A Work in Progress: Spirit of the Drummer Boy

This guide was made for entry:
Spirit of the Drummer Boy
In Contest:
old snare drum

Original image

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Crop out drum from Source

Creation of Spirit of the Drummer Boy: Step 1

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Second source showing General and Drummer Boy

Creation of Spirit of the Drummer Boy: Step 2

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Cropped out boy from image

Creation of Spirit of the Drummer Boy: Step 3

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Cleanup damaged spots then apply median filter

Creation of Spirit of the Drummer Boy: Step 4

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Remove drum from image to be replaced by Source Drum

Creation of Spirit of the Drummer Boy: Step 5

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Move and adjust new drum in place

Creation of Spirit of the Drummer Boy: Step 6

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fix shading and lighten legs

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Black and white adjustments on drum

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High Pass filter to flatten tones out

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Add highlights with black layer set to color dodge, then low opacity soft white brush. Shadow just a low opacity soft brush set to black.

Creation of Spirit of the Drummer Boy: Step 10

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added yellow color and hue and sat adjustment for colors. At this point I almost decided to make him a statue but couldn't quite pull it off.

Creation of Spirit of the Drummer Boy: Step 11

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Placed boy on second source cemetary

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Used gradient tool in mask to fade from bottom and some other areas of drummer boy.

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Reduced opacity of boy and adjusted levels to brighten

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Final touch ups - some vignette also glow on drumsticks

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Final result

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