4 of 6

Position the cut out parts in their new places. I used the marquee tool to cut out the excess parts and reveal only the ones that are necessary

Creation of Tool Swap: Step 4

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Add in some shadows on the newly added parts. Drop shadow was used in this work.. I just changed the direction to mimick the image's other shadows and lowered the opacity.
Additional: I also created a highlighted line on the pencil to match the highlight on the attached hammer head. (Here's how I did it: Just a white line drawn with a pencil, gaussian blurred then set to a low opacity.)

Creation of Tool Swap: Step 5

step 6 of 6

With a combination of gradient, orange-colored fill and clouds set to low opacity, I added this piece of work's final touch. :) That's it.

(You may have known easier steps to do this.. This just my interpretation. Please send me a pm if you can suggest easier methods. Thanks! ^___^ )

Creation of Tool Swap: Step 6

Final result

Creation of Tool Swap: Final Result

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