As part of my learning with Photoshop I decided to create a remake of a picture I took of my wife Jill several years ago wearing the Pachydermos mask, as seen below.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_qABOUuaB83_H76cyJRRQZcY5CpI5b5cGgVgYFHqRMc2Cqq-H4QXrPBAXh-yG9w_0odZAyzg9dkhIqvDdjoSDEG8QsUFjA5VwCre15AvCBqt7POVGWV9BqfRPygpzhN-dUj-p9o2KHkW/s400/pachydermos+jill.jpg)
I figured with my new camera and lighting equipment that I could improve on the original, which was not well lit and a bit out of focus.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdNR2XChjSFT3aKHH8VuO8qerG_9CgrlVqx7ETkNgNzQpzuFupFZM6mSWyaYh6hIi1i6Xnu_2ObmBK2GuPDhsTBX38U2FcWGS_g-ApPF0tRRJyl39hSCM-PHkbfW_iooTK0ioxQrNIdJ9/s400/Jill+original.jpg)
First I posed her on a white background for easy extraction in a pose similar to the first one, and with most of the same costume.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZgX2X2w7GlWY24KQW742cBUTLvSHpFwT2PXSXPrvQiUDf1KXQq07BFLRyDsvnKlWnnf47UKzEDYmRkYEI2absPpVC1iijb1Z9K1H3LV3wi53JNOpk_xcfKLI3KqjY6t4ISjxvbP2LUL7/s400/Telephone-table.jpg)
I then went to
stock.xchng to look for free pictures that they offer for the furniture and interior. Here is a great old telephone table that looks like it could be Victorian, which is the look I was after.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Nh8W4B8altJtVnJZqvlDH_Ai1XN6-d5OxCLxmlKht2dWPDEn_j6DpwGPaiONP16bkQgl24h1Vi7dNJAY2YPNw4NwskEa016724xmgoiCnH6Gk2DEt6AOYcXCkVwOFt2v9PvcYMgiO5mK/s400/Jill-and-table-extract.jpg)
After extracting the figure in Photoshop (removing the background) I combined her with the seat, resizing them as necessary to make it look like they went together.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQ6QIHs2NL0mLqvB0i8A9cSq1gdDXlmYaNSbDkEJ8JOEj8hv_oqCDr2HJ8PUbXVI6sNAvn-8PaOEFEIvQgPIe5XGgvKLBDSb1ZRY7fvmfodyKBUCx2dZiyOQDW23MkYux0nkkkMUF6gEF/s400/Red-Victorian-wallpaper.jpg)
Next I looked for wallpaper and discovered this pattern on
DeviantArt, which was offered for free usage.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMylTq-sbEK4PaOBtPy2IrNhHKWqdgr7tmec8qivN1kZPojYarWJHVecV8Bp87qdvD4TtZFSKpN53u8KPIx_h3WrLdJyE-CwyZedTGju4NlqBeLN58MJ02Xsqdz9NADGXKjggfm0kplXB/s400/Parquet-floor.jpg)
And back on stock.xchng I found a nice old floor.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jzP_i6aZZ-PQQ8lP-6VhegLO_nJ-xcNXr5mbPESvoP-dL7KJsz80aZHSArNA9EgWMwgMDHy3tE4Q5pornQQFxqYibkH4S6_cahSOPKtjrJVyyH2BUb42L54HS35W_tSWoC1UojwtLOOp/s400/Wanted-poster.jpg)
I decided that a wanted poster for our heroine would be a nice touch, and created this one in Corel Draw. I then combined all the images, and photographed and added in some miscellany to populate the floor for my final image, seen below.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCN46K7vgL__zyBsogAaGjoNlEF_K_PKfdR-WNSqz6DfxmZwC-rMrljRZbT6C2zeht0Tm_bgWK74x8y6RUoGkUQTgWVmmS8IXvX0tGXmKiPgbEMQB-09Pa4xN2EaHzvH1Txrt5c_Ct0bet/s400/Olifant-Outlaw.jpg)
My original plan was to extract the figure and find a single photo to place her in. I ended up with ten separate images which make up the final picture.