A Work in Progress: Vulcan Blackbird



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Vulcan Blackbird
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mixed manipulations 2


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The sky was masked, layer duplicated and blend set to multiply. Then the 2 layers were merged and adjustments to levels and color balance was done.

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 1

step 2 of 11

A gradient layer was layed down for the background. The aircraft was extracted with pen tool. The SR-71 was treated with adjustments to the levels and curves.

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 2

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Some more clouds (taken from original sky source) added. Stars and comet along with vapor trail was painted in.

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 3

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Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 4

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The planet was painted in CS5. I made a texture from this source.

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 5
sources used for this step:

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brush was set to paint texture.

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 6

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Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 7

step 8 of 11

adding some atmosphere to my planet

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 8

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With the emboss filter I added some depth to planet

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 9

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Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 10

step 11 of 11

Planet added to scene. Adjustments made. The other planets are the same one just different sizes and hue/sat

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Step 11

Final result

Creation of Vulcan Blackbird: Final Result

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