A Work in Progress: Sharkman



This guide was made for entry:
Sharkman
In Contest:
water creatures


step 1 of 7

Started with the water as background and added the shark (removed shark background by using a simple mask).

Creation of Sharkman: Step 1
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step 2 of 7

In addition to the shark also added the diver picture and using a mask removed the parts not necessary.

Only legs needed for the sharkman body.

Creation of Sharkman: Step 2
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step 3 of 7

Added both the diver and shark and made them one sea creature.

Creation of Sharkman: Step 3

step 4 of 7

The shark must have some kind of effect to show it's anger. Therefore I added a kind of bubble image to accomplish this effect.

Still no effort of combining it to a whole. First create basic composition and add necessary components for the creature.

Creation of Sharkman: Step 4
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step 5 of 7

Using different techniques like:

blending options, change of brightness and contrast, changing highlights with the dodge tool made the creature blend in to the sea and into one animal instead of loose images copied together.

Creation of Sharkman: Step 5

step 6 of 7

Only the beast is a bit lonely so added a little sea animal.

Creation of Sharkman: Step 6
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step 7 of 7

Needed to blend in more so made it smaller, used blending options, duplicated layers and blurring to blend it into the background and whole of image more.

Added some more bubbles and there the little fish scared by our creature!

Creation of Sharkman: Step 7

Final result

Creation of Sharkman: Final Result

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