A Work in Progress: Balloon Girl



This guide was made for entry:
Balloon Girl
In Contest:
balloons


Original image


step 1 of 5

Enlarged the rough mask of the girl several times in 10% increments to get a usable size image

Creation of Balloon Girl: Step 1

step 2 of 5

Refined the masking of the girl

Creation of Balloon Girl: Step 2

step 3 of 5

Masked the strings in the original image

Creation of Balloon Girl: Step 3

step 4 of 5

created a background with various shades of the sampled original image and masked areas to blend it in

Creation of Balloon Girl: Step 4

step 5 of 5

Created ropes drawing straight lines from the hands to the balloons and used inner and outer glows with bevel and emboss to give them some depth

Creation of Balloon Girl: Step 5

Final result

Creation of Balloon Girl: Final Result

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