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Create a Deer Abstraction with Photoshop

Step 9

Create a new layer on the top. Active the Line Tool with the given settings:

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Draw five lines as shown below:

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Step 10

Open the circular design pack. Rasterize them as done with the wireframe. Choose the circles you like and arrange them as I did below:

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Step 11

I used a layer mask to blend the biggest circle with the deer:

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Step 12

I used Hue/Saturation (Clipping Mask) to change the color of some circles:

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Step 13

Open the particles pack. I chose the image 023 to place it under the deer (the render and lines parts):

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Copy some different parts from this image and arrange them around the deer:

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Step 14

Make all particles layers selected and hit Cmd/Ctrl+G to create a group for them. Change the mode of this group from Pass Through (default group mode) to Normal 100%. Create a new Curves adjustment  layer on the top of the layers within this group to brighten them a little:

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Step 15

Create three layers on the top. Change the foreground color to white and the brush kind to the clouds one. Use the number 1252, 1369, 1919 to paint on three areas as shown below:

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I decreased the opacity of the lower cloud to 50%, also use a layer mask to reduce the  intensity of the rest ones:

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Step 16

Open the nebula 1 image. Drag it onto the top left of the main canvas :

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Double click this layer, choose Blending Options. Hold down the Option/Alt key and drag the black slider of This Layer to the right until the most of the dark edges disappear:

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Change this layer mode to Screen 100% and use a layer mask to reduce this effect as the screenshot below shows:

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Step 17

Do the same with two other nebula textures:

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Step 18

Make a group for the nebula textures and change the mode to Screen 100%. Use Hue/Saturation to change their color:

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On this layer mask use a soft black brush to reduce the effect on the parts below:
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Step 19

I created a Color Balance adjustment layer for the nebula effect:

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Step 20

Use Levels to increase the lightness of this effect:

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Step 21

Make a Curves adjustment layer on the top of the layers to enhance the contrast of the whole picture:

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Apply brush masking on the parts below:
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Step 22

Duplicate the wireframe layer and place it above the render , remember to set this layer on the top:

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Use a layer mask to erase the wireframe part on the deer:
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Jenny Le

Self-taught artist from Vietnam who loves drawing and doing photo manipulation. See more of my work at http://jennyle88.deviantart.com/

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