Flower source (my own) used for part of floral images
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Animal souce (my own)
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Adam and Eve source (my own)
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Orchid flowers are drawn, airbrushed, then detailed with fine brush tool and smudge tool
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Butterfly created, drawing with brush tool, airbrushing, fine details then with fine brush tool and smudge tool
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Daffodil is created same as other flowers, first drawing shapes, then airbrushing and detailing with brush tools.
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Creation of blue bird from sketch and airbrush, then detailing w fine brush tool and smudge tool.
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White birds created same way as blue bird w airbrush and brush tools, then smudge.
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Here the tree has been chopped and moved over the background. Also, Adam and Eve in the lily pond has been chopped and added. They have been set to the same resolution.
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Here is a closeup to show the animals in background have been chopped and added, the snake has been added using the brush tool, blue birds and apples are added (One apple painted w brush tool is duplicated), and flowers are being duplicated and added.
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Brown earth-like shape is added using brush tool then roots are 'pulled' down using smudge tool, then last of all burned w burn tool to darken.
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I omitted adding the waterfall, which is brushed in at top, then cloned and smudged to 'pull' the water down. Now, colors from the background will be used to add a 'cloud' for the island to float on. First dark colors, then lighter.
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Finally, butterflies are added to give more interest to negative area around tree, some color changed with hue/saturation tool; Then a red/brown filter is added to layer behind tree layer at 25%.