A Work in Progress: Polly



This guide was made for entry:
Polly
In Contest:
pink corner


Original image


step 1 of 17

cut out source

Creation of Polly: Step 1

step 2 of 17

flipped source and filled in areas no longer wanted using the clone stamp.

Creation of Polly: Step 2

step 3 of 17

repeated the floor boards to make them seem seamless.

Creation of Polly: Step 3

step 4 of 17

changed the perspective of the floor boards.

Creation of Polly: Step 4

step 5 of 17

trimmed the floor of the stage and cut out the crowd image and placed it where I wanted it.

Creation of Polly: Step 5

step 6 of 17

created a gradient wall in the background.

Creation of Polly: Step 6

step 7 of 17

created the brick background by repeating it and making it seamless.

Creation of Polly: Step 7

step 8 of 17

darkened the crowd and blurred them.

Creation of Polly: Step 8

step 9 of 17

added a white to black radial gradient over the whole image and set it to overlay.

Creation of Polly: Step 9

step 10 of 17

cut out the microphone and adjusted the top to be at more of an angle. I then made the pole longer and added a base to the microphone stand.

Creation of Polly: Step 10

step 11 of 17

added a wire to the microphone and a shadow casted by the microphone.

Creation of Polly: Step 11

step 12 of 17

I added curtains. I created these curtains using the tutorial listed in my sources called "curtain tutorial"

Creation of Polly: Step 12

step 13 of 17

cut out the stool and the bird and placed them where I wanted them.

Creation of Polly: Step 13

step 14 of 17

added a cast shadow for the stool and bird.

Creation of Polly: Step 14

step 15 of 17

added animal improv text to the wall.

Creation of Polly: Step 15

step 16 of 17

added a gradient overlay to the text.

Creation of Polly: Step 16

step 17 of 17

shaded the stage base and added some glare to the letters.

Creation of Polly: Step 17

Final result

Creation of Polly: Final Result

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Comments

avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

All said and done, you ended up using a very tiny curved sliver of the contest source, and that is mostly in shadow...

(5 years and 2882 days ago)