A Work in Progress: Heart Flowers



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Original image


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i first selected the heart

Creation of Heart Flowers: Step 1
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I scaled down the heart, added a black colour overlay, duplicated the heart and arranged it into a flower pattern

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completed flower outline

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Chose a colour palette for the flower and shadows and high lights

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coloured in the base colour for the alternate section of the flower

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Coloured in the first shadow colour

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I use Gaussian blur to blend the colour

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I erase the gradient out side the outline

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add the second shade colour

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added first high light colour

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added 2nd high light colour. you can use more than five colours for shadows and high lights but i find that usually does the tricks

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I used the same technique on the other section of the flower using a slightly different colour palette.

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i duplicated the flower then added a black and white adjustment layer so i can more easily change the colour with curves

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added curves layer to alter the colour

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i duplicated and arranged the flowers, used a similar technique for the vase and the shadows.

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Final result

Creation of Heart Flowers: Final Result

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