A Work in Progress: I Dream of a Blue Bear



This guide was made for entry:
I Dream of a Blue Bear
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Original image


step 1 of 6

- Add black background
- Flip Balloon
- Get rid of ropes and tassels with cloning tool

Creation of I Dream of a Blue Bear: Step 1
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step 2 of 6

- Recreate missing neck design
- Add black hole in openeing
- Change hue and darken
- Clone and reshape top portion of bottle to be used for base
- Darken and shade base

Creation of I Dream of a Blue Bear: Step 2
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step 3 of 6

- Flip basket to create lid, remove flags and hang from edge of bottle neck
- Clone ropes and add to lid
- Add smoke in screen mode

Creation of I Dream of a Blue Bear: Step 3
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step 4 of 6

- Split smoke into 2 parts
- Color left smoke green and right smoke blue
- Add tassels to bottle and lid
- Burn lid area

Creation of I Dream of a Blue Bear: Step 4
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step 5 of 6

- Resize and add doll & bear
- Erase doll eyes to prepare for edited eyes
- Use smudge tool on lower bear to blend with smoke
- Build up hair on doll

Creation of I Dream of a Blue Bear: Step 5
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step 6 of 6

- Add reshaped eyes
- Add hat (with rope trim)
- Blend doll legs into smoke
- Add lips
- Add new nose
- Add hair top knot and ponytail
- Add toy color to smoke trail
- Add burn throughout before final coloring in Lightroom

Creation of I Dream of a Blue Bear: Step 6
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Final result

Creation of I Dream of a Blue Bear: Final Result

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