A Work in Progress: the light within



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the light within
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step 1 of 13

Basic black background layer...

Creation of the light within: Step 1

step 2 of 13

used "Wing" brushes by ~ProphecyGirl at deviantart.com to make a set of wings, which i duplicated first, then added a light filter to the first set after changing the hue and saturation.

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step 3 of 13

placed image "Fireworks 38" by =Disney-Stock at deviantart.com, distorted using spherize and warp tools, duplicated, flipped, and merged....layered on linear dodge and lowered fill opacity....

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step 4 of 13

original image "Fireworks 38" by =Disney-Stock at deviantart.com

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sources used for this step:

step 5 of 13

duplicated wing layer again, applied another light filter to one....

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used another brush, will have to look up source as it's an oldie in my bunch, to create another design, which i added a light filter to, then blended on overlay....

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step 7 of 13

duplicated wing layer, added light filter, gave radial zoom, lowered opacity to 50%....

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step 8 of 13

duplicated that layer and changed hue....kept opacity at 50%....

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another wing layer with a different colored light filter, blended on lighten....

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duplicated layer with radial zoom and gave a gradient fill, layered on color dodge...

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this was on a transparent layer, but too difficult to see, so i saved it on black for visibility. i cut out the woman's shape from one of my old discarded Bryce works, many of which i will be uploading into a stock album.....i resized her and layered on linear dodge, at 64% fill opacity.

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step 12 of 13

original bryce piece, by me......

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step 13 of 13

notes to source owners....notifying them i used their images/brushes....

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Final result

Creation of the light within: Final Result

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