A Work in Progress: The Proud Peacock



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The Proud Peacock
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leaf closeup


Original image


step 1 of 6

Starting with the leaf go to Image -> Adjustments -> Replace Color

Selection Localized Clusters chose the dropper with the + and start selecting as much as the green as you can till the black and white iamge of the leaf is white with a little bit of black showing.

Then Change the color to dbc294

Creation of The Proud Peacock: Step 1

step 2 of 6

Clipped the peacock and pasted it.

Creation of The Proud Peacock: Step 2

step 3 of 6

Clipped an eye from a tail feather and duplicated it and resized it random across project. Merged all the eyes together Then applied a vector mask and added a gausian blur to the edges of them to make them blend with the leaf.

Creation of The Proud Peacock: Step 3

step 4 of 6

I then duplicated the peacock body, distorted it and painted it black. The added a Gaussian blur to make the shadow illusion.

Creation of The Proud Peacock: Step 4

step 5 of 6

This is my picture of the peacock used before I clipped him out. Taken at Silver Springs, FL. Those suckers will come right up to you wanting goodies lol.

Creation of The Proud Peacock: Step 5

step 6 of 6

Where I got the Tail Feather Eye from, Took a pic of this section of the tail and use it as a desktop wallpaper sometimes.

Creation of The Proud Peacock: Step 6

Final result

Creation of The Proud Peacock: Final Result

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