Photoshop Morphing - CassoGirafurle

-I began by looking on the internet for images and finding ones that would match or go in positions that would suit my needs.
-It took some time but I managed to fit the three images into a position that looked good.
-Then I started masking and cutting out each image starting with the Shell as it was the most simple,going around the perimeter highlighting only what I wanted to fit in, then the same with the head of the Cassowary only grabbing up to the neck, and finally the legs and partial amount of the neck of the Giraffe.
-Then with the images cut out and transparent, I placed them in their final positions and began to use the Clone Stamp Tool, morphing the bodies together to make a good contrast in material and form. ( Note - Made the image look most like a giraffe as that was the first image and base to the monster. )
-Taking some time to do some nice finishing, I got down to the smallest pixel and made it look as real as possible. ( With the Clone Stamp Tool. )
-After becoming satisfied with the current creation, I made the images of all three animals into a grouping. Color Correction was a problem as there was an issue with selected frames and Correction was only ending up on one frame. This was fixed by the grouping.
-Then I applied the Color Correction to the grouped images and made it look as if there was no difference between animals.
-Once again I went to the internet to find a fitting image for the monster I have made.
-I found a desolate salt lake and used it, placing my monster in the image was meant to be.
-After fitting it in, I used the brush tool and a soft brush with black paint to add a shadow to the creature. Lightly going around the base with the opacity also set very low.
-When I was satisfied with the edit, I added my blog on a new layer and gave my monster a name on another. The name Dave was given to him.