A Work in Progress: Chasing my strangled Kite



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Chasing my strangled Kite
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blue bicycle


Original image


step 1 of 13

Masked the sky + ground and copied them in a new document. Transformed them and gave them new colours. Also cut out the bicycle.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 1

step 2 of 13

Took some more grass out of the source to create depth.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 2

step 3 of 13

Added a few more layers of grass. Create to small hills in the ground. Left the style a bit blurry to match the whole image.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 3

step 4 of 13

Added the road, fresco filtered it to match the image style. Transformed to fit the depth of the image. Made it vanish in the background. Also created a sharp sunlight with 2 different layers with a sun rendered and set to overlay.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 4

step 5 of 13

Made a fast scetch of the mobile that the kid will be running in.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 5

step 6 of 13

Made the two wheels, first the right one by masking the lower half of the wheel and than vertical flipped a duplicate of that half. Blended them together and dodged/burned a few parts to fit the lighting. Did the same with the left wheel.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 6

step 7 of 13

Masked the basket and cloned a few parts of the basket to remove some pieces of the original bicycle.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 7

step 8 of 13

Masked the steering-wheel and made it higher.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 8

step 9 of 13

Cut out the Kid and imported it. Flipped it horizontally.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 9

step 10 of 13

Changed lighting on kid with dodge/burn tools. Copied and cloned a few parts of the basket and put them over the kid. Set layers to multiply.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 10

step 11 of 13

Drew a flag and put it in the holder. Brushed in the shadows.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 11

step 12 of 13

Created shadow of the kid + mobile. Created a windmill with a part of the frame of the original bicycle. Made a part a lot brighter + lowered saturation. Used transform to create the different parts. Darkened parts to create shadows.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 12

step 13 of 13

Made the kite with a reflector of the original bike. Transformed it into the shape. Used a part of the frame to create the thing hanging on the kite. Also drew a rope towards the windmill. Create stickes by burning parts in the kite.

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Step 13

Final result

Creation of Chasing my strangled Kite: Final Result

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avatar hereisanoop

nice

(5 years and 3251 days ago)
avatar dustfinger

well explained, thanks!

(5 years and 3251 days ago)