A Work in Progress: Blood from Stone



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Blood from Stone
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rock face


Original image


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original image

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 1

step 2 of 9

cleared rock away from 'eye,' added 'eye socket' shading

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 2

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accentuated 'nose' -- cleared away more rocks, brush using cloning and healing; added slight shadow under 'nose'

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 3

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shaded bottom half of 'eye' -- added shadow using translucent Multiply layer and color burn

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 4

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cleared staging ground for better contrast -- created mask of background rock & brush area, replaced with sand, added color layer to match surrounding sand hue

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 5

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added blood & shrubs next to 'eye' -- blood was painted onto a Multiply layer using the airbrush set to a low flow rate to control "thickness"; gradient masks faded out the blood trails as they sink into the sand; a Color Burn layer was used to pull out sand detail under the blood trails; 2 px airbrush used to fill in negative space of desert shrubs to show blood on rock behind them

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 6

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isolated vulture using Bézier curves for precision

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 7

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isolated skull using Bézier curves for precision

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 8

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(final image) incorporated vulture and skull -- placed each, resized, blurred to match ambient level of detail, added vulture's shadow, used Color Layer to correct for bluish ambient shadow hue, masked lower half of skull to mimic a partially shattered specimen

Creation of Blood from Stone: Step 9

Final result

Creation of Blood from Stone: Final Result

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