A Work in Progress: locked up....



This guide was made for entry:
locked up....
In Contest:
chain sculptures


Original image


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black background

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placed my own heart creation, masked white areas......

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resized, reduced fill opacity, added white inner shadow and emboss

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copied layer, inverted, flipped horizontally.....

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used "Fractal Brush Pack 02" by ~above-and-beyond at deviantart.com to create some swirl, masked to fit inner heart area....

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more fractal brushes, masked, layered on color dodge....

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I masked out the basic shape from the source, kept what i needed, and desaturated.

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duplicated, flipped, placed behind...

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masked out lock from "lock stock" by ~xenethe at deviantart.com, desaturated, added hue/saturation....

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blue fill layer with light filter on top on lowered opacity, and multiply

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Final result

Creation of locked up....: Final Result

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