A Work in Progress: Crystal Archer



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Crystal Archer
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crystal warrior


step 1 of 10

Cut out archer.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 1
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step 2 of 10

Crop out bow.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 2
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step 3 of 10

Removed bow from archer cutout.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 3
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step 4 of 10

Make bow wood using fibers filter. Clipped it onto bow.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 4
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step 5 of 10

Placed crystal texture from source over canvas. Had to duplicated it and vertical flip the duped layer in order to fit it over the desired area without enlarging the texture.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 5
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step 6 of 10

Made a displacement map with the archer cutout (without bow) then displaced the texture onto the cutout using the displace filter.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 6
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step 7 of 10

Used multiply blend and 45% opacity to bring out some of the archers details.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 7
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step 8 of 10

Added bow with shadow and highlight. Made levels adjustment for bow and archer and displaced texture.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 8
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step 9 of 10

Added gradient background then made camera raw adjustments.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 9
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step 10 of 10

Revised, added bowstring and arrow from another source pic.

Creation of Crystal Archer: Step 10
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Final result

Creation of Crystal Archer: Final Result

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