A Work in Progress: Only A Mother Could Love



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Only A Mother Could Love
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Original image


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Extended background using a gradient.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 1

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Roughly cut bracelet and transformed into position.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 2

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Used layer mask and added shadow.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 3

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Roughly cut eyebrow piercings and placed where required.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 4

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Used layer mask on eyebrow piercings and added a shadow. Rough cut ear and transformed in place.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 5

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Used layer mask on ear to blend to original ear. Masked out cross tattoo and using different blending modes and opacity placed on arm. Transformed into position using warp and liquefy.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 6

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Used same technique for mum tattoo. Repainted the chin shadow with the brush tool, lowered opacity and blurred.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 7

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Using a layer mask I added the shell as the base for the mohican.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 8

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Cut out a section of the child's hair so as to cover the shell.

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Step 9

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Layer masked the hair section.

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Repeated the process for the other spikes.

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Continues blending the hair over the shell. Added the shell as another layer on top set at "soft light" to keep some of the texture.

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Added a color overlay to match the colors and then a vignette.

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Finished by sharpening the image and adding some color adjustments.

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Final result

Creation of Only A Mother Could Love: Final Result

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