A Work in Progress: Burrrrrp!

This guide was made for entry:
Burrrrrp!
In Contest:
attacking objects

step 1 of 20

I searched sxc for something suitable and found this waste paper bin and looking at it I could see a face.

Thank you to mzacha

sources used for this step:

: source

step 2 of 20

I made a selection of the side of the lid, duped to a new layer, rotated and skewed.

step 3 of 20

I did the same with the top part of the lid and used the clone tool to fill in the areas.

step 4 of 20

next I used the pen tool to create a shape and filled with black.

step 5 of 20

I made a selection of the blue bin and stretched using the transform tool, to create the illusion of an open lid.

step 6 of 20

I selected the chute, duped to another layer and using the warp tool I shaped one eye. I used the clone tool to cover up the original chute.

step 7 of 20

I duped my eye and moved to the right.

step 8 of 20

I wanted glass teeth and found this pic on sxc.
Thank you sundstrom

sources used for this step:

1: source 1

step 9 of 20

I cutout the pieces with the pen tool.

step 10 of 20

I got my glass pieces into position.

step 11 of 20

I masked my glass pieces and duped onto another layer.
Top layer at 70%
Bottom layer 30%
I painted in the middle of each glass piece on the top layer to create more transparency whilst keeping a stronger highlight on the edges.

step 12 of 20

I didn't like the colour of the bin and wanted it to look more sickly, so I colorized with a yellow.

step 13 of 20

I used cflorinc's 'grunge car pic for the background.

sources used for this step:

2: source 2

step 14 of 20

I wanted a subject to put into the pic but couldn't find anything I liked, so I took some pics of myself and my favourite sandals that I usually wear with socks and shorts. (note for G-Man)

step 15 of 20

I got my pics in place.

step 16 of 20

I added layer masks.

step 17 of 20

I added some shadow.

step 18 of 20

Next I wanted to create a darker feel to the pic so used levels.

step 19 of 20

added contrast with curves.

step 20 of 20

I added some more shadow.
Finally I made a new layer to merge all into (command+alt+shift+E) and selected filter-render-lighting effects and added a spot light to the scene.

Final result

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Score: 9.33

Comments

ice says:

Excellent guide. Thank you for explaining each step with a photo!

(5 years and 3715 days ago)

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