A Work in Progress: Goodbye



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Goodbye
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leaves


Original image


step 1 of 10

Started with cutting the biggest leaves. Picked two to make the balloon.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 1

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.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 2

step 3 of 10

Added a background and started work on the "basket".

Creation of Goodbye: Step 3

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.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 4

step 5 of 10

Added the basic shape of our little hero. Blurred the stitch-shadows.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 5

step 6 of 10

Own photo of leaves in the park.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 6

step 7 of 10

Added the friends.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 7

step 8 of 10

Changed the gradient for the background and added light beams.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 8

step 9 of 10

Some foreground items added to give depth. A little work on the shadows.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 9

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.

Creation of Goodbye: Step 10

Final result

Creation of Goodbye: Final Result

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