A Work in Progress: fairy slumber



This guide was made for entry:
fairy slumber
In Contest:
water plants


Original image


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starting with the source image, i selected a portion of grass and cut it out....then i masked around the edges a little before beginning to warp and liquify pieces.....

Creation of fairy slumber: Step 1

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this is the bryce model i was working with....

Creation of fairy slumber: Step 2

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here is my wireframe bryce scene, with the model posed and ready to render....

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rendered on black for darker lighting....

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and on white for easy masking....

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to save myself some trouble, i've broken the warped sections up....(there were like 50 layers and i don't want to merge in case i have to do touch ups).....
using liquify, i warped a bunch of peices, making sure to get various textures, then i used warp to shape them to fit around her body.

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used more liquified pieces, larger ones, to create a petal dress around the figure.....

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again, liquified some large pieces, warped one set to curl around her shoulders a little, then i duplicated those and flipped them upside down....

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used more liquified and warped pieces to make wings, duplicated layer and added a light filter then blended....

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cut some edges off one of the liquified pieces, duplicated, merged, repeat...

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used a piece from the petal dress, warped to create hat cover....

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reduced size of hat cover, duplicated five times and made a roundish flower, changed hue and saturation, duplicated flower, arranged, duplicated, added blur to duplicated layer, then used smudge tool to fray out the edges on the flower underneath......

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i grouped all my layers, copied, merged, and added another light filter, then blended....

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on top of a black background. the end.

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original image "Seamless Spiderweb Texture" by `FantasyStock at deviantart.com

i stretched it to fit page, added green light filter and adjusted transparency.

Creation of fairy slumber: Step 15
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Final result

Creation of fairy slumber: Final Result

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