A Work in Progress: Lament



This guide was made for entry:
Lament
In Contest:
lodd


Original image


step 1 of 5

Background photo from one of my paintings opened with intention of having Lodd become part of the painting. Cut off lower neck & made new layer, tilting head forward.

Creation of Lament: Step 1

step 2 of 5

Closeup of neck after detachment.

Creation of Lament: Step 2

step 3 of 5

Watercolor filter was used here. I tried to mimic the technique I used in the painting, which is much harder than one would think.Also added was a slight gaussian blur, & the clone tool was used to re-fuse the neck. A shadow layer was added below the Lodd figure & some of the shoes were erased to show the foliage in front. Levels were also adjusted.

Creation of Lament: Step 3

step 4 of 5

For the last step, I enlarged the canvas by 10% & tilted Lodd 6.5 degrees and applied the canvas texture filter so the canvas texture that i was adding would match the angle of the painting's canvas, then I tilted him back to his original position. Finally, I had to adjust the canvas settings to more closely match the original texture and blend Lodd into the background.

Creation of Lament: Step 4

step 5 of 5

Sorry, almost forgot to show the pic of the painting. I did this as a wedding gift for the couple scribed on the tree.

Creation of Lament: Step 5

Final result

Creation of Lament: Final Result

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KingLin says:

Nice work,like it.

(5 years and 3581 days ago)