A Work in Progress: the creation of being



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Original image


step 1 of 9

black background...

Creation of the creation of being : Step 1

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took a rectangular section of the source and copied, flipped, and merged

Creation of the creation of being : Step 2

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i honestly don't even remember how i created this layer...it's either a distorted brush, or a blurred and distorted version of the merged source layer....but i layered this on screen

Creation of the creation of being : Step 3

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this is the merged source layer with a heavy radial blur, which i layered on color dodge

Creation of the creation of being : Step 4

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i layered a green fill layer over these on color burn

Creation of the creation of being : Step 5

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saved all my brushwork onto one layer, to avoid having to upload 20 or more seperate steps....
I used a selection mask to create the human form, and layered some smoke brushes and lightning brushes into it

Lightning by ~elestrial at deviantart.com

"Smoke Brushes Set 2" by ~Falln-Brushes at deviantart.com

Creation of the creation of being : Step 6
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and here's how it looks saved on a black background....

Creation of the creation of being : Step 7

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i layered some more colored layers on top for color effect....on color blend

Creation of the creation of being : Step 8

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and another layer on color blend...

Creation of the creation of being : Step 9

Final result

Creation of the creation of being : Final Result

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