Turn any photo into a dot grid artwork with these Photoshop actions. You'll get great results with dots that change size. They get larger in brighter areas and smaller in darker areas. Free download available.
- To rotate the mesh a fixed number of degrees, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and position the cursor near to, but not over the pins. When a circle appears, drag to visually rotate the mesh.






Step 18
Next we will open Elephant photo. After you open the image, use Quick Selection Tool(W) and select only nose. After the selection area has been created, simply copy (Ctrl / Cmd + C) and Paste (Ctrl / Cmd + V) it to our work canvas. Then position the image with the transform tool (Ctrl / Cmd + T). Hold Alt + Shift and resterize like image below. In Photoshop CC only hold Alt to resterize al sides together.


Step 19
Now we will add some Adjustment layers to blended it. Add Adjustment Layer "Curves"
Step 20
Add Adjustment Layer "Selective Color"
Step 21
Add Adjustment Layer Curves and press Ctrl/Cmd + I to invert and use Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint the Highlights parts on nose.

Step 22
Add Adjustment Layer Curves and press Ctrl/Cmd + I to invert and use Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint the Dark parts on nose.

Step 23
Now, create a new layer and use Soft Round brush with foreground color white and paint the outside of nose. Blend mode change from normal to Overlay with opacity 50%.
Step 24
In this step duplicate nose (Ctrl / Cmd + J) and open Puppet Warp (Edit > Puppet Warp). Use the same procedure as in previous steps.
Step 25
Add Adjustment Layer Curves
Step 26
Add Adjustment Layer Selective Color
Step 27
Add Adjustment Layer Curves and press Ctrl/Cmd + I to invert and use Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint the Highlights parts on nose.
Step 28
Add Adjustment Layer Curves and press Ctrl/Cmd + I to invert and use Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint the Dark parts on nose.
Step 29
Create a new layer and use Soft Round brush with foreground color white and paint the outside of nose. Blend mode change from normal to Overlay with opacity 50%.
3 comments on “Learn How to Create a Surreal Scene of Elephant with a Palm Trunk”
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