Started with a black canvas.
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Simple sketch of hummingbird and flower.
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Cut out the portion of the helmet that would be used to create the image.
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I created an action so as to duplicate and position the helmet to create the shape required. This was then duplicated and transformed.
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Body was then roughly placed into position.
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A new action was created for the head. Again I duplicated it and transformed it.
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Head was the placed into position.
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The beak was made by just stretching the helmet. The eye is another action made to create a circle.
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They were then put into position.
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Started working on the wings. Again new actions were created.
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They were position and with a little bit of masking my bird was taking shape.
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Next came the tail. As always another action was created.
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Next came the claws. These are made by stretching the helmet and placing one end to end. I then used Polar Coordinates to loop them. Duplicated and placed where required.
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Next came the flower and stem. The stem is just the helmet stretched and warped. The flower petals is another action, then duplicated and flipped.
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Flower and stem put into position.
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This is the finished bird and flower prior to making any color adjustments. These will be made with only adjustment layers.
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I started by coloring the flower and stem. These were done only using Color Balance and Brightness/Contrast.
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The body and head came next. These were done using Color Balance and Levels.
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The beak then got a Levels tweak. The eye received Levels and Brightness/Contrast.
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Lastly the wings and tail needed their color. These were achieved with Color Balance, Brightness/Contrast and Levels.
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To finish the image I sharpened it with a High Pass Filter and also added a Soft Light layer and Overlay Layer.
I hope this SBS helped explain how it was done.
I hope this SBS helped explain how it was done.
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Minor change to the flower as suggested.
Final result
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