A Work in Progress: Stay in there



This guide was made for entry:
Stay in there
In Contest:
hidden elephant


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Sources used.

Creation of Stay in there: Step 1

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Started with the phonebox image as it was to be my background. I increased the canvas size to allow space for my other sources.

Creation of Stay in there: Step 2

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I copied a section on the left and flipped it horizontally and then stretched it out. I was not concerned with the fact that it looked flipped as most would be covered by other images.

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Next I did a rough cutout of my elephant. I resized him and placed him into position. I needed the head and leg to be out of the phonebox.

Creation of Stay in there: Step 4

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Next I used a layer mask for the elephant part which was outside the phonebox.

Creation of Stay in there: Step 5

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Using another copy of the elephant on a separate layer, I masked out the body section. I then squeezed it into the phonebox and masked it behind the door panels. I then lowered the opacity so that it looked like it was behind the glass.

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Next I cloned out the visible parts of the guy.

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Since the guy was still visible in the thin glass panels, I copy/pasted the top panel to all the others ones below, transformed them and masked them in.

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Next step was to mask out the girl and bring her into the scene. She was flipped and resized.

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I then made some color adjustments on the girl to try and match her in better to the image.

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I then darkened the inside of the phonebox (as it would be shadowed by the elephant). I also placed a shadow below his ear on the door and a shadow his body from the door.

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I then added shadows for the elephant and girl. I also placed some shading where the girl is touching the elephant.

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I finished by cropping the image and adding some color adjustments.

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Final result

Creation of Stay in there: Final Result

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