A Work in Progress: A Grip on Nature



This guide was made for entry:
A Grip on Nature
In Contest:
lightning storm


Original image


step 1 of 7

The hand was imported into the desert background which i applied some effect to, such as blur and colour saturation set to overlay.

Creation of A Grip on Nature: Step 1

step 2 of 7

I added the field and masked it to the hand, i also added some grass using the default grass brushes in photoshop, but i ended up removing it for the final image.

Creation of A Grip on Nature: Step 2

step 3 of 7

The tree was added and i applied some adjustments to the tree, i then used the cloud brushes to select parts of cloud from the source image, which i then imported, edited, adjusted and warped to achieve the final effect. I then extracted the lighting and placed it on the image as well.

Creation of A Grip on Nature: Step 3

step 4 of 7

I used the pen tool to select the tree to make it look as though the lighting had cut through it.

Creation of A Grip on Nature: Step 4

step 5 of 7

I added some brushes as debris from the tree and also added some water splashes with shadows and fooled around with colour and opacity. The rain was created by using Motion Blur on a "noise" layer set to screen

Creation of A Grip on Nature: Step 5

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Creation of A Grip on Nature: Step 6

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My own image!

Creation of A Grip on Nature: Step 7

Final result

Creation of A Grip on Nature: Final Result

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