A Work in Progress: Is Apple Rotten?



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Is Apple Rotten?
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step 1 of 8

Created these worms from the central 'button', just a circle with layer styles, using the Mixer Brush. Tutorial for the worms is here: http://planetphotoshop.com/create-repeating-segments-with-the-mixer-brush-in-photoshop-cc.html

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Step 1
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step 2 of 8

Used one of the worms and made this image starting with a perfectly good Granny Smith apple. Poster edges used with masking, shadows, painting. Used the same worm and added the Apple logo for the magazine's name.

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Step 2
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step 3 of 8

Extracted the bull and bear from the image, made a new layer and masked out the background to keep the 2 elements in focus. On previous (copied) layer, used a radial zoom blur.

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Step 3
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Have been enjoying Photoshop's 3D space and made the Apple stock chart a 3D slightly extruded element, changed the angle of the camera, included shadows. Also used a smaller (and flopped) image of the bull and bear as the IBL (image-based light) so there is some reflection of the bull's head on the chart.

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Step 4
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step 5 of 8

Drew circle with ellipse tool, used webdings and dingbats for symbols along the bottom.

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Step 5
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step 6 of 8

Screenshot (with opacity lowered on original) showing redrawn shapes at the top right on chart, with their layers.

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Step 6
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step 7 of 8

See all them tiny li'l square open points along the blue line - that's the shape 2 layer? I used that there pen tool to redraw as closely as I could without going bonkers the stock's trading line on that day. Then on a layer above, I selected that blue line, added points to create a square enclosure on the bottom and added a gradient fill of green to blue. There, except for the light green and red volume lines that normally appear on a stock chart, the chart has been completely recreated for your dining pleasure.

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Step 7
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step 8 of 8

My chart recreated from scratch.

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Step 8
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Final result

Creation of Is Apple Rotten?: Final Result

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