A Work in Progress: Pinto Peek-a-boo.

This guide was made for entry:
Pinto Peek-a-boo.
In Contest:
a wild horse

Original image

step 1 of 12

Masked out the horse and recolored it to make a spotted Pinto.
Separated the body of the horse, and used it to make all the rocks in the image, the rest as follows is all PS.

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step 2 of 12

Masking out the spots for the Pinto.

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step 3 of 12

Here you can see the forming of the new horse.

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step 4 of 12

From the body to rocks using some PS filters.

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step 5 of 12

Placing rocks to achieve a pleasant composition.

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step 6 of 12

Decided to add a stream.

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step 7 of 12

Close up.

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step 8 of 12

Another close up of second horse.

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step 9 of 12

More rocks/boulders.

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step 10 of 12

Main pinto and spots, straightning out a leg for the pinto on the top right so they do not look alike.

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step 11 of 12

Starting to paint in ripples in water, and moving elements around for composition.

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step 12 of 12

Testing reflections, and getting closer to completion.

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Final result

Votes

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George55
Score: 10

Comments

George55 says:

Just amazing....!

(5 years and 2373 days ago)

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