A Work in Progress: My egg



This guide was made for entry:
My egg
In Contest:
straw bales


Original image


step 1 of 10

First take a few parts out of the bales. Flip and rotate until you get something like this image. Select some "holes" on the sides and delete them.

Creation of My egg: Step 1

step 2 of 10

Rotate and warp a few parts to get a more "round" nest. Also delete some "more holes".

Creation of My egg: Step 2

step 3 of 10

Delete some more "holes" and use dogde/burn to make it more realistic.

Creation of My egg: Step 3

step 4 of 10

Did some more dodging and burning.

Creation of My egg: Step 4

step 5 of 10

Create the egg shape with the pen tool or whatever you like.
Darken the lower and right part of the egg.

Creation of My egg: Step 5

step 6 of 10

Darkened a few more spots to make it more realistic.

Creation of My egg: Step 6

step 7 of 10

Make a selection of the egg create a new layer and fill it with a colour of the nest. Set the layer to colour.

Creation of My egg: Step 7

step 8 of 10

Copy the front part of the nest and lay it over the egg. Cut out "holes" to make it realistic.

Creation of My egg: Step 8

step 9 of 10

Copy the layer of the new nest part that's covering the egg. Place it under the layer you just copied.
Use the layer effects window to give a colour overlay "black". Set it to multiply and 30% transparancy.

Creation of My egg: Step 9

step 10 of 10

Insert the duck. Copy the nest and duck and create the shadows the same way you made the other shadow. Gaussian blur the layers.

I made the background with the shape of the egg, I made it a lot bigger and blurred I brushed the rest of the colours.

Creation of My egg: Step 10

Final result

Creation of My egg: Final Result

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