A Work in Progress: Dionysus Plate



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Dionysus Plate
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greek mythology


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Statue cut from background.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 1
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Used invert - gaussian blur method for sketch.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 2
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Touchup and stroked one pixel outline.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 3
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With cut statue above an orange layer, did linear burn blend.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 4
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Merge layers then crop out colored statue.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 5
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Place black background, further tweak statue levels curves and touchup.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 6
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Adjust threshold so only black and white shows.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 7
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Paint in white areas to peach-orange

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 8
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Make two circles with Elipse Tool, then remove inside.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 9
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Inserted subject in circle, added Mythic Hoplite wingdings. Used circle paths to cut out background.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 10
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Blurred the edges of plate, then applied emboss for some depth. Used inverse of orange color for background.

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Step 11
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Final result

Creation of Dionysus Plate: Final Result

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