Cheetah/ Elephant

For this project my goal was to do something out of the ordinary. Something that you would never see in nature. I wanted the elephant to look like a mixed breed between a cheetah and elephant.

This is the original Image that I found in Google.
http://wowallpapers.com/show_wallpaper/animals/elephant_wallpaper_05_1600x1200.jpg.

First I made a Copy of the original and made a selection with the quick selection tool.

I then used refine edge to feather and smooth out the edges. The Refine edge helped me get more detail that I had missed by using the quick selection. The refine edge helped me select more precisely.

Once I made my more detailed selection with the refine edge I dropped the cheetah texture image and put it in layer Overlay.

This is the link for the Cheetah texture
http://animalprintwallpaper.com/wallpapers/cheetah-print-wallpaper1.jpg

I then made a masked the cheetah image layer onto the elephant using the the elephant selection.

Once the cheetah texture was placed onto the elephant I lowered the opacity to 58%








I then slightly adjusted curves and made a clipping mask only for the elephant so that the whole image wouldn't be affected by the curve layer.

Lastly I ended up adding a curve layer to make the background look more connected to the elephant.