A Work in Progress: Almost fractal



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Original image


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I cut out the source image using mask...

Creation of Almost fractal: Step 1

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... then I trimmed the image and saved it as PNG file.

Creation of Almost fractal: Step 2

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I created a new document and placed the PNG file I had created.

Creation of Almost fractal: Step 3

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Using the big shell as guide, copies of it were placed, reduced and rotated following the shell spiral from beginning to end (40 copies to be exact).

Creation of Almost fractal: Step 4

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A black background was created above my guide.

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Gradiente overlay was applied to each image copy.

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The image was cropped and on a new layer above the background I stroked a large soft brush using a dark shade of green.

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Final result

Creation of Almost fractal: Final Result

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