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This video is sponsored by Envato

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Elements.

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Hey guys, how's it going? Hope you're

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having a wonderful day! In this video

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tutorial, I'll create this digital

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illustration from start to finish

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while also showing you an incredible new

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photobashing technique which will

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really help you add photographic

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detail in your artwork quickly and

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effectively. You'll also learn how to use

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images in 3d to help you in your digital

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painting or concept art workflow.

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So without wasting any more time, let's

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do this!

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So the first thing I do is to drop a

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base plate image onto the canvas.

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This is really helpful because now I can

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build stuff on top of it,

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and I can take color reference to this

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base image.

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After that, I added a photograph of the

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sky because

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right now i'm looking to establish some

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sort of horizon

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and get the basic sky and water done. I

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chose a dramatic sky

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to create more interest in the artwork.

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Next I selected a blue color and started

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painting some rock shapes.

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These rocks are at a distance, so I used

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a lighter value of blue for them.

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Then i moved on to the bigger rock shape

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in the middle ground.

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i used a darker value of blue for this

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one, because it's closer to us as viewers.

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I also added a little rock to accompany

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the big one, just to add some contrast in

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terms of size.

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Now the area in the middle is too empty,

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so I created some more shapes there.

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Again, these would be at a distance, so

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comparatively

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lighter value is used for them, They are

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also taller and pointier at the top, so

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we have a combination of three types of

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interesting shapes.

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On the very left we have some shapes

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that look like distant mountains.

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On the right side we have some big

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blocky shapes closer to us.

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And in the middle we have some really

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interesting taller

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rocks that almost look like a man-made

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structure just to balance these shapes

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out in the composition.

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We can of course tweak some shapes here

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and there, view the artwork at a distance,

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and see what looks best to the eye. Now I

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darken the sky at the top left create a

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vignette effect and to keep the viewers

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interest in the middle of the

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composition.

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This also washed out some details on the

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sky and added a cool

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dark cloud effect which I'm really

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enjoying. I also made a selection around

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the cloud in the middle,

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copied it, rescaled it, and transformed it

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to the point where it looked

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good. I also want to mention that

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sometimes using a photo

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as it is in your artwork might limit

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your creativity

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when it comes to composition, so you can

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either change the photo significantly or

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you can first

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paint the shapes just like I did for

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this artwork. After you paint the main

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shapes and compositions, you can add

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photographic details

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later. Let me show you the technique

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through which we're gonna add those

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photographic details.

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We'll do that using something called the

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layer mask. So let's say I want to have

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this rock in my painting.

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I'll fill this rock with a solid color.

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"rock shape". Now I have this picture of a

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rock here.

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I'll just put it over my rock shape

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layer.

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Now it's very important that our rock

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shape and the photo texture image both

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are on separate layers. The photo texture

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layer should be on the top

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of the painted layer. Now here's what you

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gotta do. You gotta move your mouse

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cursor between these two layers

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then press and hold the Alt key and then

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click see what happens.

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The photo texture layer is inside the

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You can move it, transform it, warp it,

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experiment with it as much as you like

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until it looks good. Once you're happy

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with it, here's what you need to

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do. Click on this icon which says "layer

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mask"

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right at the bottom of this Layers menu.

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It will add this white box next to your

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texture layer.

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Now click on that box and with the black

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color selected

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use your Paint Bucket tool to fill that

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black color

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on your rock. See what happens? The

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texture is gone, But we're gonna paint

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the texture back. So

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choose the texture brush that you like,

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and this time select the white color. Now

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start painting on the rock and see the

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magic happen.

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So for this technique to work in this

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artwork, it's very important that these

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rock shapes are on separate layers.

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Using the same technique that i just

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showed, I inserted

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a photograph of this mountain into the

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shape of those

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rocks I painted earlier. I transformed it,

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resized it, moved it around until i felt

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like it fitted better. Then I created a

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layer mask,

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filled it out with black so it

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disappeared from the canvas, and then

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selected the white color and painted the

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underlying photograph

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back into the artwork. I'm painting it on

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the right side of the rock where the

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light is hitting.

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If I want to paint back the details I

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have to select the white color, and if I

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want to erase what I painted I select

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black. I also adjusted the levels and

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erased the photo where it's not needed.

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paint it with black color

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it will erase the texture layer, and if

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you paint it with white

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it will add that underlying texture. This

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is a really, really useful technique.

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I'll be using the same method to create

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photographic details on all of the other

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shapes that I painted,

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starting with the one on the left. This

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technique saves us a lot of time.

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Now some artists might want to hand-

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paint all those details using custom

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brushes

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instead of photos, and that's fine too.

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But that would take a lot of time, and

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mostly for concept art jobs, you don't

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have much time.

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You are required to produce results fast

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and generate

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ideas very quickly, so you gotta find

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ways to speed up the process.

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That's where these photos and 3D come in.

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They really add a ton of detail in a

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very little time.

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Also, it happens very often that you

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create two to three artworks,

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send it to the client, and to them only

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one is usable

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and the other two might be discarded. So

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if you put hours and hours working

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on that excruciating detail in an

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artwork, and the client just discards it,

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it'll hurt more compared to something

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you spent

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a few hours on. You wouldn't worry about

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that. But this reveals a true fact:

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the client doesn't give a damn about how

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long you have spent on the details of

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those rocks. He doesn't care if you have

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used custom brushes or photos or 3D. What

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he's interested in is the final result,

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the whole artwork

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Does it solve a problem for the client?

