A Work in Progress: The magic of the written word



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The magic of the written word
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Original image


step 1 of 6

First of all I made the heart using the blending modes shown in the picture.
All hearts have the same blending modes.

I used a heart here, that I didn't used in the final image, so I'll give the link just here.

Creation of The magic of the written word: Step 1
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step 2 of 6

I added both trees and the path.
I dodged and burned the tree from the source to match it better to the light source.
(At least I tried it ;) )
Besides that I also added the symbols from the source tree on the branch of the other tree.

Creation of The magic of the written word: Step 2

step 3 of 6

I added the hearts and made an overlay for the path with the same text I used for the hearts with blending mode set to linear burn and opacity of 82%

Creation of The magic of the written word: Step 3

step 4 of 6

Now the flying books and the boy and the girl with a little shadow work for the children to match the light source better.

Creation of The magic of the written word: Step 4

step 5 of 6

The glitter around the tree was done with a Photoshop standard brush, as you can see in the following pictures. (Probably only see and not read, cause it is german, but I thought, that I give it a try, to prove, that it is a standard brush ;) )

Creation of The magic of the written word: Step 5

step 6 of 6

For the final touch I added a dark yellow fotofilter with the amount of 50, copied this layer, used gaussian blur with the amount of 5 and set the blending mode to soft light

Creation of The magic of the written word: Step 6

Final result

Creation of The magic of the written word: Final Result

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