A Work in Progress: Smokey the elephant



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step 1 of 10

Make a plain black background.
Cut out everything that needs cutting, resize and place on separate layers.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 1
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step 2 of 10

Hide all layers except the candle and shoe.
Desaturate the shoe.
Mask out candle except for holder.
Make the holder wider to fit the shoe on it.
Desaturate the shoe, place it on the stand. Use the black part of the candle holder as a texture on the toe of the shoe.
Draw in some freehand lines to use a guide in order to turn the shoe into a high heel boot. Start covering the shoe with candle wax.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 2
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step 3 of 10

Finish covering the boot shape with wax drippings and add the candle so it appears to be inside the boot. The shoe is now the candle holder.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 3
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step 4 of 10

Blur the lit edge of the candle and add some light around it by painting in a circle and blurring it.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 4
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step 5 of 10

Place the shopping bag beside the shoe.
Desaturate the bag and filter it with glowing edges filter.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 5
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step 6 of 10

Position elephant head into place, mask out feet and warp slightly to fit the bag onto the trunk.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 6
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step 7 of 10

Desaturate the elephant and filter with glowing edges.
Mask out part of bag handle.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 7
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step 8 of 10

Blur the bag and elephant slightly using motion blur and lower the opacity of both layers.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 8
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step 9 of 10

Add some color to the elephant and bag. Using basic strokes, smudge, smoke brushes and warp tools, paint in smoky outlines.

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 9
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step 10 of 10

Add a bit of green color to the smoke swirls and render some lighting effects.


For full tutorials on how to do the smoke effect, please see....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmlW-zN7XNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTYk0yMXXmw

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Step 10
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Final result

Creation of Smokey the elephant: Final Result

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