STEP 5
Select the Iris layer image. Then CTRL + SHIFT + I to inverse selection and hit DELETE. There?s your Iris.
STEP 6
It?s all retouch from here. Whatever airbrush and paint brush work you do, do it on separate layers so you can play with layer modes, transparency, etc. or delete if you don?t like it
Select the Eyeball image layer and fill with white with a slight tint of red.
The iris has a ring around it. Select the pupil layer image and inverse. With med brown as foreground color, use airbrush with a small tip in low pressure and create a thin ring on a new layer below the pupil layer.
To create the convex illusion, select the pupil image and air brush with a bigger tip size along the edge, again on a new layer above the pupil layer. In the layers pallete, change the layer mode to MULTIPLY and lower opacity to suit..
The inset on the lower left corner shows the effect of the above airbrush work.
With a 2 pixel brush and a light red foreground color, draw the veins on the eyeball . Lower the opacity of the layer to get a softer effect.
A final touch-up. Hit D key to set the default fore and back color. Set white as foreground color
In low pressure, spray one or two dots on a new layer within the iris area (light source reflection). On another layer, spray another longer band below the pupil and change layer mode to soft light. Drag the dots around till you get a desired look.
