A Work in Progress: Jelly Cab of the Stars



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Jelly Cab of the Stars
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sea star


Original image


step 1 of 8

Add a gradient dark blue to light blue

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Step 1

step 2 of 8

Render Clouds and apply a "plastic wrap" filter to it. Distort the image and place on top of your canvas. Set blending mode to Linear Dodge(add).
Duplicate layer, transform, flip vertical and place on bottom of canvas. Set blending mode to Color Dodge. Play with oppacity.

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Step 2

step 3 of 8

Use layer masks to blend the top and bottom layer in with the background. Add Lightbeams through the water. Render Clouds, go to image adjustments and treshold. Now apply a Radial Blur filter to the image. Make sure its set to ZOOM and max amount. Use a layer mask to get rid of some light.

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Step 3

step 4 of 8

I made this bubble myself by using the elliptical Marquee tool and a paintbrush.

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Step 4

step 5 of 8

Added my Bubbles to my canvas and the masked Sea Star.

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Step 5

step 6 of 8

Added some more seastars, played around with fill and added a beautifull jelly Fish, thanx to K2luvs for providing this image at sxc.hu

Blending mode on the Jelly Fish is set on Color Dodge.

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Step 6
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step 7 of 8

Added some shadows in the bubbles and on the sea floor.

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Step 7

step 8 of 8

Added some bubbles to the bubbles and at the tails of the jellyfish in the depth.

At last I added some ajustment layers, one curves, and several solid color.

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Step 8

Final result

Creation of Jelly Cab of the Stars: Final Result

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