A Work in Progress: Desert Balloon Ride



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Desert Balloon Ride
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Original image


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Drew Perspective lines as a guide. Roughed out shapes of balloons and sun.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 1

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Painted in Landscape (I end up chucking this though!!)

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 2

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Added drop shaddow to the balloons in Layer effects.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 3

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Painted Sky using soft edged brushes, smudge and blur tools. Also added inner and outer glow to sun.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 4

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Coloured balloons (Hue/saturation colourize). Painted darker purple colour at edges of sky.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 5

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Mirrored leaf image via copy and transform.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 6

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Overlay and warp/transform leaf image to fit balloon. Change Hue for purple colour.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 7

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Add shaddows and highlights to balloon.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 8

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Warp leaf image so lines are roughly vertical. Copy several times to create long image.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 9

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Dump original background and roughly sketch shapes of sand dunes.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 10

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Using leaves from step 9 shape layer to fit dune shapes using transform/warp. Also used wave filter. Change hue to create yellow colour. Added shadows with low opacity soft black brush. Added highlighs with white brush and changed layer style to overlay.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 11

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Used leaves from step 9 to create background horizon area. Wave filter and hue saturation applied.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 12

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Changed hue on sand dunes to a more orangey colour. Added more highlights to dunes, radiating from sun.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 13

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Added baskets to balloons using perspective lines as a guide. Leaves from step 9 to texture sides. Change hue to give colour.

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Step 14

Final result

Creation of Desert Balloon Ride: Final Result

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