A Work in Progress: Snow Day



This guide was made for entry:
Snow Day
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rusty mailboxes


Original image


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My background photo.

Creation of Snow Day: Step 1

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background shot flipped horizontal

Creation of Snow Day: Step 2

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cutting out the source

Creation of Snow Day: Step 3

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My mail box photo

Creation of Snow Day: Step 4

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Creation of Snow Day: Step 5

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Creation of Snow Day: Step 6

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The same snow was duplicated, warped , etc. to work with the individual boxes. There were some curve adjustment and cloning & airbrushing too. Too much to bother detailing here.

Creation of Snow Day: Step 7

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The cardinal was added for life and color. Saturation and levels were tweaked for the scene.

Creation of Snow Day: Step 8

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Shadows were added from the cardinal, & some were drawn on the box-snow from the tree out of sight to the left rear. BTW, I forgot to mention the 1st box was removed early on & I made a board from existing elements in the source.

Creation of Snow Day: Step 9

Final result

Creation of Snow Day: Final Result

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