A Work in Progress: Rivet Runner



This guide was made for entry:
Rivet Runner
In Contest:
locomotive


Original image


step 1 of 5

Assemble extracted pieces.
(Did not end up using the piece being warped here.)

Used the gear in Source 1 only as a shape to which I clipped the black and gray 'disc' from the Locomotive, seen on the lower front (right) of the finished piece.

Creation of Rivet Runner: Step 1

step 2 of 5

Start work on background.

Creation of Rivet Runner: Step 2

step 3 of 5

Levels adjustments to sky.

Creation of Rivet Runner: Step 3

step 4 of 5

Making the stars - see tutorial, I followed it fairly closely, but also added the noise and levels to the original color gradient part of the background.

Creation of Rivet Runner: Step 4

step 5 of 5

Matched the color of the gauges to the main circular part of the source image which I called the lens.

Painted in some smoke, dodged some areas of the 'ocean'. Final cleanup and tweaks.

Creation of Rivet Runner: Step 5

Final result

Creation of Rivet Runner: Final Result

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