A Work in Progress: Tractor trip to heaven



This guide was made for entry:
Tractor trip to heaven
In Contest:
old tractor


Original image


step 1 of 9

1) First I cut out the tractor from its background. I used pen tool, and it took me quite some time!

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 1

step 2 of 9

2) I used pen tool to make a road path, and I filled the path with the asphalt pattern. I selected the road, contracted the selection, and used stroke to make the white stripes.

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 2

step 3 of 9

3) Then I added the clouds, a couple of gradients, and the tractor.

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 3

step 4 of 9

4)
Warping the road, blended it into the clouds.

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 4

step 5 of 9

5) Adding contrast and shadow to tractor.

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 5

step 6 of 9

6) Adding more stuff: seagull, pithcfork, tree, scarecrow, sign, barn, hay bales.

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 6

step 7 of 9

7) More gradients to add mood.

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 7

step 8 of 9

8) Adding stars to the sky (I filled the sky with black, added noise, gaussian blur, and changed layer mode to screen).

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 8

step 9 of 9

9) In the end I added a texture and refined details (shadows mostly).

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Step 9

Final result

Creation of Tractor trip to heaven: Final Result

LOGIN or REGISTER FOR FREE
to rate this guide and create your own guides.