A Work in Progress: sleep, my darling...

This guide was made for entry:
sleep, my darling...
In Contest:
the soul

step 1 of 11

not so much tutorial, more like a CASESTUDY... i wish this site would get it right... sorry, but im not going to make a detailed tutorial on here... therefore i will show you the step by step process it took to make it, also known as a case study. lol. anyway!!! lets get to it, huh?

boring old forest with TOO much green and brown, need to fix that and make it night time-ish

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 1

step 2 of 11

that looks better XD

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 2

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moon rays, not sunrays, silly..

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 3

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added the shadows of the trees on the ground by adding light in between them :D

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 4

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death becomes her... some people dont know this but she was a stripper... not the stock model, the person i made die in the picture... that was back in her teen years though. :( why is she naked in the forest? she was always an odd one.

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 5

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created a reference for the soul by doing a rough crop out, and using the glowing edges filter and turning to black and white with a screen blend mode.

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 6

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added smoke for body

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 7

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made a larger soul part to take the lead and show the way for the rest...

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 8

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added sparkly stuff

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 9

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added lense flare for the flare on the lense when this picture was taken... the flare was caused by the incredible brightness from the soul. it was a strong soul. a survivor of sorts.

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 10

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added ora around the soul.

Creation of sleep, my darling...: Step 11

Final result

Votes

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ponti55
downoffthedragon
Score: 8

Comments

downoffthedragon says:

Well, duh it's not a tutorial. No one said it was. It's an SBS until they ask you to make it a tutorial.

It's funny the way you wrote it, but it didn't really tell me much. So you get a 4 from me, if you even care.

(5 years and 3734 days ago)

author says:

haha... lol

(5 years and 3732 days ago)

Pxleyes

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