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This may have been one of the most difficult challenges I have ever done but the most healing.
I found some photos of the damage in New York and the Statue of Liberty and I took a photo of my own flag as a background.
My background was positioned as I wanted it and then I layered various scenes over and under the Liberty layer. I used layer masks to blend all the layers together as I wanted with Liberty appearing to emerge out of the ashes.
I used adjustment layers and clicked on group with previous layer for each layer so that I could make adjustments on each layer so they would appear as one scene. I then darkened each layer to appear as night using curves while accenting the highlights for the light source I planned to add.
For my light source I used the Render – Lighting effects and created a spot light glow upwards from where the Liberty would be coming from. I applied this to the lowest disaster scene layer so it appeared behind Liberty. I also applied a small glow to the torch.
I used a separate layer above Liberty set to overlay and applied a glow of yellow to the torch and around the base of Liberty. I also used the dodge tool to lighten some of the clouds surrounding her and the highlights on her features.
To further cast rays of light I used the airbrush with with forground white and set the brush options to fade 25 steps and dragged the cursor out from the brightest spots of the torch and to a greater degree from below Liberty in radial streaks.
I used the erase tool at various opacities to erase the scenery around the edges to allow the flag layer to show through just a slight bit.
I then applied the words that spoke my feelings on this situation and used the white and blues to bring out the patriotic colors against the red and white stripes of the flag.
DJ
I found some photos of the damage in New York and the Statue of Liberty and I took a photo of my own flag as a background.
My background was positioned as I wanted it and then I layered various scenes over and under the Liberty layer. I used layer masks to blend all the layers together as I wanted with Liberty appearing to emerge out of the ashes.
I used adjustment layers and clicked on group with previous layer for each layer so that I could make adjustments on each layer so they would appear as one scene. I then darkened each layer to appear as night using curves while accenting the highlights for the light source I planned to add.
For my light source I used the Render – Lighting effects and created a spot light glow upwards from where the Liberty would be coming from. I applied this to the lowest disaster scene layer so it appeared behind Liberty. I also applied a small glow to the torch.
I used a separate layer above Liberty set to overlay and applied a glow of yellow to the torch and around the base of Liberty. I also used the dodge tool to lighten some of the clouds surrounding her and the highlights on her features.
To further cast rays of light I used the airbrush with with forground white and set the brush options to fade 25 steps and dragged the cursor out from the brightest spots of the torch and to a greater degree from below Liberty in radial streaks.
I used the erase tool at various opacities to erase the scenery around the edges to allow the flag layer to show through just a slight bit.
I then applied the words that spoke my feelings on this situation and used the white and blues to bring out the patriotic colors against the red and white stripes of the flag.
DJ
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