This guide was made for entry: snake In Contest: mate
Original image
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using the pen tool i selected and cut everything up into separate layers
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then used filters to give it a texture and free transformed a duplicate to wrap around the original layers to shape it back down to the original size using the 'warp' feature from the free transform menu
step 3 of 5
repeated the same steps to create a head and eye for the snake
step 4 of 5
cut up the 'stem' into sections with individual layers then reshaped them by using free transform and warp
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once i had the shape of the snake together i then drew tongue with the pen and brush tools