A Work in Progress: Knotty H'eye' Rise



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Original image


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Tree photo by missy at pxleyes.com

Creation of Knotty H'eye' Rise: Step 1

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Mature Owl by blondieb38 at morguefile.com

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Knot holes by dr_bob at morguefile.com

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Ivy on tree source by taliesin at morguefile.com

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Hollow tree by mrmac07

Creation of Knotty H'eye' Rise: Step 5

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A new canvas is sized to 10 x 45 and three source tree photos are inserted after making their sizes and resolutions the same.

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Here the two bottom source trees are blended with cloning tool

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Color adjustments have been made to bottom photos using Light/contrast and color balance tools.

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Top hole is changed using the liquify tool.

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Here all three photos are blended with cloning tool.

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Tree is now one image by using 'visible layer' merge.

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Owl source image is moved into scene and sized down.

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Faces have been duplicated (use alt key) and inserted into holes. Here top owl is being blended with cloning and eraser tools.

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Work is done on bottome 3 faces, sizing with edit/transform/size tools

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More color changes are made here with light/contrast and color balance tools.

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Canvas size has been increased (by another 10) and another tree hole with ivy added. This ivy will be duplicated to be used further down tree in smaller segments.

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More work is done on the ivy working with eraser tool at low setting to blend edges, and also cloning tool for blending.

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Finally, burn tool is used to set some faces back further and to cast shadows from ivy and owls. Some adjustment are made on ivy to create pleasing pattern.

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Final result

Creation of Knotty H'eye' Rise: Final Result

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