Griffin

In this photoshop project we were asked to sketch the image we wanted to create and then list all the photos we would need to create the image. 

I sketched a picture of a griffin on a rocky mountain with an ominous cloudy sky in the background. I had to use a picture of a mountain, a lion, a griffon vulture head, bird wings and an ominous cloudy sky.

I found a picture of the mountains and masked out part of the mountains and the sky. I added the picture of the sky as the bottom layer to make it the background. I found a picture of a female lion with her feet in a certain position and then flipped it horizontally so it would  be standing on the rock outcrop. I masked out the head.  The lion image was copied and different effects were used to make it look like a shadow. I took the picture of the griffon vulture head, masked out the neck and changed the size to match the body of the lion. The head was blended with the lion body. My instructor found a picture of a bird which had its wings in just the right position to go on the lion. I masked out the bird leaving only its wings. Some effects were applied to the wings to make it look like the light is shining through the wings.