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How I cubed a cherry By DerAlt
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How to combine illustration and photoshopping to achieve a cool result.
Page 1 : Introduction This tutorial is not aimed at teaching you new methods in PhotoShop. Instead it’s just an illustration of an alternate way of solving a problem with the basic tools found in most graphic programs. There are many ways to approach image manipulation without relying on filters and actions that sometimes give you less than a satisfactory result. A combination of a simple approach combined with some filter use can be just as effective overall. In this example the only filter used was noise. As usual, all steps are done on separate layers. Here's the original source:
It was chosen for it’s good color, range of density and interesting water droplets.
Page 2: Getting Started
The original cherry on the left was chosen from the group of three. As a start, the Free Transform tool was used to stretch the cherry into a more oblong/squarish shape.
To complete the basic foundation for the cubed look, I cut and pasted some areas from the original that contained details I intended to incorporate into the final and to add to the cubed effect. I elongated some of them with free transform. Some of the interior edges on the additions were softened a bit, with the eraser tool at 20%, to make the transition somewhat smoother.
I sketched a guide on a separate layer showing the eventual shape/perspective to help in creating a proper cubed look.
Page 3: Using the brush tool
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