A Work in Progress: Cheer Up, Clown!



This guide was made for entry:
Cheer Up, Clown!
In Contest:
white face


Original image


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Source for clown hair

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Step 1

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Source white face is moved to layer behind clown with wig. Face is erased away from clown with wig to show source face, which is scaled to fit erased opening.

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Step 2

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Red nose is added with hard brush tool, then dodged and burned to shape it. Enlarged red mouth is started with soft brush tool now.

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Step 3

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The clown mouth is finished, and design is brushed in over the eyes. Face will be dodged and burned for highlights and shadows areas.

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Step 4

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Ruffles around neck have been started with hard brush tool.

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Step 5

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Filter/render tools are used on ruffle to blend colors to look more like fabric, then noise filter is added.

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Step 6

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Some distracting bright areas in background have been cloned away and clown suit under the ruffles is cloned to gold/green around balloons. Noise added to this part of clown suit as well.

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Step 7

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Mouth and cheeks needed smile lines, so they were added here using dodge and brush tools.

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Step 8

Final result

Creation of Cheer Up, Clown!: Final Result

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