A Work in Progress: Spheres of the Lost



This guide was made for entry:
Spheres of the Lost
In Contest:
glass sphere


Original image


step 1 of 20

Separated the sphere from the background.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 1

step 2 of 20

Edited the sphere to give it a look of clouds inside it. Used only bush tool and some burn/dodge.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 2

step 3 of 20

Painted a staff for the sphere.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 3

step 4 of 20

Painted in part of a character. Just a basic hero type profile.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 4

step 5 of 20

Finished the Hero.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 5

step 6 of 20

Painted in a wizard's cape sort of thing.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 6

step 7 of 20

Added a head, hat and hand to my wizard.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 7

step 8 of 20

Added the hair.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 8

step 9 of 20

Added a basic gradient background, then used warp tool to give it a curved effect.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 9

step 10 of 20

Added a flat, basic background.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 10

step 11 of 20

Added detail to the foreground. Used only brush and burn/dodge.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 11

step 12 of 20

Added detail to the midground.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 12

step 13 of 20

Added detail to the mid-background.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 13

step 14 of 20

Didn't like the color scheme, so I added a little green to the background.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 14

step 15 of 20

Added a couple moons and stars. Used brush, marquee, masks and cloud filters.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 15

step 16 of 20

Added some adjustment layers to give more of a night time effect.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 16

step 17 of 20

Added a sphere and made it look like it was sunk into the ground.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 17

step 18 of 20

Added a second sphere and made some color corrections to the first one.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 18

step 19 of 20

Sunk the second sphere, added some shading and some adjustment layers.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 19

step 20 of 20

Fixed the star showing through the moon problem and added some extra color effects.

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Step 20

Final result

Creation of Spheres of the Lost: Final Result

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