Airbrushed Angel

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Wings
Click on right wing layer on Layer Palette
Selections – Load Selection from Alpha Channel -Selection#1
Flood Fill: Color of your choice
Airbrush around edge with a darker shade using the settings shown below. You may want to magnify a little.
I set the Background color with the color I'm using to fill and the Foreground color with the color I'm using to airbrush.


Continue loading each wing selection on its own layer, filling, and airbrushing around each edge for the right and left wing.
Right wing layers 1a through 1e - Selection #1 through Selection #5
Left wing is wing 2a through 2e - Selection #6 through Selection #10
(Ctrl+Z) to undo and respray if you do not like how it came out.
Merge wing layers together.
SAVE

Neck
Click on neck-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – Selection #11
Flood Fill: #ffe3b7 or your choice.
New Layer Effects - 3D - Cutout

• Vertical: 7
• Horizontal: 5
• Opacity: 100
• Blur: 12
• Shadow color: darker shade of skin color
• Fill interior with color not checked

• Vertical: 0
• Horizontal: -2
• Opacity: 100
• Blur: 12
• Shadow color: darker shade of skin color
• Fill interior with color not checked

• Size: 20
• Step: 50
• Density: 100
• Opacity: 30 adjust for color used
• Other settings the same

	Remember to SAVE often. Selections - Edit Selection (The selection will have a red highlight.) Click on the Mover Tool. Use your arrow keys on the keyboard to move the edit selection to the right. Click on the Raster Deform Tool. Hold down the Shift key and slide top center node toward the left. Selections - Edit Selection (The selection will clear highlight.) New Raster Layer Airbrush lower left side. SAVE
	Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – Selection #12 Selections - Edit Selection Click on the Mover Tool. Use your arrow keys on the keyboard to move the edit selection to the left. Click on the Raster Deform Tool. Hold down the Shift key and slide top center node toward the right. You can click on the center and move the selection more toward the left if you need to. Selections - Edit Selection Airbrush lower right side. SAVE
	Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – Selection #12 Selections - Edit Selection Click on the Raster Deform Tool. slide left middle node and right middle node in. Click on center top node and side to the right. Selections - Edit Selection Airbrush lower right and lower left. (Ctrl+Z) to undo and respray if you do not like how it came out. You can also use the Eraser Tool with a lower Hardness and Opacity to erase some of the extra spray if you want to. SAVE

Optional ~ Click back on dress-cp layer and use your Lighten/Darken Brush to lighten areas of the dress if you would like to. Play with the settings to get the adjustments you need for the color you used. Here are the settings I used. Sahpe: circle Size varies for the area you are in Hardness: 0 Step: 25 Density and Thickness: 100 Rotation: 0 Opacity: 65 Match Mode: RGB SAVE

• Vertical: 0
• Horizontal: -1
• Opacity: 85
• Blur: 6
• Shadow color: darker shade of skin color
• Fill interior with color not checked

• Vertical: 0
• Horizontal: -1
• Opacity: 85
• Blur: 8
• Shadow color: darker shade of skin color
• Fill interior with color not checked

	Right click on this layer and Duplicate twice. Use the Mover Tool to move and place other fingers. Merge down duplicated layers to the first finger detail line. Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – Selection #13 Selections - Invert - Tap the Delete key to get rid of any overspray. SAVE
	Repeat the above method for the left hands. Remeber to start on a New Layer. SAVE

Airbrush right edge of sleeve with same darker shade used on dress. Size: around 35 Step: around 35 Other settings as they are. Lower Opacity some to lightly spray left side of the sleeve. Make a note of the opacity setting. You will want to change it back later. Optional ~ Click back on left sleeve-cp layer and use the Lighten Brush with same setting to highlight sleeve slightly. SAVE

Airbrush lightly left edge of sleeve with same darker shade used on dress with same setting. Raise the Opacity some to the same setting you had before lowering it and spray right side of the sleeve. Make a note of the opacity setting. You will want to change it back later. Optional ~ Click back on right sleeve-cp layer and use the Lighten Brush with same setting to highlight sleeve slightly. Click back on dress2-cp layer. New Raster layer Lower Size to around 18 and Opacity. Airbrush under the edge of the right sleeve and hand. Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – Selection #14 Selections - Invert - Tap Delete key on keyboard to get rid of overspray. SAVE

Click back on Merged wing layer on Layer Palette. Use Magic Wand and click on background area of the image. Selection - Invert You should have a selection around the wings. New Raster layer Airbrush with the darker wing shading under bottom edge of right and left sleeve to create a shadow on the wings. I used various sizes with the airbrush. Adjust Opacity for colors you are using. Remember (Ctrl+Z) to undo if you need to. I use this a lot. Click back on the layer above hands-cp layer on Layer Palette. This should be the cutout layer. Use the Eraser Tool to erase the upper cutout area on the left hand. New Raster layer Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – Selection #17 Airbrush with the darker hand shading under lower edge of right and left sleeve to create a shadow on the hands. I used Airbrush size 15. Adjust Opacity for colors you are using. Repeat the above to airbrush a shadow on a New Layer above thumb layer with Alpha Channel Selection #15

• Vertical and Horizontal: 1
• Opacity: 100
• Blur: 1
• Color: Same darker skin shade

• Blur: 3
• Other settings the same

• Vertical and Horizontal: 0
• Opacity: 100
• Blur: 2
• Color: Darker shade of mouth color

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