A Work in Progress: Magician Resort



This guide was made for entry:
Magician Resort
In Contest:
floating cities


step 1 of 15

First, open the background and insert the moon and other planets (easy too make your self with cloud renders and spherize), then fade the moon and planet using masks.

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 1

step 2 of 15

Mask out and rotate your mountain.

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 2

step 3 of 15

Add some ice and water along the edge of the mountain. By using a copy of the mountain, desaturate it and invert the colors then use the wind effect, mask away unwanted colors and soften it with the blur tool.

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 3

step 4 of 15

Add some mudd to make the shift from the mountain more smooth. (masking it just behind the mountain layer). The shift doesn't look that good yet but there will be clouds that cover it later.

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 4

step 5 of 15

Add and mask out our city behind the mountain layer.

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 5

step 6 of 15

Lighten the city with some hue/saturation layers, level layer and color balance layer so it fits better with the other layers. (don't forget to mask the effect-layers)

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 6

step 7 of 15

Add the upper castle, (just like before; behind the other layers and by masking it).

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 7

step 8 of 15

Lighten and change the color appearance of the upper castle with a level-layer (mask it!)

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 8

step 9 of 15

Add the flags (paint them with a brush).

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 9

step 10 of 15

Lighten all of the "island" on the left hand side so all of the island appears to get the main light from the left. (with a levels effect layer that you fade out with a mask).

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 10

step 11 of 15

Now darken the opposite side of the island (use the same method as step 10.)

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 11

step 12 of 15

Add rainbow (do a gradient, then bend it and fade it).

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 12

step 13 of 15

Add the water, use a brush that fades out and scatters a bit. Add the clouds. Use multiple pictures and fade them out in a mask.

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 13

step 14 of 15

Change the whole color appearance so it looks more "natural" (high altitude, more mysterious, etc.), by adding effect layers (hue/saturation and curves).

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 14

step 15 of 15

Add the "magic" by drawing shapes. Then you add layer styles, such as inner and outer glow.

Creation of Magician Resort: Step 15

Final result

Creation of Magician Resort: Final Result

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