A Work in Progress: Dancer in the Dark



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Dancer in the Dark
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rudbeckia hirta


Original image


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My first sketch

Creation of Dancer in the Dark: Step 1

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Sencond layer, and create the shape with pen tool.

Creation of Dancer in the Dark: Step 2

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Added skin color to legs, arms and used the source image to the dress

Creation of Dancer in the Dark: Step 3

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I did some color brushes and blended to look like hair... Smudge tool at 85%

Creation of Dancer in the Dark: Step 4

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Dodge and burn on the skin...

Creation of Dancer in the Dark: Step 5

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I used the source again to create a few floating balls on her hand.. then a circle to recreate a bubble..


Creation of Dancer in the Dark: Step 6

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bubble on her hand

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Background and added some texture with a soft brush ( I did this for the red background too )

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Texture to background

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details to face and shadows to background

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White soft brushes around her, and did a zoom blurr to the layer to recreate the effect around her. swirl on her legs was with the pen tool, stroke path, and bevel n emboss with glow effect.

Creation of Dancer in the Dark: Step 11

Final result

Creation of Dancer in the Dark: Final Result

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