A Work in Progress: Land of Bones

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Land of Bones
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skeleton

Original image

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Element 1

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Element 2

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Use pen tool trace around elements and create vector mask for clean edges

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Create gradient background

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Place far background elements give glaussian blur

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Create ground shapes with pen tool and color fill. Copy and paste duplicate layer and apply grain filter for sandy look

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Repeat step 6 for rest of ground layers

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Place foreground elements

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Repeat step 6 here as well

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Place skull elements. Create layer mask and remove lower part of skull. Give the illusion the skulls are partially buried.
Brush in shadows behind

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Add more skulls to pathway

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Dodge and burn were necessary.

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Apply color burn to final layer.
Finished

Final result

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A Work in Progress: Land of Bones

Original image

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step 2 of 13

step 3 of 13

step 4 of 13

step 5 of 13

step 6 of 13

step 7 of 13

step 8 of 13

step 9 of 13

step 10 of 13

step 11 of 13

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