A Work in Progress: It's in the Water



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step 1 of 10

Mask out reflectors and mounting stem. Make a thin line gradient to use as the background sky and water.

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 1
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step 2 of 10

Repeat the stem and turn 90 degrees four times and blend together to make surface of the cube

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 2
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step 3 of 10

Crop out one section of the tire.

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 3
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step 4 of 10

Repeat the tire pattern into a four window box. Apply polar to rectangle filter (coor). Use warp to fold it down on itself. Repeat several times and stack it upon itself.

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 4
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step 5 of 10

Flood tool the tire layer and the gradient setting to create the mountain line and water and sky background

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 5
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step 6 of 10

Repeat the box shape 6 times and distort til you make a cube.

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 6
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step 7 of 10

Scale distort the orange reflector into an orb and flood it. Flood the cube after turning it at a 45 degree angle. Flood as well.

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 7
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step 8 of 10

Blend mirror face of eagle from the source after masking it out of the photo.

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 8
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step 9 of 10

Flood and intensify the birds doubled face, adding colors etc... and hdr effects. Add stars to the sky with the paint brush tool

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 9
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step 10 of 10

Add variants of all the images and duplicate to balance. (Add the eagle for finish, then merge all the layers and use a filter to equalize the photo and take away the extreme colors for blending purposes.)

Creation of It's in the Water: Step 10
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Final result

Creation of It's in the Water: Final Result

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