A Work in Progress: Just A Moment...

This guide was made for entry:
Just A Moment...
In Contest:
smoke

Original image

step 1 of 12

Rotated image.

step 2 of 12

Inverted the image, using (cmd+i) and removed the background using color range tool.

step 3 of 12

Duplicated layer (cmd + j). Placed the copy layer behind original. Erased "branches" were necessary.

step 4 of 12

Added layer for lighter leaves painted source brushes. Color used. #ff8c7c.

step 5 of 12

Created new layer. Added more leaves using darker color. #9a1512. After painting the leaves, changed blending mode to multiply.

step 6 of 12

Created new layer. Added more leaves using color. #c02f26.

step 7 of 12

Create new layer. Added color #c3b5b1 using petal brush from source brushes. Used eyedropper tool (hold option, while in brush mode) to paint more leaves.

step 8 of 12

Added background using gradient tool. Colors used: f3d9bf and 9b8d5e.

step 9 of 12

Painted mountain range. Color used: 9b8d5e

step 10 of 12

Added more foliage using brushes from source 1 and the calligraphy brush set (standard brush set in Photoshop). Used eyedropper (hold option while in brush mode) to choose colors in picture.

step 11 of 12

Merged all visible layers together and apply the following effects: Smart Sharpen and Lighting Effect. Randomly adjusted each effect until it looked good to me. :) Added text layer. Used google translate to change "Filled With Beauty" to chinese.

step 12 of 12

Used the warp tool and liquify to change some branches. Used healing brush and brush too. to clean up. And fini..... :)

Final result

Votes

user	voted
mircea
migue1ito
AdhirAnimator
greymval
Score: 9

Comments

author says:

Thanks miguelito, AdhirAnimator, and greymval for your votes. Just a FYI, I'm still updating this. Finished with step 7. I wanted to get something up here, quickly yesterday and come back and finish today.

(5 years and 3046 days ago)

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