A Work in Progress: Rising From The Ashes



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Rising From The Ashes
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Original image


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Creation of Rising From The Ashes: Step 1
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Background was filled with a dark color. I added a new layer set to color dodge and filled with black, and then painted on top of that layer with low opacity brush. Then the Trees were made on a new layer and with the smudge tool to pull up the structures.

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Just adding new layers and painting more and more. I also reduced the opacity of the original painting to about 50%.

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I used the medal piece and stretched and warped and liquified to get this.

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All the lights I make are done by adding a new black layer and setting to color dodge. Then painting on it with low opacity brush.

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The hood was done by duplicating the tire source picture and then using the warp and liquify tool to get its shape

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Creation of Rising From The Ashes: Step 9
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The face was made with the brake lights on the source image. To get the shape I wanted I had to use a duplicate of the same brake light at different sizes. I had to then smudge them together.

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color dodge layer for the mouth.

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Here are some of the last color dodge layers set to normal to show some of the painting involved for the highlights.

Creation of Rising From The Ashes: Step 13
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Final result

Creation of Rising From The Ashes: Final Result

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