A Work in Progress: Archangel



This guide was made for entry:
Archangel
In Contest:
jesus cross


Original image


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Rough sketch of the archangel and part of the cross that I used for the wings.

Creation of Archangel: Step 1

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Cut pasted the pieces in new layers to create the wings.

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Creating the wings

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Liquify tool. To make parts of the ribbon transparent I duplicated the layer, set properties with transparency to 60%, and then erased parts of the 100% visible layer.

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Cut pasted a white part of the church. Then with liquify tool I transformed it to body and face. Used dodge burn for volume.

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For the background I used the gradient tool and then began to dodge an burn.

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Desaturated the layer.

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Added new layer with overlay properties and filled it with gradient tool. Some dodge and burn here too.

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Now the angel looks something like that.

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For the hair I used this part of the cross, cut and pasted, liquified many times. Also used plastic wrap.

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In a new layer I painted the glow for wings edges and sword.

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New layer on top of all. Properties to overlay. I painted with a soft round brush the glow using fill and transparency at about 54%. Colours: pastel yellow and pastel cyan.

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The painted glow without the angel.

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Final result

Creation of Archangel: Final Result

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thanks very much for taking the time to help other artists grow.

WONDERFUL ...

(5 years and 3649 days ago)
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ponti55 says:

Fantastic entry.. excellent SBS... great, GREAT job!

(5 years and 3649 days ago)