A Work in Progress: Mailbox of life



This guide was made for entry:
Mailbox of life
In Contest:
rusty mailboxes


Original image


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Cut out mailbox. Copy pasted the front cover and then free transformed to make it look open.

Creation of Mailbox of life: Step 1

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Burn to make mailbox look open.

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Background photo (mine).

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Cut out part of the sky in new layer to use it for water.

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Liquify.

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Mask to make water transparent, added water droplets painting them and using also the clone tool with source the water.

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My photo used for the little pool.

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Mask on the pool, dodge to make it brighter.

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My photo used for the bubbles.

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Some burn on the bubbles.

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My photo of a flower.

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Used mask on the flowers inside the bubbles.
Brushes (the standard soft brush and one of my own for the speckles) on the final image to add shadows and colour.

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Final result

Creation of Mailbox of life: Final Result

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