A Work in Progress: VW Turtle

This guide was made for entry:
VW Turtle
In Contest:
vw vans

Original image

step 1 of 10

Cut out sections of source image and arranged together using burn and dodge. Cutout body of green VW for head and the maroon VW for markings with different opacity. Tire is eyeball

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step 2 of 10

Created body of turtle from the back of green VW. Distorted using transformation tools such as puppet warp.

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step 3 of 10

Continued process for rest of body.

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step 4 of 10

Here are my layers of head, jaw, left fin and body

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step 5 of 10

Used the front of second VW to form backdrop of shell

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step 6 of 10

Used body of second VW to create shell by cutting out random shapes keeping in mind perspective.

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step 7 of 10

Completed shell. Added shadows and highlights with burn and dodge.

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step 8 of 10

Added shadows with paintbrush on different layers with varying opacity.

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step 9 of 10

Added background.

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step 10 of 10

Added second background of bubbles nad water debris with different blend mode and different opacity. Finished off with photo filter.

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Final result

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