A Work in Progress: Open Water



This guide was made for entry:
Open Water
In Contest:
indian statue


Original image


step 1 of 14

made the canoe part of out the top wood area

Creation of Open Water: Step 1

step 2 of 14

added the edging of the canoe out of the top part as well

Creation of Open Water: Step 2

step 3 of 14

used the blue in the top for the water and used the liquefy tools to give it a water look with a bit of blur

Creation of Open Water: Step 3

step 4 of 14

used the part for canoe and just free transformed the area to be the front portion

Creation of Open Water: Step 4

step 5 of 14

Duplicated the front and back and merged together

Creation of Open Water: Step 5

step 6 of 14

used the top layer of wood for the lighter outer edging

Creation of Open Water: Step 6

step 7 of 14

doubled these and merged for the edging

Creation of Open Water: Step 7

step 8 of 14

made copy of canoe and flipped over and brought down exposure for shadow of the canoe

Creation of Open Water: Step 8

step 9 of 14

added my water layers to each side and merged

Creation of Open Water: Step 9

step 10 of 14

used the liquefy tool for water

Creation of Open Water: Step 10

step 11 of 14

finished the crop out of the Indian and then used the lens correction to position more for inside the canoe

Creation of Open Water: Step 11

step 12 of 14

added top portion of the Indian in to the canoe and gave shadow as well of the Indian.

Creation of Open Water: Step 12

step 13 of 14

Then used a gradient background to drop in and adjusted color to my liking

Creation of Open Water: Step 13

step 14 of 14

Then just added in some clouds with cloud brush

Creation of Open Water: Step 14

Final result

Creation of Open Water: Final Result

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