Challenge 195

Question

Some nice work on the griffin this week:
ALEX B: Great cloning as usual -- love the 'sox' on the griffins in #1.
ANNE T: I like the oriental feel the the rectangular framing in the branches gives #1. Is that the cutout filter in #2?
Great snow job in #3.
BEN M: The fluid gold look is outstanding.
BILL Z: Alas, poor wienerdog -- nice work on the fence.
CHARLES Y: Good work on the colorization.
ELLEN H: Love the way you used the leaves as background and emphasized the eyes.
JODI C: The harvest moon backdrop is great.
KIMIOO: Great use of the forest scene, nice application of the veined marble surface and wonderful light beams.
LAURA B: Nice insertion of the griffin behind the tree -- evil eyes, too!
MALCOLM D: Wow! Love the use of the wing feathers to make petals -- great image.
MARILYN L: The jeweled necklace really caps the revamped statue -- I like the way you used the wings as background texture as well.
PAT C: Nice work on the spirit mist -- what did you use for your background?
PAULINE W: Nice work on the flames and skull, but the ghost is just great -- any hints on how you did that?
RED S: I count four challenge subject in amongst the rocks -- any more hiding? Displacement maps, perhaps?
RITA G: I like the 3-D effect you achieved with the jack-o'-lantern -- nice work with the shadows.
ROBIN L: An impressive set of images -- did you scan in the bottom of a glass vase to get the root patterns? Nice work on the clouds and lightning in #1.
TAB A: Love the spiders and the niche setting.
TOM M: Wonderful patterns -- what did you use to create the gem-like coruscations on the griffin?
WARD G: Pink with birdies! I love the irony. Great job on the jack-o'-lantern carving in #2. The starfish in #3 is nicely done.
WENDY W: Have to love the light fractured skulls -- neat concept. Now for #3 we need a little song from the Aldridge Sisters to go with that bubble machine, ah one and ah two...
Bob Warren
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Answer 1

Hey Bob.
"coruscation", I like that!
From the bottom up;
1. Original layer.
2. Layer with that curves setting to make it look silver.
3. Duplicated it, applied gold colored gradient map, difference mode.
4. Inserted a photo of some rusted metal, then the displace filter, hard light mode.
5. Duplicated that and changed to soft light.
Blended with layer masks.
Flattened.
Highlighted some areas with a white, color dodge brush, 10% opacity.
250kb version here.