This guide was made for entry: Astray In Contest: decanter
Original image
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Parts of the source used were extracted
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The next few steps show the creation of the background, the steps are pretty self explanatory.
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Both parts of the source were liquified and warped, highlights and shadows were also changed using the dodge and burn tools to create a more swan-like shape.. still i'm not too happy with it.
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Mor liquifying, more dodging and burning and resizing.
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The outline of the swan was also extracted
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The outline was placed on top of the other swan layer, and the blending mode of the bottom layer was set to Colour Dodge
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reflection
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The background was liquified to show distortion caused by the glass