A Work in Progress: Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid



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Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid
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Original image


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Join all 3 stacks end to end and merge.
Apply the Wave Filter left to right, rotate and flip vertically.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 1

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Free Transform and skew to create an interesting pattern.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 2

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Draw a vase shape selection and cut from pattern.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 3

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Use Liquify Bloat Tool to create interest, and paint a slight shadow on lower left.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 4

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Create an opposite side "lip," from a portion of the vase, flip horizontally, slightly darken and reduce saturation.
Paint highlights on vase and lip edge.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 5

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Make rectangular selection and fill with radial gradient.
Take another merged pashmina stack and Transform>Skew to fit the gradient rectangle.
Change the Blending Mode to Pin Light, and reduce opacity to 91%.
Apply a Gradient Mask.
Apply Anisotropic Diffuse Filter.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 6

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Render Clouds background

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 7

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Duplicate the Clouds layer, apply Fractalius Filter and change Blending Mode to Lighten.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 8

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Extract Orchid from background, duplicate and apply Render Lighting Effects Filter.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 9

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Apply Fractalius Filter to original Orchid layer, and then change mode of Lighting Effects layer to Soften.

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Step 10

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Create selections of vase shape and orchid and fill with black.
Free Transform Skew to create shadow, reduce opacity.

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Final result

Creation of Painted Vase and Lonely Orchid: Final Result

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