A Work in Progress: Decoy of Wood



This guide was made for entry:
Decoy of Wood
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black helmet


Original image


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Background source photo of rope (my own)

Creation of Decoy of Wood : Step 1

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Crackle source used for wooden texture on decoy

Creation of Decoy of Wood : Step 2

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Duck head created using liquify warp tool, w white area used for streak on back of neck.

Creation of Decoy of Wood : Step 3

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Body created from source, using white area for tail. Liquify warp tool used here.

Creation of Decoy of Wood : Step 4

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The crackle texture is liquify warped to make design on crackle look more like wood, then layer is lowered in opacity and placed over the decoy image. Edges are trimmed off using the eraser tool.

Creation of Decoy of Wood : Step 5

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Dodge tool and burn tool add highlights and shadows to the decoy.

Creation of Decoy of Wood : Step 6

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Clone tool is used to repeat some of the gray toned ground cover along bottom edge of the decoy. Last of all blue and brown filter layers are added to entire image.

Creation of Decoy of Wood : Step 7

Final result

Creation of Decoy of Wood : Final Result

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