final effect
Step 1: Create a new working document. First, create a new document with a size of 1000×1000 pixels and a white background.
Step 2: Cut out the violin
Make a selection around the violin. The background of the violin is basically single, so the final method is to use the magic wand tool to select the violin. The settings are as shown below:
After selecting the violin, press ctrl+J to copy the extracted violin, then pull in the document we just prepared, press ctrl+T to freely transform and adjust the size.
Step Three: Add Leaves
Open the picture of the rose, use the Polygonal Lasso tool to make a selection around the leaf we want, and cut out the leaf.
When we have made the selection, just like before, use ctrl+J to separate the leaves into a single layer, and then pull them into our working document. After pulling it in, we use the magic wand tool to select the white area around the leaf, and delete it to get the leaf.
Then drag the leaves under the violin layer. Ctrl+T Use the Free Transform Tool to resize and rotate it a little to the right. After adjusting, press Enter, as shown below:
Step 4: Adjust Color
Again, regarding the naming of each layer, if you name each layer according to its content (at least you have to know which layer it is), then it will be very convenient to manage. Closer to home, let's now name the first layer "Violin" and the second layer "Leaves".
Select the "Violin" layer, then ctrl+L to pop up the Levels dialog box, set as shown below, press OK after setting:
Activate the "Leaves" layer and use the Levels tool to increase the contrast of the leaves. Then use the "Hue-Saturation" tool (ctrl+U) to adjust the color of the leaves to make the filter color more vivid and vibrant. As shown below:
Step 5: Layout of leaves 1
Ctrl+J copies a layer of leaves, then ctrl+T the free change tool to place the leaves in the appropriate place, as shown below:
Continue in this manner for 5 more leaves. Continue adjusting the size, angle, and position of each leaf until you get a nice arrangement.
Step Six: Highlights and Shadows
Go back to the layer of the first leaf (normally, that would be the bottom layer of the leaf). Select the "Burn" tool. Then choose a soft brush, the Photoshop brush radius is about 30 to 40 pixels, and adjust the exposure to 25%. Now we use this brush to add shadows, as shown below:
Repeat those steps for all the leaf layers, and you'll end up with a more layered image. As shown below:
Step 7: Duplicate the leaf layer
Patterns like this usually have a lot of layers, so it's a good idea to categorize them into a layer group. Next I will tell you how to put them into a group. As shown below:
Now, let's also put some leaves on the right side of the piano so that the whole image looks balanced. The method is very simple, just copy the leaves on the left to the right. Select the group you just created, right-click, and select "Copy Group" from the pop-up options.
Name the group layer: Leaves on the left. Select the group and click - Edit - Free Transform - Flip Horizontally. In this way, all the copied leaf groups are "flipped horizontally". Click the selection tool and move the group to the left side of the violin, as shown below:
Step 8: The second part of leaf layout
Copy another leaf layer group, name it: leaf-FL, and place this group on top of the violin, as shown below:
Use the Move Tool and the Free Transform Tool to re-layout this group, as shown below:
Note: You may easily overlook this. The highlights and shadows of this group of leaves are different from the original ones, so you have to redefine the highlights and shadows of this group of leaves as a whole. Of course, the tool is still "Burn", " Dodge" tool.
Continue to copy this group and rename it: leaf-FR. Edit - Free Transform - Rotate horizontally. Place this set of leaves as shown below:
