A Work in Progress: Bizarre Star



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Original Photo

Creation of Bizarre Star: Step 1

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I selected certain parts of the starfish to build the rest of the body.

Creation of Bizarre Star: Step 2

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I added some water drops by using the layer modes and clipping them to fit inside.

Creation of Bizarre Star: Step 3
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Water drops inside borders, inverse (Ctrl + I) then hit delete or backspace.

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I added a filter layer called plastic wrap for some hilighting, then added a mask and l let some of the lowewr layer to come through for shadow.

Creation of Bizarre Star: Step 5

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Final Image, cleaned up some edges, used a bit of dodge and burn tool brush, and some clone stamp. added the eye too.

Creation of Bizarre Star: Step 6

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Eye construction

Creation of Bizarre Star: Step 7

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Noise and Blur

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Overlay layer mode with green and brown layer

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Color behind eye in a multiply layer mode, then opacity turned down.

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Layer for shadow, add hilights and detail.

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Final result

Creation of Bizarre Star: Final Result

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