A Work in Progress: Blinding Beauty



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Blinding Beauty
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exo skeleton


Original image


step 1 of 13

used hue & saturation + contrast

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 1

step 2 of 13

cut away top half of girl and placed on top of exo, used burn tool on highlighted edges of exo

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 2

step 3 of 13

colour matched girl with exo

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 3

step 4 of 13

used mixture of clone and smudge tool to blend together both sources

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 4

step 5 of 13

used smudge tool at 100% opacity to extend hair, switched to smaller soft smudge brush on lower opacity to thin the ends

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 5

step 6 of 13

copied section of snake and placed man between layers, removed unwanted parts with soft eraser

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 6

step 7 of 13

used clone tool on light opacity to extend and blend scales up the body

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 7

step 8 of 13

used liquify tool to open mouth

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 8

step 9 of 13

smudge tool to fill mouth space, clean lip edge and create fangs

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 9

step 10 of 13

copied mansnake layer and added motion blur right-left, used random cloneing on arm shadow to create light scales

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 10

step 11 of 13

warped a selection on a new layer for rough shape of light beam

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 11

step 12 of 13

filled with white to grey gradient, lowered opacity to 60%

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 12

step 13 of 13

used large soft eraser brush to lose the hard edges

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Step 13

Final result

Creation of Blinding Beauty: Final Result

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