A Work in Progress: Fairy



This guide was made for entry:
Fairy
In Contest:
mixed media 14


step 1 of 6

Masked the girl and blurred the background. Made sure to leave the tree/bush on the left "in focus".

Creation of Fairy: Step 1

step 2 of 6

Created wings with the warp tool.

Creation of Fairy: Step 2

step 3 of 6

Created a skirt out of leaves and a belt out of ivy using the warp tool.
Used brightness/contrast and Exposure filter to change the leaves slightly so they don't look all the same.

Made sure to add ambient shadowing on the legs.

Creation of Fairy: Step 3

step 4 of 6

Created a fairy dust swoop with a brush stroke, blur and mask.
Made sparkles by making a round fuzzy dot and an elongated fuzzy diamond and pushing the diamond points with the smudge tool.
Coppied and transformed the sparkels into different shapes and sizes.

Creation of Fairy: Step 4

step 5 of 6

Added a purple color and "glamour glow" to get the final effect.

Creation of Fairy: Step 5

step 6 of 6

Took a copy of the swoop changed it to dissolve blend. copied the result to a new layer, applied a vertical motion blur. Clone stamped to change the length of the drizzle.
Made two coppies, one in white and one in purple to match.

Creation of Fairy: Step 6

Final result

Creation of Fairy: Final Result

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