A Work in Progress: Confrontation at Dusk



This guide was made for entry:
Confrontation at Dusk
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trained horse


Original image


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Source moose photo of my own (from a Cabella's store display)

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 1

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Source photo for foreground bushes (my own)

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 2

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Foggy mountain source photo (my own)

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 3

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Horse has been chopped from contest source

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 4

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Horse is moved into background photo and scaled to size. Later it will be flipped horizontally to be moved to left side of canvas.

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 5

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Moose is now chopped and moved into scene, scaling it to proportionate size of horse.

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 6

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Bush chopped out of source photo and placed in foreground of canvas, again scaling it to size.

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 7

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Here the horse has been totally rotated just enough to give it more of an attack angle.

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 8

step 9 of 10

Here the horse and moose have been switched around using the edit/flip/horizontal tool. Birds have been drawn in with brush tool, each at a different angle and different size to add perspective. They also are placed in a curved design which follows from horse's head down , moving the viewer's eyes to moose, up through the horse, throudh the birds, etc. The horse also has had a mane created using liquify warp tool, then smudge tool on edges.

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 9

step 10 of 10

After desaturation, and some color being added with color balance tool, hue/saturation tool brings up oranges.

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Step 10

Final result

Creation of Confrontation at Dusk: Final Result

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