A Work in Progress: "where are you?"



This guide was made for entry:
"where are you?"
In Contest:
paper boat


Original image


step 1 of 8

bowl image

Creation of "where are you?": Step 1

step 2 of 8

added the water image, cut out with the elliptical marquee tool the part i needed and then transformed it a bit and positioned inside the bowl. Then made a selection of the bowl and filled it with blue

Creation of "where are you?": Step 2

step 3 of 8

cut the papaer boat from the source image and put it on water. modified the top of the water with liquify. and added part of the water image with blending mode set to color dodge

Creation of "where are you?": Step 3

step 4 of 8

cut out the cat from its background and placed it in scene. then used the smdge tool to create its fur. duplicated the bowl and lowered the opacity. also used the eraser tool

Creation of "where are you?": Step 4

step 5 of 8

well, the cat was kinda` looking in another place so i modified her eyes a bit. made a separate layer with them and used free transform, warp.

Creation of "where are you?": Step 5

step 6 of 8

added the fish, blending mode set to pass through and used the burn tool to add light and shadow

Creation of "where are you?": Step 6

step 7 of 8

added some more "water" around the fish using the dodge blend mode

Creation of "where are you?": Step 7

step 8 of 8

added the paper from the source image, and its shadow on the bowl. made the boat`s reflection. Finally i played a alittle with contrast and levels.

Creation of "where are you?": Step 8

Final result

Creation of "where are you?": Final Result

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