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

step 2 of 17

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

step 3 of 17

repeated the floor boards to make them seem seamless.

step 4 of 17

changed the perspective of the floor boards.

step 5 of 17

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

step 6 of 17

created a gradient wall in the background.

step 7 of 17

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

step 8 of 17

darkened the crowd and blurred them.

step 9 of 17

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

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.

step 11 of 17

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

step 12 of 17

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

step 13 of 17

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

step 14 of 17

added a cast shadow for the stool and bird.

step 15 of 17

added animal improv text to the wall.

step 16 of 17

added a gradient overlay to the text.

step 17 of 17

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

Final result

Comments

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 2925 days ago)

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