A Work in Progress: Ant's Picnic



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Ant's Picnic
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Original image


step 1 of 9

Remove the starbucks cup and place it into the main image. Using the warp too give it the look of being crushed. Mask areas of it to allow some of the foliage to show in front of it. Add shadowing and highlights as needed with dodge and burn tools

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 1

step 2 of 9

Remove an ant from it's photo and position it on the cup, using a color overlay to change the color of it.

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 2

step 3 of 9

Remove the doughnut from it's picture and move it over to the main image using warp tool to help it to lay fairly naturally. Mask out some of the sticks and foliage so that it looks like it belongs there.

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 3

step 4 of 9

Add some more ants and then remove the flying dragonfly from it's picture and place it in the main image. masking out the wings with a low opacity to give them a transparent look.

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 4

step 5 of 9

Take the caterpillar from it's pic and position it on the small step in the main image.

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 5

step 6 of 9

You will continue taking images from their original pics and placing them in the main image masking where necessary and burning and dodging to give depth.

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 6

step 7 of 9

Now let's start on creating the rain

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 7

step 8 of 9

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 8

step 9 of 9

Once your steps at creating your rain is complete the final step is to add a curves adjustment layer to give a unifying tone to the entire piece.

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Step 9

Final result

Creation of Ant's Picnic: Final Result

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