Lonely
original image

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Cut out the body erased arms to be replaced later.
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Duplicated part of the face flipped and a little brightness and contrast to darken it a bit
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Cut out arm then warped to fit the body
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Flipped and a little more warp to fit the other side
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Eyes from the current monkey source with a litt;e brush eraser at various setting to blend into the face. Also used colour match to bring the hues to approx the same look
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Used part of the jungle image copied flipped and erased to get just the portions I wanted to use.
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Botanical garden image was scaled, blurred with a little bit of contrast adjustment to use for the rest of the background. Then a little doge and burn to add depth with some blur around the edges of the chop of the wooden body.
final result

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