A Work in Progress: Horsefly



This guide was made for entry:
Horsefly
In Contest:
jockey


Original image


step 1 of 8

set a plain blue background and used cloud brushes to paint clouds over the top.

adjusted hue and saturation

Creation of Horsefly: Step 1

step 2 of 8

selected and copied the horse, then used the patch selection to take out the jokey and the saddle.

Creation of Horsefly: Step 2

step 3 of 8

patch healing detail

Creation of Horsefly: Step 3

step 4 of 8

used wing brush in a new screen over a black background then free transformed to rotate into the right position.

Creation of Horsefly: Step 4

step 5 of 8

copied and pasted wing into background and started overlaying color.

Creation of Horsefly: Step 5

step 6 of 8

added horse and other wing--desaturated horse layer and then started overlaying color.

the back hooves ended up getting really blurry so i'll have to figure out how to cover that up.

Creation of Horsefly: Step 6

step 7 of 8

added an extra layer of clouds to hide the blurry mess of back hooves. :P

Creation of Horsefly: Step 7

step 8 of 8

i did this just to show the extra blending done to make that wing look more like part of the horse and not like it was just stamped on top of it. :-)

Creation of Horsefly: Step 8

Final result

Creation of Horsefly: Final Result

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