A Work in Progress: Deer in Headlights



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Deer in Headlights
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My first Photo

Creation of Deer in Headlights: Step 1

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My car photo

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Car cut out & put on road

Creation of Deer in Headlights: Step 3

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Layer duplicated, desaturated, lowered opacity to gray down

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A layer of dark blue was added and set to overlay. It came somewhat from an old tutorial I used at one point, but I can't find the link to give them due credit.

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Another layer-this time black to darken lower perimeter areas

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Early on I used select>color range to isolate the sky, then I saved my selection for this step, where I filled the sky with black.

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I made a star brush & set it for random dispersal.

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Stars added to the sky

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Sign added, lights added to car using first a yellow gradient the a red gradient. Sign thumbnail ctrl/clicked and color changed to a more accurate local coloration, then lettering selected & brightened. Distant headlights added & blinking tower lights.

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My 1st Deer photo(a skinny mountain deer :)

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2nd deer

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Deer cut out & added

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Didn't like this placement

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Final result

Creation of Deer in Headlights: Final Result

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