Open a blank image.
Fill with gradient.
Use grass picture tube and fill with grass of all different sizes (larger toward front)
Fill with gradient.
Use grass picture tube and fill with grass of all different sizes (larger toward front)
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step 2 of 17
Add new layer and fill with a bit more grass (this is so you can put some fireflies behind the grass)
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On a new canvas, start making the firefly by adding a bunch of shapes and edit their nodes.
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Then start giving the shapes life by giving it color and use your dodge retoucher.
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Start to draw legs.
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Duplicate the legs--mirror, flip and twist them a bit.
Paste the firefly on your grass image.
Paste the firefly on your grass image.
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Resize it and then start adding the light by using a soft brush in yellow-big. Repeat with a bit smaller brush a few times.
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Change the color to green and change the size of the brush to about the size of the fireflies back end.
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Duplicate the firefly many times and start repositioning and resizing. Add blur to the ones farther away (the smaller ones in back)
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Move some of the layers under the second grass layer. This is what makes them look like they are in the grass.
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Open the glass jar image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/shashachu/277049272/
Add a new layer and just start painting over the outlines--as if you were using trace paper (wow do people even use trace paper anymore?)
Add a new layer and just start painting over the outlines--as if you were using trace paper (wow do people even use trace paper anymore?)
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Toggle the glass jar image off so you can see what your jar looks like. Make any needed changes, blurring, erasing, etc.
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Paste the glass to your grass image and flip and rotate it.
Start making the glass around the firefly by making a circle selection and use the cutout effect.
Start making the glass around the firefly by making a circle selection and use the cutout effect.
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Make some glare by painting in the glass bubble area and blurring it. Do this a couple places.
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I decided to add a little bit more light to the opening of the jar since it would be getting some reflection from the firefly.
Draw mountains in the back in a brownish color as one layer. Then duplicated the layer and bring the brightness all the way down to make them black.
Draw mountains in the back in a brownish color as one layer. Then duplicated the layer and bring the brightness all the way down to make them black.
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Use your smudge brush to start smudging from the top down in a sideways manner.
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Move these layers behind the grass layers but in front of the gradient layer.
I chose after to change the brownish mountains to a blue color instead so I used my color changing tool.
I chose after to change the brownish mountains to a blue color instead so I used my color changing tool.
Final result
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