Another Planet
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In this lesson I’ll tell you how to create fantastic landscape using several pictures and your own hands. Combination of two themes, sea and space, promises to give a very interesting result. |
Resources:
Sea: http://NiPaZu.deviantart.com/
Sky: http://electribe.deviantart.com/
Planets: http://Faei.deviantart.com/, http://moon_media.deviantart.com/, http://ezkexis.deviantart.com/
Step 1.
We will begin with the size of our linen. At first – vertical location. Secondary, the pictures, which are prepared for our work, will help us to define the size.
Step 2.
We cut out a part of the picture with the sea landscape and place it on the canvas.
Step 3.
We’ll take sky from another picture. We’ll place it on the sheet, by means of Eraser Tool we will neatly touch up the line of connection between two pictures.
Step 4.
Something is missing on horizon. We’ll try to add mountains. We’ll insert them between layers with sky and sea (the layer with sea, certainly, is higher; so it will cover the lower line of mountains).
Step 5.
With Burn Tool we’ll darken mountains. Now look at the following tunings: Range-Shadow, Exposure-50%.
Step 6.
We’ll increase exposure to 70% and darken the upper area of water (kind of brush-soft, big size).
Step 7.
We’ll lower exposure to 60% and darken the lower part of sky. We have to work neatly, not to injure the clouds.
Step 8.
We’ll decrease the Size of brush, and Range of the Tool we change to Midtones. By one motion on the horizontal line (pressing “ctrl”) we’ll darken lower part of mountains.
Step 9.
Now we pass to sky. We place the picture of planet on the canvas. By means of Eraser Tool we’ll wipe up all superfluous areas, because clouds are nearer to us, and through them it must not be visible.
Step 10.
We change the Blending Mode of layer with the planet to Screen, Fill: 100%.
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Comments
This was a very good tut, I didn’t read it at all and I went again and made my own project using this idea as the basics. this is what my outcome was.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a201/mlicot/HardcoreDesigns.png
nice tut.
i think it has a better atmosphere without the
mountain background, but that’s just me.
very good tho.
You did a very nice job on the sky and planets, however, the ocean looks like it’s totally a seperate picture.
Does not match or blend with the sky and planets at all.
No reflections of the clouds or anything on the water.
The water part of the picture is HIGHLY unreal and bad.
Maybe you should stick to planet and sky tutorials.
Well, I guess you couldn’t do that either as you have to use Other Peoples planets in “your” work.
thx sergio, i like your idea