A Work in Progress: Free Yourself



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Free Yourself
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Original image


step 1 of 8

Opened photo of lady in chair, selected white areas with magic wand, inverted, saved selection as layer.

Creation of Free Yourself: Step 1

step 2 of 8

Opened source image, drug in lady as layer, transform - flip horizontal, scale, played with placement

Creation of Free Yourself: Step 2

step 3 of 8

Used eraser, clone tool, smudge, dodge and burn, to clean up edges of lady; applied color change to transparent part of dress to go with rocks.

Creation of Free Yourself: Step 3

step 4 of 8

Pen tool, selected right portion of rock on beach, converted working path to selection, selection to layer via copy.

Creation of Free Yourself: Step 4

step 5 of 8

Moved layer object up from original.

Creation of Free Yourself: Step 5

step 6 of 8

Made dup layer of rock from last step. Rotated and free transformed to thin out and shorten to create a lower jaw.

Creation of Free Yourself: Step 6

step 7 of 8

Selected middle section of rock on beach with pen tool. Saved working path as selection selction as layer. Rotated and transformed to make neck.

Creation of Free Yourself: Step 7

step 8 of 8

Moved neck head and jaw, cloned out right portion of rock on beach. Adjusted colors, dodged "eye" into rock head, burned "features" into face of rock. Used burn for shadows.

Creation of Free Yourself: Step 8

Final result

Creation of Free Yourself: Final Result

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