A Work in Progress: Pull Me Push You

This guide was made for entry:
Pull Me Push You
In Contest:
alpaca

Original image

step 1 of 5

First step was to create a duplicate layer of the original image. I flipped this layer using edit > transform > flip horizontal.

step 2 of 5

I applied a mask to the top layer, masking out the head and front legs.

step 3 of 5

There was some show through from the second layer, so I used the clone stamp in the marked area to hide some of the front legs and fill in some gaps of wool.

step 4 of 5

When I was happy with my masking, I applied cloning to random stones to break up any repeated patterns. Last of all I applied a photo filter adjustment layer to give the image some warmth.

step 5 of 5

My first attempt at this image resulted in a 'mirrored' background effect so I had to solve the problem using my masks more effectively and trying a different technique. I am happy with the result.

Final result

Comments

author says:

Woops! There's a shadow to the left that is out of place. I'll (try to find some time) to fix that and post an modified version. Thx all

(5 years and 3745 days ago)

Pxleyes

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