A Work in Progress: castle



This guide was made for entry:
castle
In Contest:
sea gull


Original image


step 1 of 16

first, i cloned out the seagull and desaturated the source image....

Creation of castle: Step 1

step 2 of 16

placed "Cliff" by Auntie P at flickr.com, desaturated, resized, adjusted levels....

Creation of castle: Step 2
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step 3 of 16

duplicated my copy of source, cut out sand, duplicated again, and automerged to get a droplike effect....placed over cliff and masked out as necessary

Creation of castle: Step 3

step 4 of 16

placed "Oregon waterfall - Silver Falls State Park" by (Bill and Mavis) - B&M Photography at Flickr.com, desaturated, masked.....

Creation of castle: Step 4
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step 5 of 16

duplicated source again for more water effect, edged out what wasn't needed....

Creation of castle: Step 5

step 6 of 16

used image from "Dragon Pack" by ~silinias at deviantart.com to create skull frame for waterfall....desaturated and changed levels

Creation of castle: Step 6
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step 7 of 16

duplicated and added dark strokes, layered and lowered opacity.....

Creation of castle: Step 7

step 8 of 16

round green fill with gaussian blur and bevel/emboss for eye....

Creation of castle: Step 8

step 9 of 16

other eye

Creation of castle: Step 9

step 10 of 16

used "Stone Wall 1" by ~tnp651 at deviantart.com, desaturated, changed levels.....duplicated and arranged

Creation of castle: Step 10
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step 11 of 16

"Sleeping Beautys" castle by ~Rivendell-PhotoStock at deviantart.com, desaturated and distorted

Creation of castle: Step 11
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step 12 of 16

duplicated, darkened, added dark strokes and layered on lowered opacity

Creation of castle: Step 12

step 13 of 16

"mountain" by ~Skys-Stock at deviantart.com.... desaturated, changed levels, masked, and placed

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step 14 of 16

duplicated and flipped

Creation of castle: Step 14

step 15 of 16

"Stock - Moon" by ~wachowicz at deviantart.com.....added slight outer glow and a Luce light filter that i faded to a very minimum

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step 16 of 16

blue fill 80 percent layer on color dodge at lowered opacity......

Creation of castle: Step 16

Final result

Creation of castle: Final Result

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