A Work in Progress: reBIRTH



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background source used

Creation of reBIRTH: Step 1
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Painted some smoke

Creation of reBIRTH: Step 2

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Made a new layer and used a soft black brush to paint the background, also used a white brush for the highlight

Creation of reBIRTH: Step 3

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made a new layer and filled it with 50 grey and added noise. I then blurred it and set the blend mode to screen and then adjusted the levels. Added a new layer set to soft light and painted some of the red.

Creation of reBIRTH: Step 4

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Added a new layer and filled it with black and set the blend mode to color dodge. Then with a white and orange brush, painted the sparks.

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Creation of reBIRTH: Step 6

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Added vines and leaves with a small brush. I used a color dodge layer for highlights and a soft black brush for shadows.

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flower source

Creation of reBIRTH: Step 9

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added shadows with a soft black brush and highlights with a new layer set to color dodge and painted with white.

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Creation of reBIRTH: Step 11

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used the sun fixture in the source. Distorted it and then used the smudge tool.

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simple lens flare

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source for girl was done with two poses. One for the body and another for the head.

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Once again shading and highlighting done with a soft black brush and a new layer set to color dodge with a white brush.

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Chose the sun in the source again. I used the distort, liquify, and smudge tool to fit it to the head.

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used a new layer set to color dodge for the lights and a new layer set to soft light for the color.

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Creation of reBIRTH: Step 19

Final result

Creation of reBIRTH: Final Result

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