A Work in Progress: Midnight Encounter

This guide was made for entry:
Midnight Encounter
In Contest:
pixelsquid

step 1 of 13

grass

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step 2 of 13

added one of my backgrounds and masked out front grass

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step 3 of 13

placed second of my images of grass field

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step 4 of 13

added pair of glasses

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step 5 of 13

didn't like first pair, so I replaced them

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step 6 of 13

skewed bkgd to force perspective a little more

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step 7 of 13

added roach and grasshopper

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step 8 of 13

added extra wild grasses

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step 9 of 13

blurred background to shorten depth of field

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step 10 of 13

added moon, and overall blue color for a night scene

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step 11 of 13

on a separate layer I pasted a b/w shot of everything

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step 12 of 13

converted b/w shot to ( menu/filters-other-high pass...) to a setting of 5.5, set layer to overlay. It sharpened everything up.

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step 13 of 13

background pictures I took myself around my neighborhood.

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Final result

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Score: 9

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