A Work in Progress: Birth



This guide was made for entry:
Birth
In Contest:
tennis ball


Original image


step 1 of 7

The image of the lake was used as the base of the entry

Creation of Birth: Step 1

step 2 of 7

I extended the canvas and added the sky, i then used the clone stamp tool to remove the reflection of the original sky. I then duplicated and flipped the replacemtn sky and set the blend mode to Overlay.

Creation of Birth: Step 2

step 3 of 7

Splash masked using channels, hand masked. texture added and ripples added underneath the hand.

Creation of Birth: Step 3

step 4 of 7

Tennis ball added, texture masked and background haze added.

Creation of Birth: Step 4

step 5 of 7

Colour Adjustments

Creation of Birth: Step 5

step 6 of 7

More adjustments, colour balance, curves.

Creation of Birth: Step 6

step 7 of 7

Stringy stuff painted.

Creation of Birth: Step 7

Final result

Creation of Birth: Final Result

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