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Very scary customs packaging. Mulberry Alexa Bags Looks like it's gone through a lot of wear and tear. Also was taped back together since they had to check it at customs I guess.

This was a piece I did just to learn more about Photoshop and custom brush techniques. I made some custom brushes for this and will share them if I can. :) Here's how I made it:

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I started by sketching out Mulberry Factory Shop half a face. This was just for fun and I kept adding to it until I realized it could turn into Mulberry Tote Bags a finished piece.

I used a custom brush I made to add ribbon lines in white with not complete opacity. I also used the smudge tool to taper out the lines.

Next I added blue under the eye.

I added the rest of the base colors. The white ribbons I did show up now. I also used the smudge tool on the left side in a circle motion to make the color gradient out a bit.

Added shading to the face features and hair.

I added a pink background with a wet-ink-like brush.

I added more white to the edges of the image with a boxy brush.

More boxes and I colored the face tattoos with yellow.

Text was added and stretched vertically. I lowered the opacity as well.

More text in lesser opacities and flipped.

I added yellow to the edges of the image with a crayon-like brush.

Lastly, I used a custom flower brush I made to add some extra flare. I set it to change hue gradually and rotate. I copied the layer twice and changed the hues in each one. I merged the layers and used the liquefy filter to make the flowers curve in towards the middle of the image. (i will post my custom brushes in a special category if I figure out how :D)