A Work in Progress: Horse Tail Dragon



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Horse Tail Dragon
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horse tail


Original image


step 1 of 8

rearanged the shroom to get a dragon.....this was my first idea

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Step 1

step 2 of 8

This is what i came up with after doing some saturation changes using the layer mask techniques

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Step 2

step 3 of 8

I wasnt happy after looking more closely at what i had done so I went back a step and tore the head off and rearranged the body

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Step 3

step 4 of 8

I made a new head from the shroom parts and drew in the eyes

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Step 4

step 5 of 8

I needed rocks so I used this shot of mine from Castle Craggs park in Nor. Cal.
I used live trace on the photo to simplify the rocks and remove the sky

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Step 5

step 6 of 8

I wanted some sky so I used another sunrise photo of mine.
here it is in all its uncut glory

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Step 6

step 7 of 8

Combining the rocks with the sunset I then placed the dragon onto the new background

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Step 7

step 8 of 8

Using hue and saturation chages to get the image dark enough to my liking I then used a lens flare in the sky and painted in the starts , teeth and finished the eyes.

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Step 8

Final result

Creation of Horse Tail Dragon: Final Result

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Comments

author says:

hope you like it, this took me forever

(5 years and 3592 days ago)