This guide was made for entry: OMG! In Contest: white bird
Original image
step 1 of 8
Outsource images.
step 2 of 8
Added background.
step 3 of 8
Copied and pasted balloon; removed cockpit.
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Copied, pasted and warped parts of balloon to make it fish-like.
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Copied and pasted the blue elipse of the body and positioned on the eye part. Using elipse and pen tools I drew the eyes and mouth, applying bevel and emboss.
step 6 of 8
Copied, pasted and masked the basket with the crew; as ropes were short, I selected one of them, duplicated and positioned to make them longer.
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Add the bird.
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Duplicated and resized the bird some times. Finished with a shadow for balloon.