A Work in Progress: Sunflowers from My Garden



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Original image


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Strips from background are merged and scaled to create pattern.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 1
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step 2 of 10

A gradient layer is added.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 2
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New shape from source image using polar coordinate filter. From the curved red shapes a vase and lanterns will be formed.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 3
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From orange oval shape in source, petals are being formed from yellow section in center of oval. Liquify warp is used to shape the petals.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 4
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Petals are rotated, scaled and placed around orange center.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 5
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Leaves are formed from section of source image, liquify warp is used , then color is changed with image/adjustments/color,balance

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 6
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Petals and leaves are placed on center, and small inner petals are pulled out using smudge tool. Burn tool adds shadowed areas for more dimension.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 7
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Container from polar coordinate step is placed against the background.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 8
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Flowers and leaves of varying sizes are begin placed. The middle stem has been formed from metal piece from source and shaped with liquify warp tool. At this point, I decided to widen the canvas, then scaled the background to fit.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 9
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Finally, flowers are rearranged, table darkened, and hanging lamps made from source with flames brushed in. Light is added behind background using filter/render/lighting effects.

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Step 10
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Final result

Creation of Sunflowers from My Garden : Final Result

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