A Work in Progress: Cowbarn at the County Fair



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Basic background source photo of cow and stalls.

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Rocking horse (my own) source

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Cat source photo (my own)

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Chairs and barrel source (my own)

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No smoking sign source photo (my own)

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Prize Ribbon source (my own)

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Source for scales and oi lamp (my own)

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Stained glass window source (my own)

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Source mouse photo (my own)

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Dolls source photo (my own)

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Yarn basket source photo (my own)

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Source for hershey bar, truck, and pretzel can (my own)

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Source for Railway Express sign (my own)

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Typewriter source photo (my own)

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Lawyer Sign source photo (my own)

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Jug, hat, and ribbon stack source photo (my own)

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Polish chicken source - jeti at flckr.com

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I started with a giraffe and chicken, both lassoed from sources then scaled to size. Later on, I decided to take out the giraffe and keep just the original cows in.

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Hat and jug are chopped and added, rotating and scaling to size as needed. Burn and dodge tools are used for putting in highlights and shadows. I used a violin at the beginning, but this I also will rule out later and remove. Just decided to keep the country theme.

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Law office sign is distorted and scaled next to fit at the right angle. The soup mug is also scaled to fit on the wall.

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Now the rocking horse is set into a space toward the back and it is scaled down then darkened to match light sources of the area.

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The Hershey bar is added on one of the barns at top, using distort and scale tool to get proper angle. Stained glass is also resized and angled to fit into the space beyond the rocking horse, then darkened to match surroundings.

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Chairs and keg with checkerboard are removed w lasso tool and placed near foreground, then red checkerboard at back of source is removed and placed at top on one of the barns, scaling and distorting until it fits at right angle.

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Dolls, basket of yarn, prize ribbons, and lamp are all lassoed and sized to areas where they will fit. Dodge and burn tools are used to add shadows and highlights.

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Here black cat has been chopped with background eraser tool, no smoking sign has been chopped and fit behind flour sack, sign with train has been fit onto wall, and toy truck has been added toward the back.

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Last of all the mice are scaled, duplicated and flipped to place in barrel hole, scale, behind ribbons, next to cow, on pretzel can, and coming out of feed sack.

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Final result

Creation of Cowbarn at the County Fair: Final Result

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