A Work in Progress: Floating Island



This guide was made for entry:
Floating Island
In Contest:
sea lion


Original image


step 1 of 10

I used an own picture of the sea and placed this in the project.

Creation of Floating Island: Step 1

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From this 'own' sea picture i copied the top piece over and mirror it verticaly to create more sky..

Creation of Floating Island: Step 2

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Then i 'pen tool' the sea lion and the beach to make a fine selection.

Creation of Floating Island: Step 3

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Then i select out the rock in the original picture and copied the left side over to the right to make it one piece.

Creation of Floating Island: Step 4

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Mirror copied the rock horizontal.

Creation of Floating Island: Step 5

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Then i used the clone stamp tool on the rock with some cool brushes..

Rons Winter Collection (Royalty Free License)

source :

http://lordofdesign.com/winter-brushes-collection/

Creation of Floating Island: Step 6

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Then i filter the rock with these settings..

Creation of Floating Island: Step 7

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Then i added a lens flare next (little behind) the rock.
And deleted some original shadows.
Also i did some adjustment at the rock with the clone stamp tool.

Creation of Floating Island: Step 8

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Then i selected out the sea lion and create a shadow layer and mirror en distort this shadow layer to create a realistic one.

Creation of Floating Island: Step 9

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My orignal photo i used in the project.

Creation of Floating Island: Step 10

Final result

Creation of Floating Island: Final Result

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