A Work in Progress: Pink 'Rain'

This guide was made for entry:
Pink 'Rain'
In Contest:
shadow on house

Original image

step 1 of 11

Selection from original source to be used in new image.

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step 2 of 11

Source image for rider and horse

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step 3 of 11

Source image for blossoming trees

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step 4 of 11

Blossoming trees inserted on layer behind building.

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step 5 of 11

Ivy source

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step 6 of 11

Ivy chopped, duplicated and added to building.

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step 7 of 11

Horse and rider are added in foreground, using burn tool to darken backsides of girl and horse.

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step 8 of 11

On new black canvas, pink dots are added w brush tool to make falling petals.

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step 9 of 11

Using blending option, black is removed to leave pattern for blossoms.

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step 10 of 11

Blossom pattern is placed over horse, rider and building.

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step 11 of 11

A second layer of the blossom pattern is added, adjusting to different position than the first layer. With eraser tool, some blossoms are removed, leaving an interesting, but not too busy pattern. Motion blur is used to give some movement to the falling blossoms.

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Final result

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