A Work in Progress: absorbing green

This guide was made for entry:
absorbing green
In Contest:
leaf closeup

Original image

step 1 of 26

flipped the source

step 2 of 26

overlay of the original

step 3 of 26

copy flipped

step 4 of 26

expand by flip and merge

step 5 of 26

a liquified part for the mask inside

step 6 of 26

some leafcopys for Background

step 7 of 26

added a liquifyed part below (cant find the prefiles to it)

step 8 of 26

a shaped leaf went to the top

step 9 of 26

some more leafs to the middle

step 10 of 26

some more

step 11 of 26

placed the maskgroundshape

step 12 of 26

another liquified mask ontop

step 13 of 26

some detail drops and parts to it

step 14 of 26

a lil more dropshapes

step 15 of 26

some liquifyed parts below and behind it

step 16 of 26

a sized up liquified part went to the top

step 17 of 26

filled the background with modified parts

step 18 of 26

changed the canvas size, added more parts to the background

step 19 of 26

and more

step 20 of 26

changed the canvasize again, added and erased some parts

step 21 of 26

added more liquifyed parts to it

step 22 of 26

changed the canvassize again

step 23 of 26

added some parts below

step 24 of 26

compleeted the overall shape

step 25 of 26

added a background of the shape

step 26 of 26

made some shadows below and to the sides and try to save it.
Needed to small it way down to save it. Meanwhile also some colour went lost. (looks quite diffrent in PS to me)

Final result

Votes

user	voted
Mairissa
rose3694
Mario
sparklen
Score: 7

Comments

sparklen says:

Even though you say your SBS is lacking, which it is, it makes no difference to me! The end result is fantastic.
My only real comment : a few words of direction with your 26 steps would help someone who doesn't know how you achieved your end result!

(5 years and 3456 days ago)

author says:

IÂ´v added some words.

(5 years and 3456 days ago)

kayaklovergirl says:

that must have taken for EVER, but it turned out very nice

(5 years and 3447 days ago)

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