A Work in Progress: Some friends from Africa



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Original image


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A refined sketch

Creation of Some friends from Africa: Step 1

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Use the pentool and thin brushes to draw the shapes.

Use a gradient for the sky and for the ground

Creation of Some friends from Africa: Step 2

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Pick the some parts from the source

Creation of Some friends from Africa: Step 3

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For the sky set the blend mode of the layer to Hard light, increase the contrast and use Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation to change the color. Apply a motion blur to finish.

Use the same part of the sky to give texture to the ground.

Increase the brightness of the boomerang parts and paint over in a new layer to blend them with the sky.

Use the smudge tool to remove the artifacts from the parts used.

Creation of Some friends from Africa: Step 4

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Refine the figures and begin to draw the shadows with soft brushes in multiply mode

Creation of Some friends from Africa: Step 5

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Improve the shadows and add some highlights also in overlay mode to finish.

Creation of Some friends from Africa: Step 6

Final result

Creation of Some friends from Africa: Final Result

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