A Work in Progress: Thunderbird



This guide was made for entry:
Thunderbird
In Contest:
stone bird of prey


Original image


step 1 of 6

Crop out bird with pen tool.

Creation of Thunderbird: Step 1
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step 2 of 6

Color beak and claws using Color blend and colored body with a dark brown reduced opacity.

Creation of Thunderbird: Step 2
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step 3 of 6

Cropped lightning pic and adjusted levels so only brighter lightning shows.

Creation of Thunderbird: Step 3
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step 4 of 6

Move the top lightning over to left a bit. Used dodge tool to lighten up the lightning.

Creation of Thunderbird: Step 4
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step 5 of 6

Apply Linear Dodge A blend to lightning layer.

Creation of Thunderbird: Step 5
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step 6 of 6

Rotated bird and fixed inadvertant tumor on his leg. Made snapshot then applied a color burn gradient at 13%.

Creation of Thunderbird: Step 6
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Final result

Creation of Thunderbird: Final Result

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