A Work in Progress: The Tempest



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stairway


Original image


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Removed trees and rebuilt stair to hide branches.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 1

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Made image Vertical

Creation of The Tempest: Step 2

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Extended stairs

Creation of The Tempest: Step 3

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Had to add snow to stair so created snow brush

Creation of The Tempest: Step 4

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Brought in castle (my own photo - see step 16).

Corrected shadows on castle wall and extended castle height (not shown) by duplicating castle and masking the two parts together.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 5

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Created snow brush to add snow to the whole image

Creation of The Tempest: Step 6

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Swirling snow for Balustrade vases.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 7

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Finished swirling snow. Black background is just to show image better while creating it.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 8

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Cut out wizard and bring into stair image

Creation of The Tempest: Step 9
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Manipulate cape to appear as if it is blowing.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 10

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Add hair to get wind blown look

Creation of The Tempest: Step 11

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Warped snow to get blowing, stormy look.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 12

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Added blowing snow to Balustrade vases, wizard and staff. Added frost to cape.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 13

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Create outline - see image for complete instructions.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 14

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Finished outline before changing Blend mode to Multiply

Creation of The Tempest: Step 15

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As I originally misread stock rules I had to create a new staff. Using my own image for the top and the base from a usable source (see link in Step 19) I made a new Wizard's Staff.

This is the image I used for the top (my own photo).

Creation of The Tempest: Step 16

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After cutting out image I wanted the eye to stand out so repainted a brighter, more intense eye.


Creation of The Tempest: Step 17

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Completed Eagle's Head with close up of new eye

Creation of The Tempest: Step 18

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Attaching new Eagle head to Wizard's Staff.

The base of the Wizard's Staff is from TsaalyoStock, see link.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 19
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Whispy snow brush for Step 14 (made from Snow clump brush - see step 4).

Creation of The Tempest: Step 20

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Clouds used for image (my own photo)

Creation of The Tempest: Step 21

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Castle image (my own photo). Image was duplicated and blended using layer masks to get height.

Creation of The Tempest: Step 22

Final result

Creation of The Tempest: Final Result

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