The making of Bird of Paradise in the Smoke, step by step...

original image

step 1 of 7

Started with a piece of the flame to warp into the parts

step 2 of 7

Cut out a random piece of smoke to warp

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Warped flame into this

step 4 of 7

Warped flame into this piece

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Duplicate and rotate into this

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Part of the smoke used for background. All the layers were adjusted using doge, Burn and multiply layers to enhance the colours.

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Final result

final result