A Work in Progress: Voyage to the Cork Nebula



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Original image


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Extract and warp the tip.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 1

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Select round area for 'spike' elements.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 2

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Begin assembling the pieces. Did some liquifying.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 3

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Select and flip vertical.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 4

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Make two pieces from previous step, add layer style and bevel between the two pieces. Make several more, warp to final shape.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 5

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Take bottom assembly and reverse the pieces for top and resize entire top of craft.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 6

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Select small piece of corkscrew to make 'tie-rod' parts, distort and warp.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 7

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Assemble entire 'spike', drew thin vertical lines, layer style like glass, duplicated 3 more times.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 8

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Extract piece for central 'tower', warp and liquify.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 9

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Cut another piece from corkscrew top for side supports.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 10

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Extracted the cork to use for the planet's texture.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 11

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Drew a circle for the planet's shape, lowered the opacity, burned the edges after this.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 12

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Enlarged the cork to fit over circle, made clipping path to circle layer, burned the edges and lowered opacity.
At some point along here I made clouds with black and aqua, then difference clouds, adjusted the levels and enlarged that piece beyond the edges of the frame.

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Step 13

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Adjusted the shape and hue of the bottom glow.

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Added the nebula shot (flipped horizontal) and lowered the opacity so some of the original bkgd could be seen, then for a final touch added a lens flare.

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Final result

Creation of Voyage to the Cork Nebula: Final Result

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