A Work in Progress: finding it's all an illusion



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step 1 of 9

black background

Creation of finding it's all an illusion: Step 1

step 2 of 9

masked out ladder from "Apple Ladder" by =Della-Stock at deviantart.com....duplicated, adjusted levels, and blended to darken appearance

Creation of finding it's all an illusion: Step 2
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step 3 of 9

placed image "Dramatic Sky" - I by *MattTheSamurai at deviantart.com...stretched to fit, and on another layer, i used "Decay Brushes" by ~Leichnam at deviantart.com and "Shatter v2 -New-" brushes by =archaii at devianart.com to create the crack in the sky, then i blended on darken and merged.

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step 4 of 9

i selected the white inner area of the crack, and cut it out of my sky background, leaving a black fill underneath

Creation of finding it's all an illusion: Step 4

step 5 of 9

again, i selected the white inner layer, copied, and cloned some more cloud color in, then i selected small pieces from that, which i gave a drop shadow and bevel to, to create the shattered pieces...

Creation of finding it's all an illusion: Step 5

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masked out little Jordan from "Reaching" by ~DawnAllynnStock at deviantart.com....duplicated layer, blurred, blended, then gave a light filter to the bottom layer....

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original image: "Reaching" by ~DawnAllynnStock at deviantart.com

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step 8 of 9

original image: "Dramatic Sky - I" by *MattTheSamurai at devianart.com

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original image: "Apple Ladder" by =Della-Stock at deviantart.com

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Final result

Creation of finding it's all an illusion: Final Result

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