A Work in Progress: Inflatable Anchor

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Inflatable Anchor
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impossible and useless objects


step 1 of 13

Crop out anchor.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 1
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step 2 of 13

Start trim up anchor to traditional shape.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 2
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Filled shape with black and further tweaked.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 3
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step 4 of 13

Colored anchor and added text.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 4
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step 5 of 13

From anchor, created a 3d extrusion in Photoshop CC.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 5
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Inflated anchor before rendering.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 6
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step 7 of 13

Wireframe of inflated anchor.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 7
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Fully rendered anchor. NOTE: I used and excellent tutorial at psdtuts that helped me make the inflated anchor: http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d/create-3d-objects-from-2d-photos/

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 8
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Rasterized the 3d layer.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 9
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Masked out areas of anchor slightly under water.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 10
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Started prepping the chain.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 11
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Stretch and position chain with puppet warp.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 12
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Adjustment layers on chain. Then final adjustments using camera raw and others.

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Step 13
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Final result

Creation of Inflatable Anchor: Final Result

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