This guide was made for entry: Goodbye In Contest: leaves
Original image
step 1 of 10
Started with cutting the biggest leaves. Picked two to make the balloon.
step 2 of 10
Warped a small part to create one stitch. Duplicated this many times. For every duplicate little changes so the whole set of stitches is not too regular.
step 3 of 10
Added a background and started work on the "basket".
step 4 of 10
Added the ropes. Still trying to find a good background (some rendered clouds and gradient fills).
Also added shadows for the stitches.
step 5 of 10
Added the basic shape of our little hero. Blurred the stitch-shadows.
step 6 of 10
Own photo of leaves in the park.
step 7 of 10
Added the friends.
step 8 of 10
Changed the gradient for the background and added light beams.
step 9 of 10
Some foreground items added to give depth. A little work on the shadows.
step 10 of 10
Tried to improve the image by a more diagonal composition.
Changed the light beams for this and added some leaves in the background.