A Work in Progress: Oppression



This guide was made for entry:
Oppression
In Contest:
indian head


Original image


step 1 of 5

Mountains isolated and canvas resized

Creation of Oppression: Step 1

step 2 of 5

Sky added behind the mountain range and the ground was added to the image and placed roughly where i wanted it to be.

Creation of Oppression: Step 2

step 3 of 5

Ground blended using layer masks and a soft brush at varying opacities. The top of the mountains were also slightly masked to match lighting.

Creation of Oppression: Step 3

step 4 of 5

Head extracted with the pen tool and added into the image

Creation of Oppression: Step 4

step 5 of 5

Shadows added by adding various layers and painting in black, then blurring it. To achieve the shading around the face, the layer mode 'Soft Light' was used.

Creation of Oppression: Step 5

Final result

Creation of Oppression: Final Result

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