A Work in Progress: fairy tree-houses



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fairy tree-houses
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bird house


Original image


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Used a green background layer...

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Overlayed with "Grass" by DaveNeukirch on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidneukirch/2826098046/

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layered some foliage on the side with "Plant 1 PNG" by *Sammykaye1sStamps at deviantart.com

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Brush from "Plant Parts 2" by ~ssumenona at deviantart.com

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More of brush from "Plant Parts 2" by ~ssumenona at deviantart.com

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"Plant 2 PNG" by *Sammykaye1sStamps at deviantart.com

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light filters for lanterns created with Luce by L'amico Perry....

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light filters for lanterns created with Luce by L'amico Perry....

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light filters for lanterns created with Luce by L'amico Perry....

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light filters for lanterns created with Luce by L'amico Perry....

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more of "Plant 1 PNG" by *Sammykaye1sStamps at deviantart.com to add foliage to the other side...

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masked out this plant from "Carnivorous" by ~super-chicken-stock at deviantart.com, distorted slightly...

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duplicated "Carnivorous" by ~super-chicken-stock at deviantart.com and warped again....

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used butterfly from "Fairy Taxi Stock 4" by *Shoofly-Stock at deviantart.com, erased the fairy, and hung lanterns using "Miscellaneous Objects 23" by *unholy-stock at deviantart.com

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butterfly from "Fairy Taxi Stock 4" by *Shoofly-Stock at deviantart.com, erased the fairy, and hung lanterns using "Miscellaneous Objects 23" by *unholy-stock at deviantart.com

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created a fill, used to make shadow of fairy hut on plant....

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created loop for huts using a piece from "Carnivorous" by ~super-chicken-stock at deviantart.com

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also used "Carnivorous" by ~super-chicken-stock at deviantart.com to create vines to hang the huts with....

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i masked out the birdhouse from the source pic...

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created a copy of the top piece, changed hue, and blended with source...

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did the same for the middle section of birdhouse...

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and the grassy top part....
I then added lighting effects to the middle piece and the grassy part...and duplicated the hut

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used some more pieces of stem from "Carnivorous" by ~super-chicken-stock at deviantart.com to create plant loops at top of page...

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then i masked out my fairy from "Fairy Tunes" by ~atistatplay at deviantart.com.....

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duplicated and added green hue and saturation, blended over first layer.....
"Fairy Tunes" by ~atistatplay at deviantart.com

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duplicated layer again and added gaussian blur, blended layers....
"Fairy Tunes" by ~atistatplay at deviantart.com

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added a fill, waped, and lightened for the fairy's shadow.....

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notes to source owners informing them i have used their stock....

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more notes to source owners.....

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I went back into my project and changed some of the color tones, and also added new wings using "Wild Autumn Fairy 4" by *mizzd-stock.....
i duplicated the wings after i masked them out, changed the hue of bottom layer to greenish yellow, and gave it a light filter. layered on linear dodge, and layered the duplicate as was on overlay.

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note to source Wild Autumn Fairy 4 by *mizzd-stock to inform of my use of stock....

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Final result

Creation of fairy tree-houses: Final Result

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