Original image
step 1 of 14
Yucca curls source photo
step 2 of 14
NASA Hubble source photo
step 3 of 14
Castle source photo
step 4 of 14
Lassoed parts of gate are formed into parts of bird using liquify warp, smudge and eraser tools. . Body will be formed from cornucopia part of gate.
step 5 of 14
Wings from duplications are merged to head and neck.
step 6 of 14
Liquify warp tool has pulled the wings into more feather-like shapes here. Burn tool is used to accentuate the shapes.
step 7 of 14
Tail is formed with duplicates from part of gate, scaling and rotating to fit where needed.
step 8 of 14
Breast of bird is added using part of cornucopia shape from gate, and using the smudge tool to blend.
step 9 of 14
Head feathers are now added, and feet from gate parts. and a second wing is made by lassoing the first wing with magnetic lasso, duplicating it, scaling it smaller, then moving to layer behind first wing. All parts of bird are now merged.
step 10 of 14
A new colored layer is added behid the bird.
step 11 of 14
Golden source gate is now chopped to be added at bottom of image.
step 12 of 14
Castle images are added, scaled small, desaturated and moved to layer behind the gate.
step 13 of 14
Star source layer is added and reduced in opacity to 33%. Darker parts are softly erased.
step 14 of 14
Swirls from yucca source are added in another layer, reducing opacity to just allow swirls to show.
Final result
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