Canvas is enlarged first of all and bench is placed for chopping
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Pig bench source photo
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Bench has been duplicated a couple times and placed so that it is longer than in source. Now foreground is filled in with cloning and airbrush.
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Back wall is also enlarged by using the cloning tool, carefully matching the tile seams.
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I decided to fill the left side with ivy. This is done with cloning tool. After ivy is cloned and refined with smudge brush where needed, smudge tool will be used to create some tendrals from the ivy, then a few leaves will be made with brush tool.
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Bishops are now chopped and scaled to size to fit the bench.
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Here I did a lot more work on the ivy. Up close, more careful cloning is done, trying not to let design look too much like repetition.
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Shading has been done on bishop's robes, with special attention to light source (it is coming from left above). I added a little red lining to robe on left for an added touch of color. Also, I need to mention that the bishop on the right was holding some sort of sacrament which I changed into a small book using brush tool and smudge tool. Now he just looks as if he is listening to the other read. Finally, a gold filter was placed over the entire piece. (layers were merged first)