A Work in Progress: Butterfly colection



This guide was made for entry:
Butterfly colection
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Original image


step 1 of 9

I opened a blank sheet, then I opened the picture of a wooden surface separately, extracted two parts, pasted them onto the main sheet, copied each and made a wooden frame out of these 4 layers!

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 1
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step 2 of 9

Then I corrected the corners by erasing the extra parts!

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 2

step 3 of 9

I merged all 4 frame layers into a single one and then added the shade!

After that, I inserted a new layer between the frame and the background, filled it with colour (ede9e4) and then covered it with a custom pattern. I reduced opacity and fill.

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 3

step 4 of 9

Finally, i opened the contest source picture and extracted a part that resembled a moth, shaped it mainly with eraser tool and then pasted another tiny part of the original picture onto the top to achieve the shape of a butterfly/moth.
I didn't want to change the original layer much or to correct the missing parts of the wood from the original image- I simply used it the way it was.

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 4

step 5 of 9

After pasting my first moth onto the project sheet, i changed its colours and made another one from the same layer.

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 5

step 6 of 9

Then I went back to my "butterfly sheet".
I extracted another part of the source image, removed the extras and placed it under the already made moth and got an "extended" wing. I copied it and flipped it horizontally under the second wing. Then I flipped it vertically and placed in the middle- that is the tail!
You can see what it looked like when the top layer was switched off in the5th image!

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 6

step 7 of 9

I went back to that same butterfly again, masked it, duplicated some layers and changed some values and got a butterfly in different colours.
I pasted that one onto the project sheet as well!

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 7

step 8 of 9

For the third time, i changed the colours on this butterfly and then liquiffied some of its parts to get a new shape.
That was the last butterfly!

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 8

step 9 of 9

Once that all the butterflies were added to the project sheet, i added the shades and then made tiny tags on which I wrote imaginary names :) .

That's it!

Creation of Butterfly colection: Step 9

Final result

Creation of Butterfly colection: Final Result

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