A Work in Progress: Dilly, Dilly Arrangement



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Dilly, Dilly Arrangement
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dill flower


Original image


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Difference cloud is used to bring forth more detail in source.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 1

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Mosaic filter is added here.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 2

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Polar coordinate used to create oval shape with design made from the dill image.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 3

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Dill image is color changed, background is now dark, so is placed on a new canvas painted dark blue. Stem is created using wacom tablet and pen.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 4

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Oval shaped container is placed on new canvas, and duplicating of source image dill is started.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 5

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I needed full flowering images for next to container, so created them using a small section lassoed from source, then by duplicating and rotating these sections formed the new flower head, then drew in some little stems with pen tool.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 6

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By taking one dill seed from source, duplicating, sizing, and rotating it, some foliage is created. Shape of this foliage will be changed using liquify warp as well as distort tool.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 7

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Foliage has been added by duplicating, rotating and scaling some more. It is layered in between and behind flower head layers.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 8

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Container seems to look better in a color which harmonized with the arrangemet, so is changed here.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 9

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Soft browns have been brushed into background, and soft images cloned in from the flowers.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 10

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A pattern rusty layer has been added and moved to layer behind the arrangement. Some of black background is softly erased at bottom to show rusty layer, then a single brush with liquify warp creates a soft fold-like look at bottom. Final dodge and burning bring up highlights and deepen shadow areas.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 11

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Butterfly is created here from one of the dill seeds.

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Step 12

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Butterflies have been scaled down and added, then all layers are merged and yellow filter added over all.

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Final result

Creation of Dilly, Dilly Arrangement: Final Result

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