A Work in Progress: Solar Butterfly



This guide was made for entry:
Solar Butterfly
In Contest:
sunflower seeds


Original image


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starting background

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 1

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adding some detail to the background

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 2

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made planet by making a circle cut out of sunflower seeds, then blurred it and used hue and saturation, then did dodge and burn

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 3

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used glowing edges on the sunflower

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 4

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turned the sunflower into butterfly wings, using edit - transform - warp

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 5

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made second set of wings

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 6

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added body to butterfly

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 7

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added a second sunflower to act like a flower the butterfly was hovering over

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 8

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added legs and played with modes to get the look I wanted

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 9

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made the planet from the sunflower, using this method. cut a circle out from the seed area

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 10

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sized circle

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 11

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used radial blur, and colored slightly

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Step 12

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fiddled some more with color and modes

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did shading and highlight on planet

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planet done

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Final result

Creation of Solar Butterfly: Final Result

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