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Does it convey the mood?

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Does it give direction to the 3D artists

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to work from?

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If it does, all of the other stuff is not

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important.

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So here as you can see, I've used photo

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texture on

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all of the distant mountains. And I've

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added another rock shape in the middle.

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So we have the basic composition ready.

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We have the sky,

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and the sea, and the distant mountains.

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Now we need a pirate ship. I need to get

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a photograph of a pirate ship exactly

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for

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this particular angle. I need it from the

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back view and it needs to fit here on

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the left side of my composition.

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It should also be copyright-free, and

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it's better if it's a PNG so that i\I

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don't have to kill myself

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making clean selections around all those

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ropes and stuff.

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Of course you can spend several hours

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looking for the perfect photo to fit

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into your artwork, but if you're smart

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and want to save time

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so i needed a pirate ship for my artwork

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here on the search bar i selected 3d

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and entered pirate ship it gave me a lot

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of assets to choose from

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i selected the one that i like rotated

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it to

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an angle that i needed and hit download

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this photo was downloaded as png which i

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can slap

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right onto my composition in photoshop

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it's that easy

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no need to make selections around a

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photo no need to waste your time

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one so now we have the ship in

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our artwork i made some color

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adjustments to the ship

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made a selection around it and on a new

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layer filled that selection with

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a dark blue color then i created a new

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layer mask around this layer and

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painted back the details of the shape

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mostly on the right side where the light

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should be hitting i also kept some of

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the areas blue

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and in shadow with less detail this

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really helped the ship

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fit in the environment better i also

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transformed the ship

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and tried to correct the angle which i

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felt was slightly off then i painted

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shadow just

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underneath the ship with a darker color

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of blue and also some waves and water

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splashes using one of my favorite

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brushes

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by the way if you want to get this free

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brush pack please feel free to download

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it through the link below

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i don't think you'd need any other brush

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if you have this brush back

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it's massive after that i'll just be

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tweaking some levels correcting some

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edges and painting some light and shadow

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on the ship

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mostly i use only one brush to do that i

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call it the father of all brushes

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if you want to see that in action go

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check out my other video on free brushes

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and their use

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i'll link it here that video did really

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well by the way

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you all seem to like it very much so

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thank you so much for your appreciation

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by the way if you haven't joined the

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discord channel i'll put a link down in

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the description for you

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you can share your artwork and stuff

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there i really enjoy looking at all of

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your

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artwork i also plan to do some paint

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over videos in the future so make sure

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you drop your entries and i might be

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able to repaint your artwork there are

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illustrations that i do for my freelance

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clients

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and commissioned work i can't post them

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on youtube because

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youtube is for videos right so i post

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those artworks on instagram

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if you haven't followed me there please

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do you'll find so much exclusive content

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there

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alright so once i finished working on

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the ship i moved on to the sky

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i wanted the clouds to be a lot bigger

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to kind of fill

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the left side of my composition i also

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wanted the whites of the clouds to show

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behind the ship

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it will make the ship's form re-better

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after that

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i refined the edges and i'll add some

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highlights on the ship

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mostly on our right side of those sails

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the sails also look

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very dark at the moment so i'll add a

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lighter color at the bottom of them

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after that

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some more white splashes just underneath

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the ship

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and highlights on the water i added some

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more splashes on those

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rocks as well next it's time to work on

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the big rock

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on the front so i found a suitable

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picture scaled it up

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used the texture of the rocks within

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that shape i painted i'll experiment

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with it

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move it around and see where it looks

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good once i'm happy with it

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i'll change some settings play around

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with levels and color adjustments

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to make it a bit darker and bluish so

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that it fits better in the environment

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then i thought i'd paint some highlights

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maybe some greens at some of the places

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on this big rock so yeah i'm doing that

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the foreground looked too empty so i

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painted some more rock shapes in the

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foreground i

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made them relatively darker i'll work on

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it later but first

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that distant pointy mountain doesn't

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look very good to me it's too

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distracting so

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i just corrected that and then there are

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some minor adjustments with the texture

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of this front

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rock i cut a little patch from that

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photo and pasted it on top of the area

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where it looked

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weird and then corrected the brightness

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and color temperature to

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match everything i felt this rock lacked

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shadows so i painted some darks where

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needed i often use a soft

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round brush with a low opacity to create

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separation between things that are at

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different distances

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just like i did with these rocks it's a

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really handy technique and helps a lot

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in creating some atmospheric perspective

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in your scenes

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i also darkened the water just beneath

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the big rock and painted some more

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details on the water waves emerging from

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the back of the ship

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and now i'll be adding a photo texture

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to the foreground rocks and match color

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later on using levels saturation color

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balance and brightness sliders i also

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picked up some 3d trees from envato

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elements

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matched their lighting and color to our

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artwork and put them on the foreground i

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darkened the sky from the top left but

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kept the clouds fairly lighter after

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that i just made some quick little

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adjustments here and there

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and then i selected a light brownish

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color set the layers blending mode to

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color

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dodge and painted highlights on

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different areas mainly at the top edges

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of the rocks

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and even on the background lastly i

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added some birds and made

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minor adjustments overall i'm really

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happy with the results

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let me know what you guys think i hope

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you learned something from this video

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if you liked it please leave a thumbs up

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next one take care

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you