A Work in Progress: I'm The King of the Air!



This guide was made for entry:
I'm The King of the Air!
In Contest:
fishing boat


Original image


step 1 of 10

Cloud background to start

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 1
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step 2 of 10

Find a nice place to drop the boat, and erase around the bottom to seat it into the clouds

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 2
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step 3 of 10

Create some egg shaped balloons
- 3D tool to add the spheres
- Manipulate the length of the spheres
- Arrange lighting so shadows work
- Use standard leather texture included in PS CS6
- Use clone tool to cover any weird issues on texture

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 3
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step 4 of 10

Draw some fins with the pen tool, extrude and choose a metal texture, move into position then render

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 4
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step 5 of 10

Shrink and duplicate the rope, extrude and texturize the cleat, then duplicate and place ropes on balloons, add some knots and some shadows.

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 5
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step 6 of 10

Change the boat name to "Rosie" as a Titanic Homage, included 3 replacement exhaust stacks. Add smoke and blend.

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 6
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step 7 of 10

Blend the water pump image to the front of the boat and clouds. Using the 3D tool, add a cylinder from scratch and stretch/shrink it to fir the fan size, then add more light glare with the dodge tool. Rotate the ceiling fan and attach to the front. Radial blur portion of the fan that would be moving and blend fan into clouds.

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 7
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step 8 of 10

Add the operator to the front of the ship ala the Titanic, and dip his hat down over his eyes for a quirky look.

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 8
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step 9 of 10

Personal photo used for the operator.

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 9
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step 10 of 10

Finally, a kite to drag behind the entire rig for fun times. Used the puppet and warp tools for the rope.

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Step 10
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Final result

Creation of I'm The King of the Air!: Final Result

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