A Work in Progress: Just a snack!



This guide was made for entry:
Just a snack!
In Contest:
butter cup


Original image


step 1 of 17

Started with light yellow to dark yellow gradient

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 1

step 2 of 17

using soft eraser I made the image an uneven fit, added some burn to create more shadow

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 2

step 3 of 17

made rough selection using pen tool and filled with light yellow, used dodge tool to add highlights

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 3

step 4 of 17

with freehand soft brush I roughly painted the edge of the cup

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 4

step 5 of 17

set that layer to 40% opacity

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 5

step 6 of 17

painted on the same yellow with soft brush onto the knife

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 6

step 7 of 17

made selection using pen tool of what I thought was a good scrape shape

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 7

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used dodge tool along the top edges to add highlight

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 8

step 9 of 17

then burn tool to add depth and shadow

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 9

step 10 of 17

used selection of external source and resized

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 10

step 11 of 17

used liquify to distort image to shape, used eraser on any harsh edges

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 11

step 12 of 17

added same image (resized) to the knife handle

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 12

step 13 of 17

added a little blur and reduced opacity to 50%

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 13

step 14 of 17

went back to the knife and used very small smudge brush to indent the butter, added subtle highlights with dodge tool

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 14

step 15 of 17

made a deep dark yellow selection over the bottle

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 15

step 16 of 17

I then copied the layer resized smaller, coppied again and resized smaller each narrowing into the centre of the bottle

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 16

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set all 3 selections to "overlay" to give a cloudy oil effect

Creation of Just a snack!: Step 17

Final result

Creation of Just a snack!: Final Result

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