A Work in Progress: Dancing with the Stars



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Dancing with the Stars
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Great Nubula of Orion source photo

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 1

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Star source photo

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 2

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Figures jumping (star jumping) source photo

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 3

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Flying High sculpture source photo

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 4

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Nebula source is brought into canvas to be used as the background.

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 5

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Sculpture is chopped and moved in and duplications made. They will be scaled to several different sizes and rotated to different angles.

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 6

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Stars are chopped and added then duplicated. they will be placed with dancers after scaling them and spraying with a soft airbrush. More 'starlike' shapes are created by adding lens flares (set at 50)

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 7

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White is airbrushed over stars, then duplications are made and stars are placed in scene as dancers are placed.

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 8

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New figures are chopped from Star Jumping source. They will be stretched similar to original sculpture then duplicated and placed in scene. (Also, they are flipped horizontally and rotated.)

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 9

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Canvas is lengthened now to allow more room for figures so they will not be too close together. Some figures are given a touch more color with hue/sat tool, and also with brightness/contrast tool they will be lightened some to look like some haze is between them and the viewer.

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 10

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Here the final placement of figures has been done, then all layers will be 'merged visible'.

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 11

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Brown filter at 14% and red filter at 43% are added.

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 12

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A scroll like pattern is placed over the entire image and reduced to 4% opacity.

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 13

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Ornamental pattern from my pattern file of my own patterns

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Step 14

Final result

Creation of Dancing with the Stars: Final Result

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