A Work in Progress: Romeos Serenade



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Romeos Serenade
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Original image


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Cut out boy

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Touch up

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Apply puppet warp to boy's head to have him looking up.

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Cut out girl, don't need feet as will be hidden.

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Fill in boy's skin with solid darker flesh color.

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Use color blending mode for face and hands. Adjust levels and brightness.

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Place source pic of house and balcony in background. Place girl behind balcony using mask, then work her skin same way as boy's.

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Color boy clothes and lute, using Color blend mode.

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Colored rose and shadows in veil. Decided to leave dress colored white. Removed feather from boys hat.

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Cropped feather from source pic.

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Added feather to hat. Used lur tool to smooth out some of the rough statue textures. Tweaked levels and applied Camera Raw Filter.

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Final tweaks also cropped for better composition. Lightened a little for people with dark monitors. Applied a dry brush filter with max detail to give it a medieval feel.

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Final result

Creation of Romeos Serenade: Final Result

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