A Work in Progress: Papa Fossil



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step 1 of 6

The flag is a layer of red for bottom layer. Second layer is an "X" created with pen filled with blue and a white stroke layer effect. Third layer is made with a star shaped brush.

Creation of Papa Fossil : Step 1
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step 2 of 6

To grunge up the flag I added some noise, rendered some fibers and a layer with a pattern fill. Some eraser and dodge used. Layer blend modes are linear burn and darker color.

Creation of Papa Fossil : Step 2
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step 3 of 6

Made a displacement map by using a linear gradient blend set to difference

Creation of Papa Fossil : Step 3
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step 4 of 6

Layer masked the skull, hat and glasses. Made some shadowing and merged those pieces. Duplicated the layer twice used hue/saturation and some inner shadow on one of the layers and filter>stylize>find edges on the other. Their layer blend modes are luminosity and linear burn.

Creation of Papa Fossil : Step 4
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step 5 of 6

Added the flame (with some masking.) The font is Bleeding Cowboy from DaFont.com. Applied an outer glow to the head.

Creation of Papa Fossil : Step 5
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step 6 of 6

Creation of Papa Fossil : Step 6
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Final result

Creation of Papa Fossil : Final Result

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