A Work in Progress: I'm the Phoenix



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I'm the Phoenix
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Original image


step 1 of 9

Source image.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 1

step 2 of 9

Outsource image.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 2

step 3 of 9

Used blur filter on the background.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 3

step 4 of 9

Copied and pasted part of a petal; used liquify filter and smudge tool to give it shape of wings.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 4

step 5 of 9

After made one wing, merged leyers and duplicated it, flipping to make the other wing.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 5

step 6 of 9

Copied and pasted part of a petal; using liquify and smudge tool, made the body.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 6

step 7 of 9

With warp tool only on the head, I modeled the shape of it; after that, copied a yellow part of a petal and made the beak. On a new layer I wrote the eyes, using a soft brush with the colors of the source and worked on it with smudge tool. Also made nose holes.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 7

step 8 of 9

Copied and pasted a small part of a petal, and using liquify and smudge, made the quiff.

PS: On step 5 I also duplicated the wings and made shadows.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 8

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I took the outsource image, selectioned red channel, and dragged to my image. Copied and pasted some 5 or 6 times, and marged the layers, putting it on the top. After doing that, used burn tool to create some shadows on the flower, behind the wings and the body. Also erased unwanted parts of the wings shadows.

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Step 9

Final result

Creation of I'm the Phoenix: Final Result

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