A Work in Progress: The Mechanic

This guide was made for entry:
The Mechanic
In Contest:
bolts

Original image

step 1 of 7

I cant give a complete guide, there's just to much steps. The technic I developed is using only the smudge and brush(a lot of dodge and multiply) tools.
BUt here we go: Duplicate layer and resize using transform tool.

step 2 of 7

Create a little bit of a surrounding using the brush tool, just use your imagination.

step 3 of 7

Smudge eveything you have brushed so far. With the smudge tool you can easily create nice clouds.

step 4 of 7

This is a big step, I used the brush tool to create the mountains. I also duplicated the layer flipped it vertically and stamped part of that layer to create the mirror effect.

step 5 of 7

This is what I mean by smudging, you can create really realistic images with that tool. I also used the color brush to give the foreground a sandy color.

step 6 of 7

I changed the color again. This time using image- adjustments- color balance.
I also created the clouds using only a brush and the smudge tool.

step 7 of 7

I finished the image with the trees, the house and some more clouds. By Doing that I felt the image became more alive.

Final result

Votes

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AdhirAnimator
hymerion
nasirkhan
madamemonty
CMYK46
Nator
hsbee
elinoree
boemeles
crdf
Score: 8.8

Comments

bartman says:

and home?
tks

(5 years and 3551 days ago)

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