A Work in Progress: There Was a Crooked House



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There Was a Crooked House
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painted penguin


Original image


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Cut out house and liquify to straighten

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 1

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Cut individual part and straighten/liquefy

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 2

step 3 of 19

Copy and overlay brickwork to correct lighting and build house taller

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 3

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Cut our from body of house and add roof with bricks

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 4

step 5 of 19

Cut and twist house (warp and transform), add window and clean up

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 5

step 6 of 19

Clean up and fix edge of house

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 6

step 7 of 19

Cut out water from original image and enlarge. Apply filter - paint dabs

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 7

step 8 of 19

Invert in new layer and apply diffuse glow

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 8

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Invert, stamp visible and overlay on new layer, add adjustment layers to get desire look

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 9

step 10 of 19

Duplicate background layer apply lens blur and fade/blend

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 10

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Bring house into background

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 11

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Apply adjustment layer to colour house to fit/match background

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 12

step 13 of 19

Cut out rock portion of original (enlarged) image and bring into new image. Apply adjustment and cut out and transform to get mountains etc.

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 13

step 14 of 19

Tree for image from my own photos

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 14

step 15 of 19

Cut out and add tree to image. Adjustment layer for colour to match

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 15

step 16 of 19

Add more rocks and mountains

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 16

step 17 of 19

Add shadow for tree and house. Add shadow to side of house

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 17

step 18 of 19

Duplicate house layer twice, invert top layer and change to blend mode Linear Dodge. Gaussian blur. Stamp visible, desaturated new layer, change blend to Multiply and adjust levels to create outline effect. Do same with tree. Delete duplicate layer used to create outline layer

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 18

step 19 of 19

Add grain layer - 50 percent gray, add noise, change to Soft Light blend mode

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Step 19

Final result

Creation of There Was a Crooked House: Final Result

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