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phoenix starting image

phoenix final image

phoenix

i did this to prove more that i can edit a image what i did was take a image and then bring out the red and the green with a curves tool and then i used the paint brush tool to make the feathers look like flames and then i used the smudge tool to get what i have now.

final image of shark

oringal image of shark

final piece what i did and screen shots

What i did was use the paint brush tool to make lots of colours and lines so that so I have allot of colours to swirl.  Then i used the curves tool to make it really high contrast so that it sticks out then i change the RGB curves to make the colours stand out so I can work with then easier. Then i took the smuge tool and started to  move and swirl then into a moving shape then I used the liquefy tool and then i used the swirl tool to make them more 3d so that the block colour turned into swirly lines witch made the shark look like it was moving though the water. Then I took the blur tool and started to make it look like it was made that way and less pixelated around the edges also to make him blend in to the background more so you have to look to see where he ends and the sea begins and then I cut out the background and added my own made with a slight gradent from dark blue to black and the start to use the brush tool with black and made more lines of block colour and then i used the liquify tool to make them in to swirls so that it looks like the shark is actually moving the water around it. Then I used the smudge tool again to finish them of. then I tool the brush tool for the last time and started to paint on highlights and midtones to the lines so that it has more contrast so it stands out a little more and then I blurred and smudged them in to piece to make the final image.