A Work in Progress: handprint



This guide was made for entry:
handprint
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Original image


step 1 of 13

removed all of the objects from the backgroound

Creation of handprint: Step 1

step 2 of 13

cut out hand/arm, roughly erased arm, took off nails and warped a bit.

Creation of handprint: Step 2
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step 3 of 13

added a color overlay

Creation of handprint: Step 3

step 4 of 13

with the refine selection i increased the selection and smoother the edges and upped the contrast, used this selection to cut out a piece of the concrete texture.

Creation of handprint: Step 4

step 5 of 13

i made another selection of the concrete a bit bigger then warped it some and used the smudge tool and the eraser to give it a rougher shape. i used the match color on the last selection, and on this one but upped the luminosity on this one. i set the blends to soft also.

hopefully this looks like a hand print.

Creation of handprint: Step 5

step 6 of 13

used the hand/arm, placed the hand on the hand print

Creation of handprint: Step 6

step 7 of 13

made some copies of the sleeve and lengthened it

Creation of handprint: Step 7

step 8 of 13

added the ring from the source to the finger

Creation of handprint: Step 8

step 9 of 13

added a stone from the source to the ring.

i used transform and perspective and tweaked them

Creation of handprint: Step 9

step 10 of 13

made the bracelet out of a ring from the source image

Creation of handprint: Step 10

step 11 of 13

copied one side, flipped it and put it on her arm

Creation of handprint: Step 11

step 12 of 13

changed the blend mode on the bracelet to hard mix, added a stone from the source image and gave it a drop shadow

Creation of handprint: Step 12

step 13 of 13

did some dodge/burn for the finish

Creation of handprint: Step 13

Final result

Creation of handprint: Final Result

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