Original image
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Letter selections from source image.
And diamond and dangler selections from original face image.
And diamond and dangler selections from original face image.
sources used for this step:- : source
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Removed pendant from original image by using clone stamp tool and heal brush.
sources used for this step:- 1: source 1
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Added more danglers in different positions to prepare letters place.
Duplicated image, desaturated it and changed blending mode to hard light to get more contrast in shadows and highlights.
Duplicated image, desaturated it and changed blending mode to hard light to get more contrast in shadows and highlights.
sources used for this step:- 2: source 2
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In this step you can see in details how I added the dimaonds and rendered the glowing look.
All methods applied for letter "G" were used for the creation of the rest of letters, therefore I won't add other explaining steps for them.
All methods applied for letter "G" were used for the creation of the rest of letters, therefore I won't add other explaining steps for them.
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I decided to add close ups for each letter so that you can see details easier and notice that same methods were used.
Letter "G"
Letter "G"
sources used for this step:- 3: source 3
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Added letters shadows using distort and resize.
Added lights from left and shadows from right using gradient adjustment layers.
Added lights from left and shadows from right using gradient adjustment layers.
sources used for this step:- 8: source 8
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Final result
