A Work in Progress: The Zoo!



This guide was made for entry:
The Zoo!
In Contest:
entrance exit


Original image


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I cutted out the Giraffe and placed it into the project.

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 1

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Then i select the Giraffe and maked a new layer. That layer i filled black and distorted that to create shadow. Some gaussian Blur make it more realistic.

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 2

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Then i remaked the sign, by create a square selection and filled it with black and retyped the letters 'Zoo' - 'Exit'.
Also i took the Giraffe selection and gave this a white fill and placed this into the sign as well.

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 3

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Into the mirror of the theater cassier i paste a copie of the sign and gave it an light color blendmode and also some gaussian Blur :

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 4

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I also replaced the other sign at the right and also mirrored this one into the glass :

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 5

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Then i added the Pelican into the project :

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 6

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Also the pelican shadow. Mirror it with the steps i discussed earlier :

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 7

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With some shadow/higlight adjustments i tried to make the project real.. Play with those settings. Then i merge all the layers and copied that layer. The top layer i gave 40% opacity, Overlay in Blendmode and the Smudge Stick filter :

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 8

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The original photo's i used in the project, photographed by me:

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The original photo's i used in the project, photographed by me:

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The original photo's i used in the project, photographed by me:

Creation of The Zoo!: Step 11

Final result

Creation of The Zoo!: Final Result

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