A Work in Progress: Tree Twig Dancers



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Original image


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1. Using magnetic lasso tool, I selected a section of the leaves in the source image.

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Step 1

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2. Then dragged the section to a new canvas.

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Step 2

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3. Using magic eraser tool, I removed the sections of the background that I did not want in the layer.

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Step 3

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4. Using magnetic lasso tool to select the twig for the bodies from the source image and then dragging that section to the blank canvas.

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Step 4

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5. I then dragged the twig, using free transform to adjust each to a twig body part.

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Step 5

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6. Then I merged visible layers to move the twig person into one layer.

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7. I repeated steps 5 and 6 for the second twig body.

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Step 7

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8. Then taking my leaf layer, I dragged it to the first twig person to make a skirt.

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Step 8

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9. After making a skirt, I merged only the leaf layers to reuse.

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Step 9

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10. Using color balance on the leaf layer, adjusted to make yellow.

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11. I then repeated steps 8 and 9, giving both a different colored leaf outfit, using free transform to adjust and position each.

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12. After completing the leaf outfits, I merged all to one single layer.

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13. Taking the original leaf layer and erasing out the extra leaves to give me one single leaf, I then resized to a smaller size and repeated with the yellow leaf.

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14. Duplicating each layer and then placing in rows, then merging visible to drag each row to position in the background layer.

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Final result

Creation of Tree Twig Dancers: Final Result

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