A Work in Progress: Jamming for the Crows



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Jamming for the Crows
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two scarecrows


Original image


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Accordian source photo

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 1

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Crow source photo

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 2

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Guitar source photo

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 3

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Flying raven source

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 4

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Arms will have to be reshaped, so have been cloned out here.

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 5

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From original source image, arms have been lassoed and moved onto a new canvas.

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 6

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Shape of arms are changed using the liquify warp tool, then they are moved back onto canvas where arms have been cloned out.

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 7

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Accordian is chopped, and sleeves are kept on separate layers so they can be placed on layers above the instruments, or behind them as needed.

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 8

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With brush tool, hands are painted in with dark color to look like gloved hands. Straw pieces will be added with brush tool to look like straw is coming out of sleeve at top of gloves. Dodge and burn tools finish shaping up the hands.

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Accordian player scarecrow is finished with brush tool on facial features. Dodge and burn tools will add highlights and shadows on face, hat, and clothes.

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 10

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Guitar has been chopped and added by scaling size, and rotating to fit into larger scarecrow. His sleeve which was reshaped with liquify warp tool is placed on layer over the guitar, and other sleeve is placed behind. Gloved hands from other scarecrow are lassoed and moved onto guitar, rotating until in proper position. Straw is added as on other scarecrow. Eyes and mouth are accented using the brush tool, and highlights are added with dodge and burn tools.

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Some of the sunflowers have been added here in varying positions (using rotate and scale tools), and standing crows are added, changing some of their head positions with liquify warp and smudge tools.

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Step 12

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The flying crow has been chopped and added after scaling it to size. More sunflowers have been added, with some stalks and leaves added using the brush tool. Shadows have been added under all the crows, and sunflowers are shaded in varying ways with burn tool, trying to keep the light source in mind.

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Final result

Creation of Jamming for the Crows : Final Result

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