Original image
step 1 of 10
black background
step 2 of 10
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....
sources used for this step:- : source
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step 7 of 10
I masked out the basic shape from the source, kept what i needed, and desaturated.
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duplicated, flipped, placed behind...
step 9 of 10
masked out lock from "lock stock" by ~xenethe at deviantart.com, desaturated, added hue/saturation....
sources used for this step:- 2: source 2
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blue fill layer with light filter on top on lowered opacity, and multiply
Final result
