A Work in Progress: Cottage in the Woods



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Cottage in the Woods
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Original image


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Jungle trees photo used for background

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 1

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Roses source photo of my own

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 2

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Board from foxhole is shaped in 3 steps for door and walls

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 3

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Stones are cut from source with polygonal lasso tool and shaped with eraser tool.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 4

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Cottage is sketched in with bamboo wacom tablet and pen.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 5

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Left door is formed with board that is rotated to angle then duplicated and moved into place. When complete, left door boards are merged, then door is duplicated and flipped horizontallly, then moved into place on right.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 6

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Door panel is duplicated again several times, rotated, then used along front wall.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 7

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Stone sections are being sized and duplicated to cover along top of windows and rest of front wall. Distort and perspective tools help to shape stones for over windows.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 8

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Here the walls are finished. Burn tool is used between rocks.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 9

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Roof is covered with grasses taken from source photo using lasso tool. Section of grass is shaped with eraser tool to fit roof, then edges are darkened with burn tool to give more shape to roof. Later, filter will give more color to it, also.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 10

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Curtains are brushed in, then windows are separated into sections using the brush tool. I used the grid (view/show/grid) to help determine width of window openings and to get them straight.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 11

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Red Riding Hood is added using the brush tools to draw her, then to fill in colors. Burn tool and dodge tools give shape to her head and clothes. The basket is done the same way.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 12

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Bluebirds are drawn in with brush tool.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 13

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Bluebird is finished using fine brush for details, then when finished it is duplicated. The 2nd one is flipped horizontally, the they are both given shadows on left sides w burn tool. Birds are placed above RRH's head since it looks like she is looking up at them.

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Flowers are added next after scaling source way down. Also, smoke is added to chimney with soft brush tool.

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Finally, a filter in a golden brown color is added with opacity of 65 - 70%.

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Step 16

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I decided to add a squirrel , but also the wolf hiding down behind a tree. These were drawn in with the brush tool. I added both a blue and a brown filter over all after merging all the layers.

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Final result

Creation of Cottage in the Woods: Final Result

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