A Work in Progress: The Temple of Easter Eggs

This guide was made for entry:
The Temple of Easter Eggs
In Contest:
easter eggs DD

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made with:
photoshop
wacom intuos 5

The painting was made on only one layer and I used 3 default brushes.
('Round hard', 'Rough Round Bristle', 'Round soft' )

1. rough sketch of the objects
I used the 'Round hard' brush (90% opacity)

Creation of The Temple of Easter Eggs: Step 1

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2. basic colour grounding with dark colours
I used the 'Rough Round Bristle' (90% opacity)

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3. giving some structure to the ground and plants with brighter colours
I used the 'Rough Round Bristle' (45% up to 80% opacity)

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4. brighten the Eggs and the plants with rough brush
I used the 'Rough Round Bristle' (45% up to 80% opacity)

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5. brighten the Eggs and the plants with rough Brush even more
I used the 'Rough Round Bristle' (45% up to 80% opacity)

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6. giving more detail to the plants to imitate leaves and adding first shadows to the leaves
I used the 'Round hard' (25% up to 45% opacity) using a fine brush size

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7. first highlighting of the ground and the plants and adding grass near the egg
I used the 'Round hard' (25% up to 55% opacity) using a finer brush size

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8. adding details to the eggs by using darker colour
I used the 'Round hard' (20% up to 30% opacity) using a fine brush size

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9. adding light source on top left corner (*) and lighting up the Eggs edges (**)
I used: * 'Round soft' brush (15% opacity) using a large brush size
**'Round hard' (20% up to 30% opacity) using a fine brush size

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10. last highlights on plants,ground and eggs and adding teeth to the eggs 'face'
I used the 'Round hard' (20% up to 30% opacity) using a finer brush size

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Thanks for reading :)
If you want me to make a tutorial on 'digital painting', 'drawing form imagination' or something else, please write a comment.

overview:

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Final result

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Comments

madamemonty says:

Please... please, make a tutorial

(5 years and 2212 days ago)

ekatwalker says:

I would love to see a tutorial on digital painting from you! Great work!

(5 years and 2203 days ago)

wazowski says:

Good explanation, good base for a tut

(5 years and 2193 days ago)

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