A Work in Progress: Water Lion



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Water Lion
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step 1 of 14

started with a gradient BG

Creation of Water Lion: Step 1

step 2 of 14

chopped the lion

Creation of Water Lion: Step 2

step 3 of 14

made a selection of the green channel and duplicated it to a new layer

then did chrome filter and set the layer to screen mode

duplicated that layer to strengthen the effect

Creation of Water Lion: Step 3

step 4 of 14

used the water brush to create the lion mane

Creation of Water Lion: Step 4

step 5 of 14

duplicated the water mane layer

Creation of Water Lion: Step 5

step 6 of 14

used a soft white brush to fix the mane

Creation of Water Lion: Step 6

step 7 of 14

used water splash brushes on the lion face


Creation of Water Lion: Step 7

step 8 of 14

rotated and changed the size of the brush and wrapped the brush strokes according to the lion face

Creation of Water Lion: Step 8

step 9 of 14

used a soft low opacity large white brush to make big white spots to strengthen the effect

Creation of Water Lion: Step 9

step 10 of 14

merged all the layers to a new top one and set it to soft light mode

Creation of Water Lion: Step 10

step 11 of 14

duplicated the chrome filter layer, moved it to the top and did base relief filter on it

layer on screen mode

Creation of Water Lion: Step 11

step 12 of 14

merged all layers again to a new top one

did glowing edges filter and set the layer to soft light mode

Creation of Water Lion: Step 12

step 13 of 14

created to more layers above the BG layer

in the first one, used a soft black big brush to darken some areas

second one, used a soft white brush to whiten the eyes, nose and mouth

Creation of Water Lion: Step 13

step 14 of 14

created a color fill layer on top, set it to color mode, opacity 15% to give a bluish tone

Creation of Water Lion: Step 14

Final result

Creation of Water Lion: Final Result

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avatar JamesP
JamesP says:

Thanks for the SBS, I'm sure this will come in handy soon

(5 years and 3156 days ago)